A similar number of women’s college teams in golf will be able to compete for a national title in May than the men.
The NCAA Div. The NCAA Div. This announcement comes two months after the committee changed the women’s field from 24 in November to 27, causing a lot of controversy.
Women’s college golf coaches and teams have been arguing for equal representation for a long time. Grayhawk Golf Club, Scottsdale, Arizona will now have just as many women’s golf teams as there are men’s.
With the announcement, the number of competitors will fall from 12 to 6, but there will still be 156 women’s college players teeing it off in Arizona.
Bradford Hurlbut is director of athletics at Fairleigh-Dickinson and the chair of the Division I Women’s Golf Committee. “It is important to provide equitable participation opportunities for women student-athletes,” he said. “We are delighted with the announcement made by the Division I Competition Oversight Committee that there will be 30 teams and 156 student-athletes in the 2023 championship finals.
