First Round Pairings | Second Round Pairings

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially released the first and second round pairings for the 16th Annual NAIA Women's Golf National Championships, held May 25 - 28 at Meadowbrook Golf Course in Rapid City, S.D.

First and second round play will tee off from No. 1 at 7:30 a.m. MDT, followed by an 8 a.m. start from No. 10 on both May 25 and 26. The first round's afternoon session will open off of No. 10 at 12:30 p.m., followed by a 1 p.m. start at No. 1. The second round's afternoon session will get underway at 1 p.m. on both No. 1 and 10.

The 129-player championships field is comprised from 14 automatic qualifying teams from NAIA affiliated conferences/unaffiliated groupings and 10 at-large team selections, which are determined using the final Top 25 rating released on May 7. South Dakota School of Mines & Technology qualifies as the host institution.

Among the 14 teams bound for Rapid City, four have previously won a national team title. Oklahoma City has five championships to their credit, all in the last five years. British Columbia took home top honors in 2001 and 2004. Southern Nazarene (Okla.) has won the event twice, winning in 1999 and 2002. In 2003, Northwood (Fla.) won its first women's golf crown.

Three individuals, Caitlin Duval of Davenport (Mich.), Lewis-Clark State's (Idaho) Courtney Shrout, Maegan Rice of Mobile (Ala.) earned a spot in the event through automatic qualification. Charlotte Guilleux of Wayland Baptist (Texas) earned an automatic qualification as a returning All-Tournament Team member from 2009. Cumberlands' (Ky.) McKinzie Price and Jada Bennington of William Woods (Mo.) each earned an at-large berth.

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