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BYU Golf’s Rose Huang earns spot in NCAA Championships

By Shaun Gordon

CHARLOTTE, NC - MAY 04: A detailed view of the irons played by Tiger Woods prior to the second round of the 2018 Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club on May 4, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
CHARLOTTE, NC - MAY 04: A detailed view of the irons played by Tiger Woods prior to the second round of the 2018 Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club on May 4, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images) /
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The BYU Women’s Golf team didn’t advance to the NCAA Championships. Cougar golfer Rose Huang qualified individually, though.

The BYU Women’s Golf team didn’t advance past the NCAA Regionals, but one Cougar golfer did.

Rose Huang qualified individually for the NCAA Championships later this month after shooting four-under par through all three rounds of the Austin Regional this week. That score placed her in an eight-way tie for fourth place in the tournament.

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The six best teams from the regional advanced to the championships, along with the three best individual golfers that didn’t qualify as a part of their team.

Fortunately for Huang, both the first and third place finishers, Maria Fassi and Dylan Kim of Arkansas, qualified as a part of their school’s team. So did five of the eight golfers who finished in the tie for fourth. Of those three, Huang and Leonie Harm from Houston qualified after a multiple-hole playoff to break the tie.

Even with a strong showing from Huang, the Cougars failed to finish among the six best teams. BYU finished ninth, twenty-one over par. After a strong first round, the Cougars got progressively worse, shooting ten-over in the final round.

That ninth place finish was better than BYU was seeded. The Cougars entered the regional as the No. 11 seed, ranked No. 41 in the nation. They finished better than two teams who were seeded higher, Houston and Miami.

While the season is over for the rest of the Cougars, Huang will turn her focus to the NCAA Championships. She’ll compete from May 18-23 at the Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Oklahoma. This years championship is hosted by Oklahoma State.

Cougar fans can watch Huang during the final three days of the tournament on the Golf Channel.

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