Pepperdine University
NCAA Championship
Women's Golf Readies for NCAA Championship in Carlsbad
5/20/2026 3:30:00 PM | Women's Golf
MALIBU, Calif. — Pepperdine women's golf is set to compete at the NCAA Championship held from May 22-27 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California.
The Waves were one of 30 teams to qualify for the final site after securing a second place finish at the Stanford Regional this past week and enter as the No. 10 seed in the field from the NCAA. The appearance at the NCAA Championship marks the 15th in program history, including the third time in the past four seasons.
The championship format in Carlsbad will include 30 teams and six individuals completing 54 holes of stroke play (May 22-24), and then the top 15 teams along with the top nine individuals not on an advancing team competing for one additional day of stroke play (May 25) to determine the top eight teams for match play competition and the 72-hole stroke play individual champion.
The top eight teams then compete in two days of match play for the team national championship to be decided May 27.
Live results from the championship can be found online at NCAA.com and here. The final three days of competition (May 25-27) will be broadcast live on the Golf Channel.
"The team worked hard all season to be ranked 10th and now we'll compete at the NCAA Championship at La Costa,"Â said head coach Laurie Gibbs. "After four full days of great practice, everyone is ready for the short drive down the coast and a week of their best play in the biggest tournament."
Pepperdine's second place finish in the regional round was its third-ever top-2 finish at a regional. Jeneath Wong paced the Waves with a third place finish individually, as she matched a program record for low round with a 63 in the second round of the tournament.
The field for the tournament includes the top-five teams from each of the six NCAA regional sites. Pepperdine and Eastern Michigan enter as the lone programs from a non-power four conference to qualify.Â
The full field in order of seeding from the NCAA includes Stanford, USC, Florida, Texas A&M, Texas, Auburn, Arkansas, Wake Forest, Duke, Pepperdine, North Carolina, SMU, Iowa State, Tennessee, Ole Miss, Oklahoma State, Florida State, Arizona State, Ohio State, Baylor, Eastern Michigan, Houston, Northwestern, Missouri, Kentucky, LSU, Virginia, Michigan State, Oregon State and Texas Tech.Â
Pepperdine Lineup
1. Jeneath Wong
2. Eunseo Choi
3. Kylee Choi
4. Grace Anderson
5. Yingzhi Zhu
Irene Kim — Substitute
The Waves placed 19th in their most recent appearance at the NCAA Championship in 2024 after logging a fifth place finish in 2023. In their 14 previous appearances, Pepperdine has boasted a 196-131-2 (.600) record at the NCAA Championships, including nine top-10 finishes and five top-5 placements. The Waves were the national runner-up in 2003, marking the program's highest-ever finish.
Pepperdine's entire lineup received all-conference recognition from the West Coast Conference this season, after the Waves won their 22nd conference title in April. Eunseo Choi was named WCC Player of the Year after earning Medalist honors at the conference championship. The Waves swept the WCC major awards, as Kylee Choi received WCC Freshman of the Year while Laurie Gibbs was named WCC Coach of the Year for the 17th time. Wong, Zhu and Anderson (honorable mention) also received All-WCCÂ recognition.
Wong moved up to No. 42 in the Scoreboard individual rankings following her top-3 finish at Stanford. Eunseo Choi (No. 27) and Kylee Choi (No. 28) each hold top-30 rankings as well.
Pepperdine will tee off at 1:07 p.m. Friday for the first round of action, with Saturday's tee time set for 7:47 a.m. The Waves will play alongside North Carolina and SMU for the first two rounds.
ABOUT PEPPERDINE WOMEN'S GOLF
Pepperdine women's golf has consistently been one of the top collegiate programs in the country under head coach Laurie Gibbs, exemplified by the current streak of 27 straight seasons with an NCAA Regional appearance. Having advanced to the NCAA Championships on 15 of those occasions, the Waves also boast 22 WCC Championships since 1998. Since the year 2000, 15 athletes have garnered All-American honors with a total of 31 selections.
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