Rock Hill, S.C. -- Winthrop women's head golf coach
Kasay Gambrell announced the team's 2025-26 schedule that includes a couple of new events for the coming season.
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2025 Fall Golfweek Challenge (Host: Golfweek)
- Sept. 7-9, 2025
- Pawleys Island, S.C. (Caledonia Golf & Fish Club)
- Designed by Davis Love III and Paul Cowey
- 10 Best New Courses in America – Golf Digest
- Defending Champions: USC Upstate (+25)
- Last Winthrop Appearance 2nd (2023)
Elon Women's Invitational (Host: Elon)
- Sept. 15-16, 2025
- Burlington, N.C. (Alamance County Club)
- Host of the 1983 and 1991 North Carolina State Amateur Championship
- Host of the 1982 NAIA National Championship
- 2024 event was shortened to 18 holes due to inclement weather
- Defending Champions: Charleston Southern (+23)
- Last Winthrop Appearance: T6 (2024)
Terrier Intercollegiate (Host: Wofford)
- Oct. 13-14, 2025
- Spartanburg, S.C. (Country Club of Spartanburg)
- Tom Jackson designed 18-hole championship course
- Defending Champions: Samford (+36)
- Last Winthrop Appearance: T8 (2023)
2025 UNCG Fall Collegiate (Host: UNC Greensboro)
- Oct. 20-21, 2025
- Greensboro, N.C. (Forest Oaks Country Club)
- Frequent host of PGA Tour events
- Defending Champions: High Point (-13)
- Last Winthrop Appearance: 6th (2024)
French Broad Collegiate Invitational (Host: UNC Asheville)
- Oct. 28-29, 2025
- Asheville, N.C. (The Cliffs at Walnut Cove)
- Designed by Jack Nicklaus
- 2024 event was canceled due to Hurricane Helene
- Defending Champions: Lipscomb (+52 / 2023
- Last Winthrop Appearance: T-7 (2023)
Oyster Shuck Match Play (Host: The Citadel)
- Feb. 8-10, 2026
- Charleston, S.C. (Charleston Municipal Golf Course)
- Hosted the South Carolina State Championship and remains the home of the Charleston City Amateur.
- Defending Champions: Richmond (+5)
- Last Winthrop Appearance: 10th (2024)
The Low Country Intercollegiate (Host: Wofford)
- Mar. 8-10, 2026
- Hilton Head Island, S.C. (The Golf Club At Indigo Run)
- The Club is home to the first course in the nation to be designed by Jack Nicklaus and son Jack Nicklaus II
- The course is the last to be built on Hilton Head Island
- Defending Champions: High Point (+49)
- Last Winthrop Appearance: 8th (2025)
Bentwater Women's Collegiate (Host: Kennesaw State)
- Mar. 22-24, 2026
- Acworth, Ga. (Bentwater Golf Club)
- Private Club that opened in 2000
- Defending Champions: n/a
- Last Winthrop Appearance: first appearance
Golfweek Any Given Tuesday (Host: Golfweek)
- April 5-8, 2026
- Pawley's Island, S.C. (Caledonia Golf & Fish Club)
- Course opened in 1994
- "Top 100" lists annually include Golf, Golf Digest and Golfweek magazines
- Defending Champions: Coastal Carolina (+3)
- Last Winthrop Appearance: 11th (2025)
2026 Big South Championships (Host: Big South Conference)
- Apr. 12-16, 2025
- Fripp Island, S.C. (Ocean Creek)
- Designed by Davis Love III and Paul Cowey
- 10 Best New Courses in America – Golf Digest
- Defending Champions: Radford (Match Play) / Charleston Southern (Stroke Play)
- Last Winthrop Appearance: 9th (2025)
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