Wake Forest Selected As 2028 Women’s Golf NCAA Regional Site
10/2/2024 1:00:00 PM | Women's Golf
2028 will mark the third NCAA Golf Regional hosted by Wake Forest in a five-year span.
NCAA Information
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- The NCAA has awarded Wake Forest and Winston-Salem the 2028 Women's Golf NCAA Regional Championships. These events will be played at Bermuda Run Country Club, which is located just west of Winston-Salem in Davie County.
The Wake Forest women's golf program has had sustained success throughout its nearly 40-year existence. The Demon Deacons have won eight ACC Championships, most recently in 2024, while also finishing as the NCAA runner-up that season and with the No. 1 ranking in the country following the cancellation of the 2020 campaign.
In May 2023, the team won the first national title in program history at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. Along with the program's first national title, 2022-23 was a historical year for the Deacs as they won a program-record five regular season titles in addition to being national champions. They were either the top-ranked or the second-ranked team in the country for the duration of the season.
In 2018, Jennifer Kupcho won the program's first NCAA individual title and became the first Demon Deacon golfer to win the Honda Award as the national player of the year. During Kupcho's senior season in 2019, she won the inaugural Augusta National Women's Amateur, becoming the first female champion at the historic club.
Following the national title, the Deacs hosted the 2024 Women's Golf NCAA Regionals at Bermuda Run and will host the 2026 Men's Golf NCAA Regionals as well. Bermuda Run, with Director of Golf Mary Thomas and General Manager Brian Meeks, was once home to the Bing Crosby Pro-Am, which at the time was one of the most famous Pro-Am tournaments in the country, with the largest celebrity field.
NCAA Regional Format
Seventy-Two teams and 36 individuals are selected to compete at one of six regional championships over the course of the three-day event, each featuring 12 teams and six individuals at the selected sites.
From regional competition, 30 teams (top five from each regional) and six individuals (top individual from each regional) will advance to the National Championships to be played at the Omni La Costa Country Club in Carlsbad, California.
NCAA Hosting Information
The process was adjusted from a four-year process to a two-year process, with hosts and sites being awarded for approximately 88 of the 90 NCAA championships for the 2026-27 and 2027-28 academic years. Additionally, the opening of the bid portal and publication of bid specifications were rescheduled for September 6, 2023. These adjustments will help for further analysis of future processes and allow the ability to upgrade the current bid portal for a better user experience. Bids were submitted in February 2024.
Each sport committee, per division, selected the host sites it believed would provide the ultimate experience for the respective student-athletes, resulting in more than 450 total championship event sites being awarded. More than 54,000 student-athletes compete in NCAA championships each year.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- The NCAA has awarded Wake Forest and Winston-Salem the 2028 Women's Golf NCAA Regional Championships. These events will be played at Bermuda Run Country Club, which is located just west of Winston-Salem in Davie County.
The Wake Forest women's golf program has had sustained success throughout its nearly 40-year existence. The Demon Deacons have won eight ACC Championships, most recently in 2024, while also finishing as the NCAA runner-up that season and with the No. 1 ranking in the country following the cancellation of the 2020 campaign.
In May 2023, the team won the first national title in program history at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. Along with the program's first national title, 2022-23 was a historical year for the Deacs as they won a program-record five regular season titles in addition to being national champions. They were either the top-ranked or the second-ranked team in the country for the duration of the season.
In 2018, Jennifer Kupcho won the program's first NCAA individual title and became the first Demon Deacon golfer to win the Honda Award as the national player of the year. During Kupcho's senior season in 2019, she won the inaugural Augusta National Women's Amateur, becoming the first female champion at the historic club.
Following the national title, the Deacs hosted the 2024 Women's Golf NCAA Regionals at Bermuda Run and will host the 2026 Men's Golf NCAA Regionals as well. Bermuda Run, with Director of Golf Mary Thomas and General Manager Brian Meeks, was once home to the Bing Crosby Pro-Am, which at the time was one of the most famous Pro-Am tournaments in the country, with the largest celebrity field.
NCAA Regional Format
Seventy-Two teams and 36 individuals are selected to compete at one of six regional championships over the course of the three-day event, each featuring 12 teams and six individuals at the selected sites.
From regional competition, 30 teams (top five from each regional) and six individuals (top individual from each regional) will advance to the National Championships to be played at the Omni La Costa Country Club in Carlsbad, California.
NCAA Hosting Information
The process was adjusted from a four-year process to a two-year process, with hosts and sites being awarded for approximately 88 of the 90 NCAA championships for the 2026-27 and 2027-28 academic years. Additionally, the opening of the bid portal and publication of bid specifications were rescheduled for September 6, 2023. These adjustments will help for further analysis of future processes and allow the ability to upgrade the current bid portal for a better user experience. Bids were submitted in February 2024.
Each sport committee, per division, selected the host sites it believed would provide the ultimate experience for the respective student-athletes, resulting in more than 450 total championship event sites being awarded. More than 54,000 student-athletes compete in NCAA championships each year.
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