{"id":882120,"date":"2026-09-06T13:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T13:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/882120\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T13:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T13:16:10","slug":"georgia-set-to-christen-2026-27-campaign-at-cougar-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/882120\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Set To Christen 2026-27 Campaign At Cougar Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"

ATHENS, Ga. \u2014 The Georgia women’s golf team will open its 2026-27 season on Monday when the Bulldogs tee off in the College of Charleston’s Cougar Classic.<\/p>\n

Course: Yeamans Hall Club

\nLocation: Hanahan, S.C.

\nPar: 71

\nYardage: 6,269

\nFormat: 54 holes of stroke play (36 holes on Monday, 18 holes on Tuesday)

\nLive Scoring: https:\/\/gado.gs\/cougar<\/a>

\nTee Times: Shotgun start at 8:50 a.m. ET with Georgia on holes Nos. 12-14

\nGeorgia Lineup: Ashley Shaw<\/a>, Maria Garcia<\/a>, Gabriella Albert<\/a>, Liva Kr\u00f8l Andersen and Karoline Tuttle<\/a>

\nTournament Field (15 schools): Arkansas, Baylor, Boston College, Charleston, Clemson, Florida, Furman, Georgia, LSU, Miami (Fla.), Ole Miss, N.C. State, Rutgers, Tennessee, UCF, Vanderbilt and Wisconsin<\/p>\n

Five Fast Facts

\n\u2022 Georgia will be paired with Furman and Rutgers for Monday’s first and second rounds of play.

\n\u2022 Eight of the 15 teams in the Cougar Classic field were featured in the preseason top-25 rankings of Golfweek and\/or the Golf Channel.

\n\u2022 Georgia won a combined five tournament titles last season, with three Bulldogs earning individual honors and UGA securing two team championships.

\n\u2022 This is the 22nd annual edition of the Cougar Classic. The Bulldogs will be competing in the tournament for the 13th time, including each of the past six years.

\n\u2022 Georgia has won three Cougar Classic titles, team crowns in 2008 and 2009 and Marta Silva Zamora topping the individual leaderboard in 2009.<\/p>\n

Head Coach Erika Brennan<\/a>

\nOn opening the season:

\n“The Cougar is a storied event and it’s exciting to kick off our season in a familiar place and in great competition. The team has been working relentlessly right out of the gate and we’re encouraged with the strides this team is already making. It’s time to trust ourselves and go compete. It’s that simple: we need to execute with deep belief that we’re capable every\u00a0day.”<\/p>\n

Freshman Ashley Shaw<\/a>

\nOn the first tournament of her college career:

\n“I am really excited about the opportunity to play collegiate golf. It’s something that has always been a dream of mine. To be able to represent the Bulldogs and to travel with such great coaches and great teammates and compete for my school knowing everyone is pulling for us is very exciting.”<\/p>\n

On playing golf as a team sport instead of just individually:

\n“This will actually be my first time playing for a team. I’ve never been a part of a golf team because I was home schooled and didn’t play for a high school. I think it’s going to take some learning to play with a team and know your score not only affects you but also affects four other people and the team. It will definitely be a new experience. I’m excited to be out there not only playing for myself and my family but for a school and my teammates who are counting on me.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ATHENS, Ga. \u2014 The Georgia women’s golf team will open its 2026-27 season on Monday when the Bulldogs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":882121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-882120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=882120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/882121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=882120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=882120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}