05-13-2021, 10:34 AM
(05-13-2021, 09:34 AM)winflop Wrote: - Reduce the fields at each women's regional from 18 to 15 teams so that if necessary, 36 holes can be played in one day (double shotgun). This allows the tournament to stay on schedule for a full 54-hole tournament in the event that one day is washed out. This would require a fifth regional, but it would also align with the men who play 15-team regionals with 5 teams and two individuals qualifying for the finals
The NCAA also needs to add regionals to allow 30 women's teams to qualify for NCAAs, same as the men. As it is now, the women's field is 24, or 80% of the men's. This was set in 2015 when the NCAA changed the format for the women's tournament from all medal to the current medal and match play format. As far as I know, there are no other sports for which the NCAA runs men's and women's championships where the field for the women is smaller than that for the men.
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