FAYETTEVILLE -- A couple of days after the NCAA announced in April 2017 that the University of Arkansas had the winning bid to host the 2019 NCAA Golf Championships at Blessings Golf Club, then-sophomore Maria Fassi strolled into Coach Shauna Taylor's office with a prediction.
Fassi said she planned to walk up the 18th fairway at Blessings with Taylor en route to celebrating the NCAA individual title.
One year ago today, Fassi made that happen, winning medalist honors by four strokes over Florida's Sierra Brooks on a windy day in Northwest Arkansas.
"I think the best way to describe it is a dream come true," Taylor said this week in anticipation of the anniversary of Fassi's championship.