In 2013, Gonzaga's women advanced to NCAA regionals for the first time in school history. Coach Brad Rickel said his players acted like kids in a candy store. And for Alice Kim, the candy was stacked neatly on the range in the form of Titleist Pro V1s.
“We felt like professionals,” Kim said of that first trip.
Rookie pros, anyway.
Remarkably the Bulldogs, ranked 51st by Golfweek, received their third consecutive at-large bid to regional action this spring. They arrived in San Antonio about midnight Tuesday and will compete at Briggs Ranch Golf Club on May 7-9 as the 13th seed.