Florida State University Athletics
W. Golf: Highest Preseason Ranking In School History
9/6/2022 6:18:13 PM | Women's Golf
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – On the heels of its greatest NCAA Championships finish in school history, the Florida State Women’s Golf team is ranked No. 6 in the preseason polls by the WGCA and the Golf Channel. The Seminoles’ rankings to begin the 2022-23 season are the highest preseason rankings in school history.
Florida State begins the upcoming season as one of four ACC teams in the preseason top 25 – and just one of two ranked among the top six nationally. The Seminoles are ranked behind only Wake Forest (No. 2) and ahead of Virginia (No. 10) and Duke (tied for 20th).
“Rankings are great, and it’s an honor that the coaches think highly of our team,” said Head Coach Amy Bond. “I, too, think highly of our team, but we have to focus on getting better each day and putting the work in on the course.”
Florida State, which earned a program-best fifth place finish in the 2022 NCAA Championship Finals, returns one of the top lineups in all of college golf including senior Amelia Williamson and junior Charlotte Heath. Both Williamson and Heath have been named to the preseason ANNIKA Award Watch list as National Player of the Year candidates.
Florida State begins its four-match fall season at the Cougar Classic at the Yeamans Hall Club in Charleston (S.C.) Sept. 12-13.
Williamson, who is ranked eighth in school history with a 72.82 stroke average, begins the season as a preseason Third-Team All-American by Golfweek. She earned All-America Second-Team honors by the WGCA along with All-ACC honors following the 2022 season. Williamson led the Seminoles with a career-low and team-leading 72.04 stroke average as Florida State won three team championships.
Heath, who earned All-American Honorable Mention honors as a sophomore in 2022, enters her third season as a Seminole ranked fourth in school history with a 72.76 career stroke average. She earned four top-10 finishes including a tied for 10th place finish at the ACC Championships.
Florida State’s high-powered lineup includes senior Cecilie Finne-Ipsen and junior Alice Hodge who helped lead the Seminoles to a championship of the NCAA Tallahassee Regional in 2022. The Seminoles enter the season as the only team in the nation that has won consecutive NCAA Regional Championships (Louisville in 2021 and Tallahassee in 2022).
In addition to its high-powered group of returning players, Bond and her coaching staff recruited one of the nation’s top ranked classes into its program. The group includes freshmen Lottie Woad, Jacqueline Putrino and Katherine Cook. Woad arrives at Florida State as the individual champion of the 2022 British Girls Amateur.
Division I Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll
Rank, Team (FPV), Points
1.-Stanford (22), 550
2.-Wake Forest, 487
3.-Oregon, 477
4.-South Carolina, 456
5.-UCLA, 421
6.-FLORIDA STATE, 377
7.-Arizona State, 366
8.-Louisiana State, 358
9.-San Jose State, 349
10.-Virginia, 336
11.-Texas A&M, 334
12.-Southern Cal, 314
13.-Auburn, 272
14.-Florida, 261
15.-Oklahoma State, 256
16.-Texas 247
17.-Alabama 225
18.-Bayor, 182
19.-Georgia, 150
T20.-Duke, 145
T20.-Michigan, 145
22.-Arkansas, 140
23.-Arizona, 140
24.-Texas Tech, 55
25.-Kentucky, 47
Division I Golf Channel Poll
Rank, Team
1.-Stanford
2.-Wake Forest
3.-South Carolina
4.-Southern Cal
5.-LSU
6.-FLORIDA STATE
7.-Oregon
8.-UCLA
9.-Texas A&M
10.-Arizona State
11.-Texas
12.-Oklahoma State
13.-Virginia
14.-Florida
15.-Georgia
16.-Michigan
17.-Arkansas
18.-Old Miss
19.-Auburn
20.-SanJose State
21.-Kentucky
22.-Duke
23.-Baylor
24.-Mississippi State
25.-Alabama
26.-UCF
27.-Arizona
28.-TCU
29.-Michigan State
30.-Ohio State