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Thanana Kotchasanmanee Is Co-Medalist At NCAA Regionals; Secures Ticket To NCAA Finals
May 13, 2026 | Women's Golf
Scoring
Thanana Kotchasanmanee's remarkable first season will reach all the way to Omni La Costa after she claimed the individual qualification spot at the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional by earning co-medalist honors at Finley Golf Club.
She entered the day six shots off the lead which was held by Cindy Hsu of Texas at -8, and by the end of the day Kotchasanmanee had shot her second 66 (-4) of the week to vault into a tie for first at 204 (-6) alongside Marta Silchenko of Oklahoma State who had also shot 66 in the final round. With the Cowgirls in third place as a team and in possession of one of five team AQs through to the NCAA Championship, Kotchasanmanee was the recipient of the lone individual qualification that goes to the highest-finishing individual not on the five teams to advance.
Kotchasanmanee was in a tight race all day for that individual qualification as the team scores fluctuated and with that so did her competition for the lone transfer spot.
After parring the first eight holes, Kotchasanmanee started to make her move with a birdie on the eighth. Eventually, she left no doubt as to who would punch their ticket to Omni La Costa Resort and the NCAA Finals as she birdied 13, 15 and 16 before finishing with back-to-back pars to conclude a bogey-free round of 66.
Kotchasanmanee is the fourth Ivy Leaguer to secure a trip to the NCAA Championship since it was first held in 1982. The other three Ivy Leaguers are all Princetonians as Kotchasanmanee joins Mary Moan (1997), Kelly Shon, (2013) and Maya Walton (2017) as Tigers to reach the final site.
The 2026 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship begins May 22 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif.
Thanana Kotchasanmanee's remarkable first season will reach all the way to Omni La Costa after she claimed the individual qualification spot at the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional by earning co-medalist honors at Finley Golf Club.
She entered the day six shots off the lead which was held by Cindy Hsu of Texas at -8, and by the end of the day Kotchasanmanee had shot her second 66 (-4) of the week to vault into a tie for first at 204 (-6) alongside Marta Silchenko of Oklahoma State who had also shot 66 in the final round. With the Cowgirls in third place as a team and in possession of one of five team AQs through to the NCAA Championship, Kotchasanmanee was the recipient of the lone individual qualification that goes to the highest-finishing individual not on the five teams to advance.
Kotchasanmanee was in a tight race all day for that individual qualification as the team scores fluctuated and with that so did her competition for the lone transfer spot.
After parring the first eight holes, Kotchasanmanee started to make her move with a birdie on the eighth. Eventually, she left no doubt as to who would punch their ticket to Omni La Costa Resort and the NCAA Finals as she birdied 13, 15 and 16 before finishing with back-to-back pars to conclude a bogey-free round of 66.
Kotchasanmanee is the fourth Ivy Leaguer to secure a trip to the NCAA Championship since it was first held in 1982. The other three Ivy Leaguers are all Princetonians as Kotchasanmanee joins Mary Moan (1997), Kelly Shon, (2013) and Maya Walton (2017) as Tigers to reach the final site.
The 2026 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship begins May 22 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif.
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