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Nicoson announces 2026-27 schedule
7/13/2026 11:19:00 AM | Women's Golf
Washington, Florida, Hawaii headline GCU's 10-tourney slate
A season after finishing third at its first Mountain West Championship, Grand Canyon women's golf has announced the 2026-27 schedule.
GCU head coach Brent Nicsoson's squad will compete in 10 regular-season tournaments before the conference championship in April. An additional spring tournament could be added prior to the conference showdown, which will be played at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California.
The fall sees the Lopes form a second residency in the state of Washington, where the first three tournaments take place in University Place, Spokane and Tacoma. GCU opens at prestigious Chambers Bay Golf Course, where it finished second in 2024 and sixth in 2025.
The Lopes then head to two sunshine destinations to close the fall slate, participating in the Rainbow Wahine Invitational in Kauai, Hawai'i, and the Pat Bradley Invitational in Miami Lakes, Florida.
The spring is nearly identical to last season's spring slate, beginning in Palm Desert, California, in the Alice and John Wallace Women's Golf Classic before returning home and hosting the GCU Invitational. The home tourney is a March 2-3 event that is free to the public.
GCU's Arizona tour includes stops in Sedona, Litchfield Park and Maricopa before heading west to California for the conference championship.
The Lopes' third-place conference finish last season included a down-to-the-wire final round in Rancho Mirage. GCU returns six players from last season's squad, including sophomore Alexis Vakasiuola and senior Jess Haines. Vakasiuola was named Mountain West Freshman of the Year and was the first Lope to compete at NCAA regionals since 2022. Haines enters her third year at GCU, where she has competed in 63 rounds.
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GCU head coach Brent Nicsoson's squad will compete in 10 regular-season tournaments before the conference championship in April. An additional spring tournament could be added prior to the conference showdown, which will be played at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California.
The fall sees the Lopes form a second residency in the state of Washington, where the first three tournaments take place in University Place, Spokane and Tacoma. GCU opens at prestigious Chambers Bay Golf Course, where it finished second in 2024 and sixth in 2025.
The Lopes then head to two sunshine destinations to close the fall slate, participating in the Rainbow Wahine Invitational in Kauai, Hawai'i, and the Pat Bradley Invitational in Miami Lakes, Florida.
The spring is nearly identical to last season's spring slate, beginning in Palm Desert, California, in the Alice and John Wallace Women's Golf Classic before returning home and hosting the GCU Invitational. The home tourney is a March 2-3 event that is free to the public.
GCU's Arizona tour includes stops in Sedona, Litchfield Park and Maricopa before heading west to California for the conference championship.
The Lopes' third-place conference finish last season included a down-to-the-wire final round in Rancho Mirage. GCU returns six players from last season's squad, including sophomore Alexis Vakasiuola and senior Jess Haines. Vakasiuola was named Mountain West Freshman of the Year and was the first Lope to compete at NCAA regionals since 2022. Haines enters her third year at GCU, where she has competed in 63 rounds.
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