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Nicoson announces 2026-27 schedule
7/13/2026 11:19:00 AM | Women's Golf
Washington, Florida, Hawaii headline 10 tourney slate
A season after finishing third in its very first campaign in the Mountain West Conference Championship, Grand Canyon women's golf head coach Brent Nicoson has announced the 2026-27 schedule.
GCU will compete in 10 regular season tournaments before the conference championship in April. An additional spring tournament could potentially be added prior to the conference showdown at Mission Hills CC in Rancho Mirage, California.
The fall sees the Lopes form a second residency in the state of Washington as the first three tournaments include stops at University Place, Spokane and Tacoma. They open at prestigious Chambers Bay where they have competed twice before, finishing second in 2024 and sixth in 2025.
GCU heads to two sunshine destinations to close out the fall slate, participating in the Rainbow Wahine Invitational in Kauai, Hawaii, and the Pat Bradley Invitational in Miami Lakes, Florida.
The 2027 spring is nearly identical to the 2026 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 two-day even beginning March 2 and 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 placed third in the conference last season with a down to the wire final day in Rancho Mirage last season. GCU returns six players from last year'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 and has totaled 63 rounds played since joining GCU in 2024.
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GCU will compete in 10 regular season tournaments before the conference championship in April. An additional spring tournament could potentially be added prior to the conference showdown at Mission Hills CC in Rancho Mirage, California.
The fall sees the Lopes form a second residency in the state of Washington as the first three tournaments include stops at University Place, Spokane and Tacoma. They open at prestigious Chambers Bay where they have competed twice before, finishing second in 2024 and sixth in 2025.
GCU heads to two sunshine destinations to close out the fall slate, participating in the Rainbow Wahine Invitational in Kauai, Hawaii, and the Pat Bradley Invitational in Miami Lakes, Florida.
The 2027 spring is nearly identical to the 2026 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 two-day even beginning March 2 and 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 placed third in the conference last season with a down to the wire final day in Rancho Mirage last season. GCU returns six players from last year'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 and has totaled 63 rounds played since joining GCU in 2024.
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