Golf Digest Ranks Wolverines Among Top 50 Programs
8/3/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan was named one of the NCAA's 50 Best Colleges for Women's Golf according to the September issue of Golf Digest, which is highlighted with the second annual College Golf Guide. The Wolverines received a No. 38 ranking on the prestigious list.
The Maize and Blue joins three other Big Ten programs honored as the NCAA's best golf institutions: Ohio State (No. 18), Purdue (No. 36) and Michigan State (No. 46).
Rankings in the College Golf Guide were based on five categories, and each category was graded on a curve to determine overall scores. The first category for the evaluation was team adjusted scoring average, which spans the past four years and applies the formula used by the NCAA committees to select postseason teams. The second was player growth, which looks at the percentage of players who annually improved their adjusted scoring averages as well as a team's cumulative improvement.
The remaining aspects that were used to determine standings included academics; climate, which measures each school's 30-year average of playable days from Sept. 1-May 1; and coaches/facilities.
Michigan ranked in the nation's top 20 percent in team adjusted scoring average and coaches/facilities and was in the top 30 percent in academics and player growth.
Top 50 Colleges for Women's Golf (PDF)
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