No. 4 Texas A&M women’s golf concluded its postseason run with an exit following the third round of the NCAA Championship, failing to make the cut by six strokes on Sunday, May 24.
The Aggies punched their ticket to Carlsbad, California, with a runner-up finish in the NCAA Waco Regional on May 13. The Maroon and White’s 2026 championship appearance marked their 16th trip to the finals in program history and their first in more than 10 years. However, the Aggies couldn’t find the same momentum they had in the Waco Regional just two weeks later.
Day 1 saw the Maroon and White dancing among the top of the leaderboard early in the round. No. 73 freshman Brynn Kort led the pack, notching herself as the only Aggie to break par with a 1-under, 71, finding herself in a tie for 24th.
As the opening round closed out, A&M finished in a four-way tie for 11th place with a team score of 1-over, 289. With only the top 15 teams among the field of 30 making it to the latter half of the five-day tournament, the Aggies had to kick it into gear in order to secure a spot and hold a comfortable buffer with 36 holes still to play.
As Round 2 opened up, the Fightin’ Farmers began to tighten their grips as they slowly sank closer to the projected cut line.
The best scores of the day came from Kort with a 1-over, 73, along with No. 119 freshman Natalie Yen and No. 25 junior Cayetana Fernández García-Poggio as they each shot a 2-over, 74.
Without a single Aggie shooting in the red, A&M totaled a 9-over, 297 second day that contributed to its 10-over, two-day team total. The Maroon and White headed into the final round of stroke play tied for 15th place and right on the cusp of making the cut.
With moving day upon the Aggies and 18 holes standing between them and a match play berth, they couldn’t seem to dig themselves out of the downward trend they had created.
Another day of not producing a single under-par scorecard hurt them, as the five Fightin’ Farmers only saw a one-stroke improvement from Round 2. An 8-over, 296 day drifted them further and further away from the cut line as the sun set on Day 3.
One prominent performance that couldn’t be found in the same caliber this week was from No. 9 sophomore Vanessa Borovilos. The Canadian had a second-place individual finish in the Waco Regional and paced the group the entire week to punch the Championship ticket. However, in the final tournament of her sophomore campaign, she held a 9-over three-day total, defined by back-to-back 4-over, 76 days.
With the projected cut being at 12-over, the Aggies were six strokes from that mark and being inside the top 15. A&M was the highest-ranked squad to find itself outside the cut, notably, 12 other teams made the cut with rankings inferior to the Maroon and White’s.
While not having the shot at an NCAA Championship title to bring home, A&M closed out its season with five tournament wins, nine top-three finishes and four Aggies residing in the top-100 in the national rankings across the entirety of its 2025-26 slate.
