Saturday, February 21
Melbourne, Fla. / Duran Golf Club
Columbia
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Space Coast Classic presented by MoonGolf
The 2025-26 Columbia Women's Golf Team
Photo by: Columbia University Athletics / Stockton Photo, Inc.
Women’s Golf Set to Open Spring Season at Space Coast Classic
2/19/2026 1:08:00 PM | Women's Golf
Final round coverage to be streamed live on YouTube via CGN Plus
NEW YORK — The Columbia women's golf team begins its 2026 championship season this weekend at the Space Coast Classic, presented by MoonGolf. The three-round event takes place at Duran Golf Club in Melbourne, Florida.
The first two rounds will be held on Saturday, with the field of 14 teams and 78 total individuals teeing off in a shotgun format at 8:30 a.m. Sunday's final round will also begin at 8:30 a.m. This year's field includes an A and a B team from Columbia, as well as one team each from UAlbany, Dartmouth, Duquesne, Emory, Holy Cross, Lipscomb, Notre Dame, Quinnipiac, Sacred Heart, Seton Hall, St. John's and Penn.
Fans can watch a live broadcast of the final round on YouTube, courtesy of Championship Golf Network's CGN Plus. Sunday's broadcast will begin at 8 a.m. ET. The video coverage will feature every golfer in the field coming up Duran Golf Club's 18th hole. The full round will be archived and available for on-demand viewing following the conclusion of play.
Live scoring will also be available all weekend long on the College Golf Scoreboard powered by Clippd. Duran Golf Club will play as a 6,312-yard par 72. Fans can visit DuranGolf.com for more information on the course.
All 10 members of the Columbia women's golf team will compete in the event. Lineups will be posted once they become available on the live-scoring website.
Columbia is coming off a successful fall, earning three top-three finishes across four tournaments. A major highlight came at the Princeton Invitational (Oct. 4-5), in which the Lions set a new 54-hole team record at 14-over-par 866. First year Kristina Xu was a co-medalist, one of her two individual victories so far in her rookie season.
Xu led the Lions with a stroke average of 73.25 this past fall, including her wins at The Battle at the Creek and Princeton Invitational. She earned three top 25s in those four tournaments.
RELATED VIDEO: Xu Wins Battle at the Creek in Collegiate Debut
The Lions were also bolstered by an impressive young lineup all fall. Sophomore Sarah Shao (74.17), first year Bridget Chantharath (74.92), sophomore Christine Chang (75.08) and first year Camille Thai (75.75) rounded out the top five in stroke average. Shao earned a tie for third at the Battle at the Creek. Chantharath earned hardware with a runner-up finish at the Red Bandanna Invitational.
The Lions also tested themselves against some of the top-ranked programs in college golf this past fall and shot their lowest team round in program history at the Windy City Collegiate Classic. Columbia shot a final round 2-under-par 286, competing alongside a stacked 11-team field that included Northwestern, Augusta, Duke, Illinois, Iowa State, Michigan State, Purdue, SMU, Stanford and UCLA. Tournament host Northwestern won the 2025 NCAA Women's Golf Championship. Nearly all of those teams finished in the Top 50 of the final 2025 NCAA Division I rankings, including No. 1 Stanford and No. 10 Northwestern.
Daily recaps and results for this weekend's Space Coast Classic will be posted to GoColumbiaLions.com.
FOLLOW THE LIONS:
For the latest on Columbia women's golf, follow @CULionsWGolf on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and on the web at GoColumbiaLions.com.
The first two rounds will be held on Saturday, with the field of 14 teams and 78 total individuals teeing off in a shotgun format at 8:30 a.m. Sunday's final round will also begin at 8:30 a.m. This year's field includes an A and a B team from Columbia, as well as one team each from UAlbany, Dartmouth, Duquesne, Emory, Holy Cross, Lipscomb, Notre Dame, Quinnipiac, Sacred Heart, Seton Hall, St. John's and Penn.
Fans can watch a live broadcast of the final round on YouTube, courtesy of Championship Golf Network's CGN Plus. Sunday's broadcast will begin at 8 a.m. ET. The video coverage will feature every golfer in the field coming up Duran Golf Club's 18th hole. The full round will be archived and available for on-demand viewing following the conclusion of play.
Live scoring will also be available all weekend long on the College Golf Scoreboard powered by Clippd. Duran Golf Club will play as a 6,312-yard par 72. Fans can visit DuranGolf.com for more information on the course.
All 10 members of the Columbia women's golf team will compete in the event. Lineups will be posted once they become available on the live-scoring website.
Columbia is coming off a successful fall, earning three top-three finishes across four tournaments. A major highlight came at the Princeton Invitational (Oct. 4-5), in which the Lions set a new 54-hole team record at 14-over-par 866. First year Kristina Xu was a co-medalist, one of her two individual victories so far in her rookie season.
Xu led the Lions with a stroke average of 73.25 this past fall, including her wins at The Battle at the Creek and Princeton Invitational. She earned three top 25s in those four tournaments.
RELATED VIDEO: Xu Wins Battle at the Creek in Collegiate Debut
The Lions were also bolstered by an impressive young lineup all fall. Sophomore Sarah Shao (74.17), first year Bridget Chantharath (74.92), sophomore Christine Chang (75.08) and first year Camille Thai (75.75) rounded out the top five in stroke average. Shao earned a tie for third at the Battle at the Creek. Chantharath earned hardware with a runner-up finish at the Red Bandanna Invitational.
The Lions also tested themselves against some of the top-ranked programs in college golf this past fall and shot their lowest team round in program history at the Windy City Collegiate Classic. Columbia shot a final round 2-under-par 286, competing alongside a stacked 11-team field that included Northwestern, Augusta, Duke, Illinois, Iowa State, Michigan State, Purdue, SMU, Stanford and UCLA. Tournament host Northwestern won the 2025 NCAA Women's Golf Championship. Nearly all of those teams finished in the Top 50 of the final 2025 NCAA Division I rankings, including No. 1 Stanford and No. 10 Northwestern.
Daily recaps and results for this weekend's Space Coast Classic will be posted to GoColumbiaLions.com.
FOLLOW THE LIONS:
For the latest on Columbia women's golf, follow @CULionsWGolf on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and on the web at GoColumbiaLions.com.
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