FARMINGTON, Utah (June 22, 2023) – This fall, the Big Sky Conference will be hosting a first-of-its-kind NCAA women’s golf regular season tournament, titled ’Big Sky 54 for IX’ in celebration of 50 years of Title IX.
The event will be a two-day, 54-hole stroke-play tournament at TalonsCove Golf Club in Saratoga Springs, Utah. It will run on Monday, September 25, and Tuesday, September 26, with a practice round on Sunday, September 24.
Additionally, the tournament will be incorporating women’s leaders from around the region to interact with the student-athletes and help provide a unique experience for the competitors while playing in a high-level Division I tournament. The Big Sky has also partnered with the Utah Golf Association to help make this tournament possible.
“Implementing new ideas and innovative events is something in which our conference office takes a lot of pride, and I’m very excited to see this celebration of Title IX come to fruition,” Commissioner Tom Wistrcill said. “We are looking forward to having our entire league come together to celebrate something so vital to the NCAA landscape, and are excited to provide a special experience for the participating student-athletes alongside a competitive three rounds of golf.”
All 10 Big Sky Conference programs will be playing in Saratoga Springs, along with a number of Division I programs from the state of Utah.
The tournament will be open and free for spectators to attend.
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About The Big Sky Conference
Founded in 1963, the Big Sky Conference is a NCAA Division I conference competing in the Football Championship Subdivision. With nearly 150 teams representing 12 institutions in 16 sports (seven men’s, nine women’s), the Big Sky prides itself on its “#ExperienceElevated” platform that emphasizes the unique traits and lifelong benefits that the conference and its member institutions provide to around 3,300 student-athletes each year.
The conference has 10 full members (Eastern Washington University; the University of Idaho; Idaho State University; the University of Montana; Montana State University; Northern Arizona University; the University of Northern Colorado; Portland State University; California State University, Sacramento; and Weber State University) located in eight states across the western United States, plus two football affiliate members (California Polytechnic State University and the University of California, Davis). Conference members have won 13 NCAA championships, including seven in football by five different members as well as six of the last seven men’s cross country titles by NAU.