Friday, April 17
Belleair, Fla.
Mississippi State
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SEC Championship
No. 16 Women’s Golf To Begin SEC Championship On Friday
April 16, 2026 | Women's Golf
STARKVILLE – Mississippi State will begin their postseason journey this weekend as they compete against a loaded field in the SEC Championship, which begins on Friday, April 17. The stroke play portion of the tournament will conclude on Sunday, April 19, and will see the top eight teams begin the match play portion on Monday.
The Bulldogs are on the hunt for the program's second SEC Championship after winning the first in 2024. Over the last ten tournaments, there have been nine different champions of the Southeastern Conference, with Texas A&M being the only to repeat during that time span. This will mark the eighth time that the SEC Championship will be decided with a match play format. The SEC's Individual Champion will be decided after the 54 holes of stroke play.
The Bulldogs will stick with a similar lineup for the SEC Championship: Junior Avery Weed, Freshman Ines Belchior, Junior Samantha Whateley, Freshman Moa Stridh and Senior Izzy Pellot. The combination of these five have been used in six of State's eight stroke play matches this season. Freshman Lynn van der Sluijs will be available as a substitute as the sixth player in the Bulldog lineup.
Weed and Pellot were apart of the lineup that won the 2024 SEC Championship. The duo both finished an undefeated 3-0 in the match play portion of the event, pushing State over the edge in capturing the program's first SEC title. Pellot will be making her fourth appearance at the SEC Championship, while Weed will be making her third.
Whateley served as the sixth player in the Bulldog lineup but didn't see any action in the 2024 SEC Championship. However, she will be making her second appearance in the event after finishing the stroke play portion T13 last season, tying Weed for the best score of any Bulldog in the lineup last season at even par.
Freshmen Belchior and Stridh will be both making their first SEC appearances but have experienced success in their first year in the Maroon and White. Belchior and Stridh are just the third freshman duo in program history to both record multiple rounds in the 60s in their first season. Belchior has recorded three, while Stridh has recorded a pair. Belchior finished in the top 10 in three different events, while Stridh has once.
The field will face a par-70 course at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Florida. Live scoring for the SEC Championship is available at scoreboard.clippd.com. The stroke play portion of the tournament is available by clicking HERE.
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The Bulldogs are on the hunt for the program's second SEC Championship after winning the first in 2024. Over the last ten tournaments, there have been nine different champions of the Southeastern Conference, with Texas A&M being the only to repeat during that time span. This will mark the eighth time that the SEC Championship will be decided with a match play format. The SEC's Individual Champion will be decided after the 54 holes of stroke play.
The Bulldogs will stick with a similar lineup for the SEC Championship: Junior Avery Weed, Freshman Ines Belchior, Junior Samantha Whateley, Freshman Moa Stridh and Senior Izzy Pellot. The combination of these five have been used in six of State's eight stroke play matches this season. Freshman Lynn van der Sluijs will be available as a substitute as the sixth player in the Bulldog lineup.
Weed and Pellot were apart of the lineup that won the 2024 SEC Championship. The duo both finished an undefeated 3-0 in the match play portion of the event, pushing State over the edge in capturing the program's first SEC title. Pellot will be making her fourth appearance at the SEC Championship, while Weed will be making her third.
Whateley served as the sixth player in the Bulldog lineup but didn't see any action in the 2024 SEC Championship. However, she will be making her second appearance in the event after finishing the stroke play portion T13 last season, tying Weed for the best score of any Bulldog in the lineup last season at even par.
Freshmen Belchior and Stridh will be both making their first SEC appearances but have experienced success in their first year in the Maroon and White. Belchior and Stridh are just the third freshman duo in program history to both record multiple rounds in the 60s in their first season. Belchior has recorded three, while Stridh has recorded a pair. Belchior finished in the top 10 in three different events, while Stridh has once.
The field will face a par-70 course at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Florida. Live scoring for the SEC Championship is available at scoreboard.clippd.com. The stroke play portion of the tournament is available by clicking HERE.
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