American Conference women’s golf championship tees off in Brooksville

Southern Hills Plantation Club in Brooksville again became the American Conference’s women’s golf center as the league’s 54-hole championship opened Monday with all 11 programs in the field. The tournament, hosted by the American and South Florida, runs through April 22 and puts Hernando County back in front of college golf fans across the region and beyond.

For Brooksville, the event also puts one of the county’s best-known sports venues on a national stage. Southern Hills Plantation Club is a private Pete Dye Signature 18-hole championship course that opened in 2006, and the championship setup was listed at par 72 and 6,289 yards. The American has returned to the course in multiple consecutive seasons, making Southern Hills a familiar stop for the conference’s women’s golf race.

The field includes Charlotte, East Carolina, Florida Atlantic, Memphis, North Texas, South Florida, Tulane, Tulsa, UAB, Wichita State and UTSA. Tulsa entered as the highest-ranked American team in April 2026 Clippd rankings, while South Florida, North Texas, East Carolina and UTSA also sat inside the national top 100, underscoring the level of competition arriving in Hernando County this week.

Live scoring has been available through the Clippd scoreboard, giving followers a way to track every round as the championship unfolds. The final round is scheduled to be shown on ESPN+, extending the reach of a Brooksville event that brings conference visibility, postseason implications and steady attention to Southern Hills Plantation Club during one of the busiest stretches of the spring golf calendar.