Auburn lands sixth in Golf Channel preseason team rankings, two Tigers named preseason All-Americans

AUBURN, Ala. – Auburn has earned a preseason ranking of sixth in the nation from Golf Channel, the network announced on Tuesday. Golf Channel also released its preseason All-American teams, which featured two Tigers. Sophomore Anna Davis was tabbed first team while redshirt junior Casey Weidenfeld was named third team preseason All-American.

Auburn is one of 10 Southeastern Conference teams included in Golf Channel’s preseason top-25, joining No. 2 Texas, No. 5 South Carolina, No. 7 Arkansas, No. 11 Texas A&M, No. 12 Mississippi State, No. 17 LSU, No. 18 Florida, No. 23 Vanderbilt and No. 24 Ole Miss.

Auburn captured two tournament victories during the 2023-24 season at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic and the NCAA Auburn Regional and finished within the top-5 in nine tournaments.

The team recorded the best team scoring average in program history (287.35) and tied the second-lowest 18-hole score in program history at the Mason Rudolph Championship (274). The Tigers reached match play at the NCAA Championship for the fourth time since 2019 and finished the season as national quarterfinalists.

Returners for the 2024-25 season include Davis, Weidenfeld, Katie Cranston, Carys Worby and Rachel Gourley.

Davis now adds her first team preseason All-American nod to her expanding list of collegiate accomplishments since arriving on the Plains in January. She earned second team All-American and second team All-SEC honors during her freshman season after participating in all eight of the Tigers’ tournaments this spring. She captured a top-5 finish at the SEC Championship and won low medalist at the NCAA Auburn Regional by three shots at 5-under (211).

In her second year with the Tigers in 2023-24, Weidenfeld recorded a 72.35 scoring average over 37 rounds. She notched a couple of runner-up individual finishes at the Mason Rudolph Championship and the Tar Heel Invitational. The Pembroke Pines, Florida native had 16 rounds under par last season, which is tied for the most in program history, and trails only Megan Schofill in the program record book in career scoring average at 72.64 (minimum 60 rounds).

Auburn will begin the 2024-25 campaign at the Cougar Classic on Sept. 9-10 at Yeaman’s Hall Club in Charlston, South Carolina.