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Alex Elias  Five months after hosting The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican for the fourth consecutive year, Pelican Golf Club is set to host the 2024 SEC Women’s Golf Championship. As Pelican Golf Club has cemented themselves as an ambassador for women’s golf, Justin Sheehan, Director of Golf at Pelican Golf Club, said, “It means so much to us to be hosting the women. From Day 1, the Doyle family (Founders of Pelican Golf Club) wanted the golf world to see this isn’t a club just for men.”
“There’s something incredibly special about the women’s game,” said Sheehan. “It’s under appreciated and important to keep supporting it.” Heading into the 2024 SEC Women’s Golf Championship, eight of the fourteen SEC teams rank inside the Top 20. Angelica Moresco, former Alabama women’s golfer, said, “The SEC is one of the strongest, if not the strongest conference in the country. It’s where you find yourself competing against the best amateurs in the world. If you can win an SEC Championship, then you have reached the highest level of Division 1 golf.” Within the field, five SEC players are on the 2024 Annika Award Spring Watch List: Maisie Filler (Florida), Maria Jose Marin (Arkansas), Ingrid Lindblad (LSU), Caitlyn Macnab (Ole Miss), and Louise Rydqvist (South Carolina). Speaking of not only the players on the Spring Watch List, but the talent throughout the entire conference, Sheehan said, “They don’t have any weaknesses.” “The composure that these young women have is so impressive. They’re so level headed,” said Sheehan. “Many of the best players don’t excel because they have certain physical traits that are substantially better, but rather because they understand how to play golf.” A second-shot golf course with firm and challenging green complexes, Sheehan said, “The ability to manage the green complexes will be key, but with multiple long Par-4s on the course, whoever can hit some long, high 180-yard shots into the greens will separate themselves.”
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