Butler will head south for the 2026 BIG EAST Women's Golf Championship presented by JEEP, joining their conference rivals at Callawassie Island in Okatie, S.C.
 
Play is scheduled to begin Saturday, April 25, at 8 a.m. ET. Saturday's first-round threesomes will be determined by team seedings, while Sunday's and Monday's groupings are assembled from the previous day's leaderboard.
 
Coach Christie Cates has a travel party that includes Treva Dodd, Kelli Scheck, Addi Kooi, Cybil Stillson, Sophie McGinnis, and Ashley Freitas. Five Bulldogs will compete each round with the potential to change the five-person line-up each round.
 
Dodd (along with graduated senior Katie Steinman) led the Bulldogs at the 2025 BIG EAST Championship held at Riverton Pointe course in Hardeeville, S.C, tying for 11^th at 230 (+14). Butler finished fifth among the six-team field in 2025 (Providence joins the championship beginning with the 2026 event).
 
Dodd leads the Bulldogs with a 74.90 scoring average this season; Kooi (77.06) and Stillson (77.39) round out the top three scorers for Butler during the 2025-26 season. The Bulldogs have picked up three team victories so far this season.

The BIG EAST will crown a team champion, which gains an automatic berth to the 2026 NCAA Championship.  The individual medalist also receives an NCAA Championship invitation. 


Seven BIG EAST schools participate in women's golf: Butler, Creighton, Georgetown, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall and Xavier. 
 
For the third straight year, GKLive.TV will provide online coverage of the Championship. The broadcast is entirely free. Live scoring is also available with a link posted to ButlerSports.com.