# Kentucky Women's Golf Retains Title-Contending Lineup for 2026-27 **Published:** 2026-06-02T16:01:16.000Z **Source:** [UK Athletics](https://ukathletics.com/news/2026/06/02/entire-lineup-from-ncaa-womens-golf-championship-run-returns-to-kentucky-for-2026-27/) **AI-generated:** yes (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) **Canonical:** https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/kentucky-women-s-golf-retains-title-contending-lineup-for-2026-27 LEXINGTON, Ky. — [All five players who powered the University of Kentucky women's golf team through its dramatic NCAA postseason run have announced their return for the 2026-27 season](https://ukathletics.com/news/2026/06/02/entire-lineup-from-ncaa-womens-golf-championship-run-returns-to-kentucky-for-2026-27/), head coach Golda Borst announced Tuesday. The lineup of [three sophomores in C.A. Carter, Karlie Campbell and Raleygh Simpson and two juniors in Cathryn Brown and Samantha Paradise](https://ukathletics.com/sports/wgolf/) will return as upperclassmen next year after an improbable championship run. [The group pulled off a dramatic comeback in Tallahassee, overcoming a 10-shot deficit to advance from the NCAA Regional](https://fox56news.com/sports/university-of-kentucky/kentucky-womens-golf-advances-to-ncaa-golf-championship/) before finishing ahead of their seed ranking at the NCAA Championship in Carlsbad, California. Most impressively, [four of the five players had never competed at a regional tournament before this season, let alone a national championship](https://ukathletics.com/news/2026/06/02/entire-lineup-from-ncaa-womens-golf-championship-run-returns-to-kentucky-for-2026-27/). Moreover, the specific five-person lineup had never competed together before the NCAA Regional in May. [Carter, Campbell, Simpson and Brown all improved their stroke averages from the previous season, led the team in at least one tournament, recorded career-best 18-hole rounds and shot at least 4-under in at least one round](https://ukathletics.com/news/2026/06/02/entire-lineup-from-ncaa-womens-golf-championship-run-returns-to-kentucky-for-2026-27/). Each earned multiple top-10 individual finishes. [The team collected one tournament title, six top-three finishes and three individual tournament victories while posting a 291.1 stroke average, the fourth-best in program history](https://ukathletics.com/news/2026/06/02/entire-lineup-from-ncaa-womens-golf-championship-run-returns-to-kentucky-for-2026-27/). [The team concluded the NCAA Championship, finishing two spots ahead of its seed ranking](https://ukathletics.com/sports/wgolf/). Borst, who is in her [16th season at Kentucky](https://ukathletics.com/sports/wgolf/roster/coach/golda-borst/), has guided the program to [10 NCAA Regional appearances and an NCAA Championship Finals berth in 2021, the program's first since 1992](https://ukathletics.com/sports/wgolf/roster/coach/golda-borst/). The return of this young but experienced core positions Kentucky to build on its recent success in the coming season. ## Sources - [UK Athletics](https://ukathletics.com/news/2026/06/02/entire-lineup-from-ncaa-womens-golf-championship-run-returns-to-kentucky-for-2026-27/) - [Kentucky women's golf advances to NCAA golf championship](https://fox56news.com/sports/university-of-kentucky/kentucky-womens-golf-advances-to-ncaa-golf-championship/) - [UK Athletics women's golf main page](https://ukathletics.com/sports/wgolf/) - [Golda Borst coach profile](https://ukathletics.com/sports/wgolf/roster/coach/golda-borst/) --- This article was generated by AI (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) based on source material from UK Athletics, enriched with 3 web searches. The original source is available at https://ukathletics.com/news/2026/06/02/entire-lineup-from-ncaa-womens-golf-championship-run-returns-to-kentucky-for-2026-27/.