NCAA_Women's_Golf_Championship
The NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship, played in the month of May, is the annual competition in women's collegiate golf for individuals and teams from universities in Division I. Golf was one of twelve women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981-82 school year. From its inception through 2014, it was a stroke play team competition with an additional individual award. Beginning in 2015, after 72 holes of stroke play, the top eight teams play in single-elimination match play to determine the team champion.
Quick Facts Tournament information, Location ...
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | 2023: Scottsdale, Arizona |
| Established | 1982 |
| Course(s) | 2023: Grayhawk Golf Club |
| Par | 2023: 72 |
| Length | 2023: 6,368 yards (5,823 m) |
| Format | 72-hole stroke play 8-team match play |
| Month played | May |
| Current champion | |
| Team: Wake Forest Individual: Rose Zhang (Stanford) | |
 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship | |
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Many individual winners have gone on to have successful careers on the LPGA Tour, including 1991 champion Annika Sörenstam and 1999 champion Grace Park.
The Division I competition started in 1982. A combined Division II and Division III championship was held from 1996 to 1999, splitting into separate championships starting in 2000.[1]
Stroke play (1978–2014)
More information Year, Site ...
| Year | Site | Host course | Par (Overall) |
Team championship | Individual champion | Score | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Runner-up | Score | ||||||
| 1982 Details |
Stanford, CA | Stanford Golf Course | 72 (288) |
Tulsa | 1,191 | TCU | 1,227 | Kathy Baker (Tulsa) |
295 (+7) |
| 1983 Details |
Athens, GA | UGA Golf Course | 74 (296) |
TCU | 1,193 | Tulsa | 1,196 | Penny Hammel (Miami–FL) |
284 (−12) |
| 1984 Details |
Athens, GA | UGA Golf Course | 73 (292) |
Miami (FL) | 1,214 | Arizona State | 1,221 | Cindy Schreyer (Georgia) |
297 (+5) |
| 1985 Details |
Amherst, MA | Amherst Golf Club | 73 (292) |
Florida | 1,218 | Tulsa | 1,233 | Danielle Ammaccapane (Arizona State) |
298 (+6) |
| 1986 Details |
Columbus, OH | OSU Golf Club | 73 (292) |
Florida (2) | 1,180 | Miami (FL) | 1,188 | Page Dunlap (Florida) |
291 (−1) |
| 1987 Details |
Albuquerque, NM | Championship Golf Course | 73 (292) |
San Jose State | 1,187 | Furman | 1,188 | Caroline Keggi (New Mexico) |
289 (−3) |
| 1988 Details |
Las Cruces, NM | NMSU Golf Course | 74 (296) |
Vacated3 | — | Georgia Arizona State |
1,182 | Vacated3 | — |
| 1989 Details |
Stanford, CA | Stanford Golf Course | 73 (292) |
San Jose State (2) | 1,208 | Tulsa | 1,209 | Pat Hurst (San Jose State) |
292 (E) |
| 1990 Details |
Columbia, SC | Cobblestone Park | 72 (288) |
Arizona State | 1,206 | UCLA | 1,222 | Susan Slaughter (Arizona) |
297 (+9) |
| 1991 Details |
Columbus, OH | Ohio State University Golf Club | 73 (292) |
UCLA | 1,1971 | San Jose State | 1,197 | Annika Sörenstam (Arizona) |
290 (−2) |
| 1992 Details |
Tempe, AZ | ASU Karsten Golf Course | 72 (288) |
San Jose State (3) | 1,171 | Arizona | 1,175 | Vicki Goetze (Georgia) |
280 (−8) |
| 1993 Details |
Athens, GA | UGA Golf Course | 73 (292) |
Arizona State (2) | 1,187 | Texas | 1,189 | Charlotta Sörenstam (Texas) |
287 (−5) |
| 1994 Details |
Eugene, OR | Eugene Country Club | 73 (292) |
Arizona State (3) | 1,189 | USC | 1,205 | Emilee Klein (Arizona State) |
286 (−6) |
| 1995 Details |
Wilmington, NC | Country Club of Landfall | 72 (288) |
Arizona State (4) | 1,155 | San Jose State | 1,181 | Kristel Mourgue d'Algue (Arizona State) |
283 (−5) |
| 1996 Details |
La Quinta, CA | La Quinta Resort & Club | 72 (288) |
Arizona | 1,2401 | San Jose State | 1,240 | Marisa Baena (Arizona) |
296 (+8) |
| 1997 Details |
Columbus, OH | Ohio State University Golf Club | 72 (288) |
Arizona State (5) | 1,178 | San Jose State | 1,204 | Heather Bowie (Texas) |
285 (−3) |
| 1998 Details |
Madison, WI | University Ridge Golf Course | 72 (288) |
Arizona State (6) | 1,155 | Florida | 1,173 | Jennifer Rosales (USC) |
279 (−9) |
| 1999 Details |
Tulsa, OK | Tulsa Country Club | 71 (213) |
Duke | 8954 | Arizona State Georgia |
903 | Grace Park (Arizona State) |
212 (−1) |
| 2000 Details |
Corvallis, OR | Trysting Tree Golf Course | 71 (284) |
Arizona (2) | 1,175 | Stanford | 1,196 | Jenna Daniels (Arizona) |
287 (+3) |
| 2001 Details |
Daytona Beach, FL | LPGA International | 71 (284) |
Georgia | 1,176 | Duke | 1,179 | Candy Hannemann (Duke) |
285 (+1) |
| 2002 Details |
Auburn, WA | Washington National Golf Club | 71 (284) |
Duke (2) | 1,164 | Arizona Auburn Texas |
1,170 | Virada Nirapathpongporn (Duke) |
279 (−5) |
| 2003 Details |
West Lafayette, IN | Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex | 71 (284) |
USC | 1,197 | Pepperdine | 1,212 | Mikaela Parmlid (USC) |
297 (+13) |
| 2004 Details |
Auburn, AL | Auburn Golf Club | 72 (288) |
UCLA (2) | 1,148 | Oklahoma State | 1,151 | Sarah Huarte (California) |
278 (−10) |
| 2005 Details |
Sunriver, OR | Sunriver Resort, Meadow Course | 71 (284) |
Duke (3) | 1,170 | UCLA | 1,175 | Anna Grzebian (Duke) |
286 (+2) |
| 2006 Details |
Columbus, OH | Ohio State University Golf Club | 72 (288) |
Duke (4) | 1,167 | USC | 1,177 | Dewi Schreefel (USC) |
286 (−2) |
| 2007 | Daytona Beach, FL | LPGA International | 72 (288) |
Duke (5) | 1,170 | Purdue | 1,185 | Stacy Lewis (Arkansas) |
282 (−6) |
| 2008 | Albuquerque, NM | Championship Golf Course | 72 (288) |
USC (2) | 1,168 | UCLA | 1,174 | Azahara Muñoz (Arizona State) |
2872 (−1) |
| 2009 | Owings Mills, MD | Caves Valley Golf Club | 72 (288) |
Arizona State (7) | 1,182 | UCLA | 1,190 | María Hernández (Purdue) |
289 (+1) |
| 2010 | Wilmington, NC | Country Club of Landfall | 72 (288) |
Purdue | 1,153 | USC | 1,154 | Caroline Hedwall (Oklahoma State) |
276 (−12) |
| 2011 | College Station, TX | Traditions Golf Course | 72 (288) |
UCLA (3) | 1,173 | Purdue | 1,177 | Austin Ernst (LSU) |
281 (−7) |
| 2012 | Nashville, TN | Vanderbilt Legends Club | 72 (288) |
Alabama | 1,171 | USC | 1,172 | Chirapat Jao-Javanil (Oklahoma) |
282 (−6) |
| 2013 | Athens, GA | UGA Golf Course | 72 (288) |
USC (3) | 1,133 | Duke | 1,154 | Annie Park (USC) |
278 (−10) |
| 2014 | Tulsa, OK | Tulsa Country Club | 70 (280) |
Duke (6) | 1,130 | USC | 1,132 | Doris Chen (USC) |
274 (−6) |
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Stroke and match play (2015–present)
More information Year, Site ...
| Year | Site | Host course | Par | Team championship | Individual champion | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Runner-up | ||||||
| 2015 Details |
Bradenton, FL | Concession Golf Club | 72 |
Stanford | 3–2 | Baylor | Emma Talley (Alabama) |
285 (−3) |
| 2016 Details |
Eugene, OR | Eugene Country Club | 72 | Washington | 3–2 | Stanford | Virginia Elena Carta (Duke) |
2725 (−16)6 |
| 2017 Details |
Sugar Grove, IL | Rich Harvest Farms | 72 | Arizona State (8) | 31⁄2–11⁄2 | Northwestern | Monica Vaughn (Arizona State) |
217 (+1) |
| 2018 Details |
Stillwater, OK | Karsten Creek | 72 | Arizona (3) | 3–2 | Alabama | Jennifer Kupcho (Wake Forest) |
280 (−8) |
| 2019 Details |
Fayetteville, AR | Blessings Golf Club | 73 | Duke (7) | 3–2 | Wake Forest | María Fassi (Arkansas) |
211 (−8) |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||
| 2021 Details |
Scottsdale, AZ | Grayhawk Golf Club | 72 | Ole Miss | 4–1 | Oklahoma State | Rachel Heck (Stanford) |
280 (−8) |
| 2022 Details |
Stanford (2) | 3–2 | Oregon | Rose Zhang (Stanford) |
282 (−6) | |||
| 2023 Details |
Wake Forest | 3–1 | USC | Rose Zhang (2) (Stanford) |
278 (−10) | |||
| 2024 Details |
Carlsbad, CA | Omni La Costa Resort & Spa | 72 | TBD | – | TBD | TBD (TBD) |
TBD (TBD) |
| 2025 Details |
TBD | – | TBD | TBD (TBD) |
TBD (TBD) | |||
| 2026 Details |
TBD | – | TBD | TBD (TBD) |
TBD (TBD) | |||
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Source:[2]
Notes
- ^ Team championship decided by playoff.
- ^ Individual championship decided by playoff.
- ^ Tulsa's team (1,175) and individual (Melissa McNamara, 287) championships from 1988 were vacated by the NCAA.
- ^ The fourth round of the 1999 championship was cancelled due to rain.
- ^ NCAA record – Lowest aggregate score.
- ^ NCAA record – Most strokes under par.
This list consists of the top 25 women's college golf teams in terms of appearances in the NCAA Division I Women's Championship.
More information Rank, Team ...
| Rank | Team | Appearances |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona State | 37 |
| Stanford | ||
| 3 | Southern Cal | 35 |
| 4 | Arizona | 33 |
| Duke | ||
| UCLA | ||
| 7 | Texas | 31 |
| 8 | Florida | 28 |
| 9 | Georgia | 24 |
| Oklahoma State | ||
| 11 | San Jose State | 23 |
| 12 | Ohio State | 22 |
| 13 | Auburn | 20 |
| South Carolina | ||
| 15 | Furman | 19 |
| Tulsa | ||
| Wake Forest | ||
| 18 | Purdue | 18 |
| 19 | Alabama | 16 |
| LSU | ||
| New Mexico | ||
| North Carolina | ||
| 26 | Texas A&M | 15 |
| 23 | Florida State | 14 |
| Michigan State | ||
| TCU | ||
| Tennessee | ||
| Washington |
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as of 2023[3]
More information Team, Number ...
| Team | Number | Years won |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona State | 8 | 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2009, 2017 |
| Duke | 7 | 1999, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2019 |
| Arizona | 3 | 1996, 2000, 2018 |
| San Jose State | 3 | 1987, 1989, 1992 |
| UCLA | 3 | 1991, 2004, 2011 |
| USC | 3 | 2003, 2008, 2013 |
| Florida | 2 | 1985, 1986 |
| Stanford | 2 | 2015, 2022 |
| Alabama | 1 | 2012 |
| Georgia | 1 | 2001 |
| Miami | 1 | 1984 |
| Ole Miss | 1 | 2021 |
| Purdue | 1 | 2010 |
| TCU | 1 | 1983 |
| Tulsa | 1 | 1982 |
| Wake Forest | 1 | 2023 |
| Washington | 1 | 2016 |
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The following women have won both the NCAA individual championship and the U.S. Women's Amateur. Only Vicki Goetze (1992) managed the feat in the same year.
More information Player, U.S. Amateur ...
| Player | U.S. Amateur | NCAA |
|---|---|---|
| Pat Hurst | 1990 | 1989 |
| Vicki Goetze | 1989, 1992 | 1992 |
| Grace Park | 1998 | 1999 |
| Virada Nirapathpongporn | 2003 | 2002 |
| Emma Talley | 2013 | 2015 |
| Rose Zhang | 2020 | 2022, 2023 |
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- "Division I Women's" (PDF). NCAA Golf. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- "Division I Championship History" (PDF). NCAA.org. p. 3. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
- "Division I Women's Golf Championships Records Book" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved January 9, 2019.