NCAA Division I women's golf championship

NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship
Tournament information
Location2024: Carlsbad, California
Established1982
Course(s)2024: Omni La Costa Resort and Spa
Par2024: 72
Length2024: 6,297 yards (5,758 m)
Format72-hole stroke play
8-team match play
Month playedMay
Current champion
Team: Stanford
Individual: Adéla Cernousek (Texas A&M)
2024 NCAA Division I 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.

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]

Results

Stroke play (1978–2014)

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)

Stroke and match play (2015–present)

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 Stanford (3) 3–2 UCLA Adéla Cernousek
(Texas A&M) 		276
(−12)
2025
Details 		TBD – TBD TBD
(TBD)
(TBD)
2026
Details 		TBD – TBD TBD
(TBD) 		TBD
(TBD)

Source:[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Team championship decided by playoff.
  2. ^ Individual championship decided by playoff.
  3. ^ Tulsa's team (1,175) and individual (Melissa McNamara, 287) championships from 1988 were vacated by the NCAA.
  4. ^ The fourth round of the 1999 championship was cancelled due to rain.
  5. ^ NCAA record – Lowest aggregate score.
  6. ^ NCAA record – Most strokes under par.

Team titles

NCAA Division I women's golf championship is located in the United States
Arizona State
Arizona State
Duke
Duke
Arizona
Arizona
San Jose State
San Jose State
UCLA
UCLA
USC
USC
Florida
Florida
Stanford
Stanford
Alabama
Alabama
Georgia
Georgia
Miami
Miami
Ole Miss
Ole Miss
Purdue
Purdue
TCU
TCU
Tulsa
Tulsa
Wake Forest
Wake Forest
Washington
Washington
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National Championships by school: 8, 7, 3, 2, 1
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
Stanford 3 2015, 2022, 2024
UCLA 3 1991, 2004, 2011
USC 3 2003, 2008, 2013
Florida 2 1985, 1986
Alabama 1 2012
Georgia 1 2001
Miami 1 1984
Ole Miss 1 2021
Purdue 1 2010
TCU 1 1983
Tulsa 1 1982, 1988
Wake Forest 1 2023
Washington 1 2016

Appearances by team

Total Columns

  • School refers to the current name and branding of the softball team.
  • Conference shows where the school as of the 2024 season.
  •  #  Total appearances in the NCAA Championship, not counting vacated appearances.
  •  15  Finishes in the top 15 at the NCAA Championship
  •  T8  Finishes in the top 8 at the NCAA Championship
  •  T4  Finishes in the top 4 at the NCAA Championship
  •  T2  Finishes in the top 2 at the NCAA Championship
  •  CH  National Championships

Table Entries

  •  CH  National Champion
    •  CH  Vacated National Champion
  •  RU  National Runner-up
School Conference # 15 T8 T4 T2 CH 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24

Arizona State Pac-12 38 33 23 15 11 8 10 13 RU 3 4 11 RU 6ᴛ CH 9 CH CH CH 6 CH CH RU 11ᴛ 18 9ᴛ 18 10 8ᴛ 4 13 5 CH 4 17 6ᴛ 5 5 CH 16ᴛ 14ᴛ QF 9 16
Duke ACC 34 31 23 16 9 7 16 7 11 7ᴛ 5 13 12 4 11 7 4 CH 14 RU CH 10 3 CH CH CH 3 6 8ᴛ 15 RU CH SF SF 18 QF CH SF 18ᴛ 14
USC Pac-12 36 34 25 18 9 3 9 3 4 16 9 12 15ᴛ 5 RU 14 7 7 4 7 14 CH 12ᴛ 11ᴛ RU 4 CH 3 RU 5ᴛ RU CH RU SF QF SF SF QF 23 10 RU SF
UCLA Pac-12 34 31 24 13 8 3 7 9 14 16 13 RU CH 5 10 6 7 4 5 5ᴛ 21 5ᴛ CH RU 11 3 RU RU 6 CH 8 4 3 15 SF QF 20 15 QF RU
San Jose State Mountain West 24 16 14 10 7 3 13ᴛ 17 8 8 CH 6 CH 4 RU CH 3 3 RU RU RU 17ᴛ 15 17 23ᴛ 18ᴛ 19 QF 16 17ᴛ
Arizona Pac-12 33 30 20 12 5 3 13ᴛ 11 12 8 4 7 3 RU 14 12 CH 3 3 4 CH 8 RU 7 15ᴛ 17 14ᴛ 23 16 5 15 8 7ᴛ QF 9ᴛ CH SF SF 9ᴛ
Stanford Pac-12 38 31 20 11 5 3 6 9 16 15 10 10ᴛ 9 6 4 11 7 4 5 4 8ᴛ 8 RU 9 11 16 12ᴛ 19 13ᴛ 5 19ᴛ 23 24 13ᴛ 18ᴛ CH RU SF SF QF QF CH SF CH
Florida SEC 28 23 14 8 3 2 4 5 4 CH CH 3 4 5 3 15 15 9 10 RU 18 6ᴛ 8 10 6ᴛ 9 10ᴛ 12 17 18ᴛ 17 QF 21 11
Tulsa American 21 15 10 4 4 1 CH RU 6 RU 5ᴛ CH RU 5ᴛ 9 9 10 8ᴛ 6 6 16 10 12 21 23 19ᴛ 29 26ᴛ
Georgia SEC 25 21 14 6 3 1 3 6ᴛ 13 RU 6ᴛ 17 5 3 4 18 10ᴛ RU 7 CH 5 11 9 6ᴛ 8 10ᴛ 15 18ᴛ 18ᴛ QF 14ᴛ
Purdue Big Ten 19 14 5 5 3 1 9 20 16 12 22 20 9 RU 4 10 CH RU 9 3 12 11 9ᴛ 12 29
Wake Forest ACC 20 16 5 3 2 1 7 8 3 11 11 17 22 14 15 12 10ᴛ 13ᴛ 14 13 16ᴛ RU 12 16 CH 9
Alabama SEC 16 12 5 3 2 1 9 24 23 12ᴛ 11 3 8ᴛ CH 7 9 14 12ᴛ 14ᴛ RU 24 24
Miami (FL) ACC 9 7 5 2 2 1 6 CH 5 RU 5 9 10 21 16ᴛ
TCU Big 12 14 6 2 2 2 1 RU CH 14 14 17 12 17ᴛ 20ᴛ 11 17ᴛ 18 19ᴛ 21 20
Washington Pac-12 14 6 4 1 1 1 16ᴛ 18 18 16 20 6ᴛ 14 6ᴛ 16 17 QF CH 13ᴛ 18
Ole Miss SEC 5 2 1 1 1 1 24 14ᴛ CH 28 30
Texas Big 12 32 26 15 6 2 - 15 11 17 7 10ᴛ 5ᴛ 7 6 RU 5 9ᴛ 3 10ᴛ 9 3 3 RU 3 6ᴛ 17ᴛ 23 16ᴛ 13ᴛ 21 23 13 13ᴛ QF QF 13 QF 11ᴛ
Oklahoma State Big 12 25 20 11 5 2 - 3 10 6 12 3 16 7 10 12 5ᴛ 13 5ᴛ RU 8ᴛ 18 14ᴛ 19ᴛ 4 8ᴛ 12 11 RU 19 11ᴛ 24ᴛ
Auburn SEC 21 18 10 5 1 - 13 8 18 13 19 15ᴛ 6 4 RU 9 3 12 9 12ᴛ 11ᴛ 6 16ᴛ SF QF SF QF
Pepperdine West Coast 14 11 7 3 1 - 5 8 14 9ᴛ RU 4 3 7 9 14ᴛ 21 23 QF 19
Furman SoCon 19 14 5 3 1 - 9 3 4 16 RU 15 11 6 11 6 13 16 15ᴛ 15ᴛ 21 24 20 12 11
Oregon Pac-12 13 9 4 2 1 - 17 14 13 7 14 11ᴛ 23ᴛ 22 QF 24 11 RU SF
Northwestern Big Ten 10 8 2 1 1 - 24 15 15ᴛ 10 9ᴛ RU QF 13 22ᴛ 11ᴛ
Baylor Big 12 9 4 2 1 1 - 19ᴛ 16ᴛ RU QF 9 14 18 17 21
Texas A&M SEC 16 10 6 2 - - 5 13 10 17 23 22 19 6ᴛ 11ᴛ 7 16ᴛ 10ᴛ 18 SF SF QF
LSU SEC 17 14 5 2 - - 16ᴛ 9 8 5 10 10 12ᴛ 23 15 12 3 3 20ᴛ 9ᴛ 11 14ᴛ QF
Virginia ACC 14 10 4 2 - - 13 12ᴛ 8 13 4 4 14 20ᴛ QF 22 14ᴛ 15 24ᴛ 28
Ohio State Big Ten 22 13 7 1 - - 14 10 13 17 17 15 8ᴛ 12 11 20ᴛ 22 8 4 8 6ᴛ 24 21 22 7ᴛ 22 QF 23
California Pac-12 10 7 3 1 - - 19 15 14ᴛ 4 5 5 12 22 24 14ᴛ
Oklahoma Big 12 9 6 3 1 - - 13 12 16ᴛ 23 6ᴛ 6ᴛ 9ᴛ 4 20
SMU American 8 6 2 1 - - 11 4 7 16 12 15ᴛ 11ᴛ 24ᴛ
South Florida American 6 4 2 1 - - 10 5 10 4 23 24
North Carolina ACC 17 13 6 - - - 16ᴛ 12 8 8 8ᴛ 16 8 15 13 15ᴛ 21 7 8ᴛ 10 14 9 26ᴛ
New Mexico Mountain West 16 10 5 - - - 8 12 8 6ᴛ 7ᴛ 14 16 15 17 8ᴛ 21 15ᴛ 22 19 16ᴛ 9ᴛ
Tennessee SEC 14 8 4 - - - 13 6 5 11 6ᴛ 13ᴛ 17ᴛ 17 19ᴛ 13 19 QF 16 24
South Carolina SEC 21 13 3 - - - 14ᴛ 12 9ᴛ 14 14 24 23 17 22 14ᴛ 18 5 20 13 17 QF 10 13 14 QF 23
Arkansas SEC 12 10 3 - - - 11ᴛ 10 8 5ᴛ 23 13ᴛ 9 12ᴛ 10 QF 22ᴛ 10
Vanderbilt SEC 13 7 3 - - - 18 14ᴛ 5 6 7 10ᴛ 11 18ᴛ 10ᴛ 23 22ᴛ 27 20
Florida State ACC 16 11 2 - - - 14 14 18 13 19ᴛ 19ᴛ 16 10 15 20 12 12 9ᴛ QF QF 11ᴛ
Indiana Big Ten 11 8 2 - - - 11ᴛ 12 13 11 13 8ᴛ 17 5 13 24 21
Kent State MAC 8 3 2 - - - 15 19ᴛ 21 22 QF QF 17 17
Denver Summit 3 2 2 - - - 20 6ᴛ 5
Lamar Southland 2 2 2 - - - 7 8
Kentucky SEC 6 4 1 - - - 5ᴛ 10ᴛ 13 10 17 18ᴛ
Mississippi State SEC 5 3 1 - - - 24 6 17 13 15
Florida International CUSA 4 3 1 - - - 15 8 15 17
Texas Tech Big 12 4 2 1 - - - 12 QF 22 21
Clemson ACC 3 1 1 - - - 21 24ᴛ QF
New Mexico State CUSA 9 7 - - - - 10ᴛ 15 11 15ᴛ 15 17 19 11ᴛ 11
U. S. International defunct 4 4 - - - - 15 11ᴛ 14ᴛ 15
Michigan State Big Ten 16 3 - - - - 18 16 20ᴛ 12ᴛ 19 24 17 16 13ᴛ 20 9ᴛ 20ᴛ 19 16 18ᴛ 17ᴛ
Tulane American 6 3 - - - - 15 20 18 9ᴛ 15ᴛ 19
BYU Big 12 5 2 - - - - 12 14 24 17ᴛ 24
NC State ACC 4 2 - - - - 13ᴛ 10ᴛ 22 30
Louisville Atlantic 10 2 2 - - - - 10 15
UC Davis Big West 4 1 - - - - 21 20 16 11
Campbell CAA 3 1 - - - - 14 20ᴛ 23
Minnesota Big Ten 2 1 - - - - 12 19
Kansas Big 12 2 1 - - - - 14 24
UCF Big 12 2 1 - - - - 15ᴛ 22
Illinois Big Ten 1 1 - - - - 9ᴛ
Michigan Big Ten 5 - - - - - 17 18ᴛ 16ᴛ 20 20
UNLV Mountain West 4 - - - - - 21 22 16 16
Oregon State Pac-12 3 - - - - - 16 22ᴛ 22
Nebraska Big Ten 3 - - - - - 19 22 20
UC Irvine Big West 3 - - - - - 18 19 22
Wisconsin Big Ten 2 - - - - - 24 23
Colorado Pac-12 2 - - - - - 18 19
Rollins D2 1 - - - - - 19
Illinois State Missouri Valley 1 - - - - - 17
Penn State Big Ten 1 - - - - - 18
Weber State Big Sky 1 - - - - - 17
Iowa Big Ten 1 - - - - - 16
Washington State Pac-12 1 - - - - - 23
Missouri SEC 1 - - - - - 16
Chattanooga SoCon 1 - - - - - 21
Coastal Carolina Sun Belt 1 - - - - - 24
Notre Dame ACC 1 - - - - - 22
Iowa State Big 12 1 - - - - - 23
Maryland Big Ten 1 - - - - - 21ᴛ
Virginia Tech ACC 1 - - - - - 21ᴛ
Augusta Southland 1 - - - - - 26

Winners of both NCAA and U.S. Amateur

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.

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Division I Women's" (PDF). NCAA Golf. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  2. ^ "Division I Championship History" (PDF). NCAA.org. p. 3. Retrieved May 12, 2014.