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.

NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship

Tournament information
Location	2025: Carlsbad, California
Established	1982
Course(s)	2025: Omni La Costa Resort and Spa
Par	2025: 72
Length	2025: 6,297 yards (5,758 m)
Format	72-hole stroke play 8-team match play
Month played	May
Current champion
Team: Northwestern Individual: Maria José Marin (Arkansas)
2025 NCAA Division I women's golf championship

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				Northwestern	3–2	Stanford	María José Marín (Arkansas)	276 (–12)
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

Arizona State

Duke

Arizona

San Jose State

UCLA

USC

Florida

Stanford

Alabama

Georgia

Miami

Northwestern

Ole Miss

Purdue

TCU

Tulsa

Wake Forest

Washington

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
Northwestern	1	2025
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

1982 to 2014 Numbers indicate the placement of the team in that tournament beyond second

2015 to present  SF  Semifinals  QF  Quarterfinals Numbers indicate the placement of the team in that tournament beyond eighth

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

• AIAW Intercollegiate Women's Golf Champions
• NAIA Women's Golf Championship
• National Golf Coaches Association