2025 NCAA Division I women's golf championship

2025 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship
Tournament information
DatesMay 16–21, 2025
LocationCarlsbad, California, U.S.
Course(s)Omni La Costa Resort & Spa
(University of Texas)
Organized byNCAA
Statistics
Par72
Length6,297 yards
Field396 players, 72 teams
Champion
Team: Northwestern
Individual: Maria José Marin (Arkansas)
Team: 3–2 vs Stanford
Individual: 276 (–12)

The 2025 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship was contested May 16–21 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California.[1] It was the 42nd annual tournament to establish the national champions of the 2024 season in NCAA Division I women's collegiate golf. The tournament was hosted by the University of Texas. There are both team and individual championships.

It was the second of three years that the men's and women's Division I golf tournaments are played at the same location; the 2025 NCAA Division I men's golf championship will be held in Carlsbad after the women's championship from May 23–28.[2]

Regional qualifying tournaments

  • There are six regional sites that held the qualifying tournaments across the United States from May 5–7, 2025.
  • The five lowest scoring teams from each of the regional sites qualified to compete at the national championships as team and individual players.
  • An additional individual with the lowest score in their regional, whose teams did not qualify, qualified to compete for the individual title in the national championship.
Regional name Golf course Location Qualified teams^ Additionally qualified
Charlottesville Regional Birdwood Golf Course Charlottesville, Virginia 1. South Carolina
2. Ole Miss
T3. Virginia
T3. Florida
5. UCLA 		Pimchompoo Chaisilprungruang, Charlotte
Columbus Regional OSU Golf Club – Scarlet Course Columbus, Ohio 1. Kansas
2. Arkansas
3. Ohio State
4. UNLV
5. LSU 		Vanessa Zhang, Harvard
Golf Canyon Regional Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club Golf Canyon, Arizona 1. Oregon
2. Arizona State
3. Oklahoma State
4. Mississippi State
5. Cal State Fullerton 		Janae Leovao, Long Beach State
Lexington Regional University Club of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky 1. Florida State
T2. Georgia Southern
T2. Kansas State
4. Southern California
5. Vanderbilt 		Caroline Smith, Indiana
Lubbock Regional The Rawls Course Lubbock, Texas 1. Wake Forest
2. Texas
3. Iowa State
4. Tennessee
5. Purdue 		Kara Kaneshiro, Colorado State
Norman Regional Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club Norman, Oklahoma 1. Stanford
2. Northwestern
3. Michigan State
4. Oklahoma
5. Baylor 		Grace Jin, Sam Houston

^ Teams listed in qualifying order.

Sources:[3][4]

Venue

This is the second time the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship will be held at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa and the second time the tournament has been hosted by the University of Texas.[5]

Format

Similar to 2015 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship, all teams will compete for three days (54 holes) on a stroke-play basis from Friday until Sunday. On Monday, the lowest scoring player was awarded as the national champion for the individual title at the conclusion of the 72 holes stroke-play event. At the same time, the lowest scoring eight teams advanced to the match-play team event. The quarterfinals and semifinals of match-play event will be played on Tuesday, May 20 and the finals will be played on Wednesday, May 21.[6]

Team competition

Leaderboard

(Par: 288, Total: 1152)

Place Team Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total To par
1 Stanford 293 278 270 274 1115 −27
2 Oregon 288 289 285 284 1146 −6
3 Northwestern 291 285 280 298 1154 +2
4 Florida State 295 284 288 288 1155 +3
5 Southern California 292 287 285 292 1156 +4
6 Arkansas 297 290 280 291 1158 +6
7 Texas 288 293 288 291 1160 +8
8 Virginia 294 293 289 291 1167 +15
9 Arizona State 288 294 293 293 1168 +16
T10 South Carolina 297 286 289 297 1169 +17
LSU 293 297 290 289
12 UCLA 295 294 293 289 1171 +19
13 Tennessee 291 297 288 297 1173 +21
14 Mississippi State 294 286 302 296 1178 +26
15 Oklahoma State 284 297 297 302 1180 +28

Eliminated teams: Vanderbilt (884), Florida (885), Michigan State (888), Kansas State (890), Ole Miss (893), Wake Forest (890), Kansas (895), Iowa State (896), Oklahoma (896), Georgia Southern (900), Ohio State (900), Purdue (906), Cal State Fullerton (910), UNLV (910), Baylor (911) Source: [7]

Match-play bracket

  • The eight teams with the lowest stroke play total advanced into the match-play event.
Quarterfinals
May 20, morning 		Semifinals
May 20, afternoon 		Final
May 21
         
1 Stanford 3
8 Virginia 1
1 Stanford 3
4 Florida State 1
4 Florida State 3
5 Southern California 1
1 Stanford 2
3 Northwestern 3
3 Northwestern 3
6 Arkansas 2
3 Northwestern 3
2 Oregon 2
2 Oregon 3
7 Texas 2

Sources:[8][9][10]

Individual competition

May 21, 2025 (Par:72, Total: 288)

Place Player University Score To par
1 Maria José Marin Arkansas 276 −12
2 Mirabel Ting Florida State 278 −10
3 Kelly Xu Stanford 280 −8
4 Paula Martín Sampedro Stanford 281 −7
T5 Catherine Park Southern California 282 −6
Megan Propeck Virginia
Eila Galitsky South Carolina
T8 Lottie Woad Florida State 283 −5
Kiara Romero Oregon
10 Avery Weed Mississippi State 284 −4
Megha Ganne Stanford
Suvichaya Vinijchaitham Oregon
Meja Örtengren Stanford

The remaining 86 players from the top 15 teams and the top 9 individuals outside of those teams competed for the individual championship title after the 54-hole cut.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Home of the NCAA Division 1 Golf Championships 2024-2026".
  2. ^ "NCAA D I Men's Golf Championship at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa".
  3. ^ "2025 NCAA Division I women's golf regional selections announced". NCAA. April 23, 2025. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  4. ^ Jourdan, CAmeron (May 7, 2025). "NCAA Women's Golf Regionals: Recaps, highlights from final round at every site". Golfweek.
  5. ^ "Finals (May 17-22) Omni La Costa Resort & Spa (University of Texas at Austin, host)".
  6. ^ Johnson, Greg (September 15, 2014). "New format for men's and women's golf championships receives approval". NCAA.
  7. ^ "NCAA DI Women's National Championship – Stroke Play – Team Leaderboard". NCAA. May 19, 2025.
  8. ^ Jourdan, Cameron (May 20, 2025). "NCAA Women's Golf Championship highlights: Quarterfinal scores, semifinal matchups set". Golfweek.
  9. ^ "Stanford and Northwestern advance to the 2025 NCAA DI women's golf national championship match". NCAA. May 21, 2025.
  10. ^ "Northwestern wins 2025 NCAA DI women's golf championship". NCAA. May 22, 2025.
  11. ^ "NCAA DI Women's National Championship – Stroke Play – Player Leaderboard". NCAA. May 19, 2025.
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