The 2024 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship will be contested May 17–22 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California. It will be the 42nd annual tournament to establish the national champions of the 2024 season in NCAA Division I women's collegiate golf. The tournament will be hosted by the University of Texas. There are both team and individual championships.
It will be the first of three years that the men's and women's Division I golf tournaments are played at the same location; the 2024 NCAA Division I men's golf championship will be held in Carlsbad after the women's championship from May 24–29.
Regional qualifying tournaments There are six regional sites that held the qualifying tournaments across the United States from May 6–8, 2024. 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 nameGolf courseLocationQualified teams^Additionally qualifiedAuburnAuburn University ClubAuburn, AL1. Auburn2. Oregon3. North CarolinaT4. South CarolinaT4. TulsaIsabella McCauley, MinnesotaBermuda RunBermuda Run Country ClubBermuda Run, NC1. Ole Miss2. Texas3. Wake Forest4. Mississippi State5. Oregon StateBailey Davis, TennesseeBryanThe Traditions ClubBryan, TX1. LSUT2. ClemsonT2. SMU4. Vanderbilt5. Texas A&MCarla Bernat, Kansas StateCle ElumTumble Creek ClubCle Elum, WA1. Stanford2. Duke3. Virginia4. Arizona State5. San Jose StateJasmine Leovao, Long Beach StateEast LansingForest Akers Golf CourseEast Lansing, MI1. USC2. Oklahoma State3. Michigan State4. Northwestern5. PepperdineLauren Beaudreau, Notre DameLas VegasSpanish Trail Country ClubLas Vegas, NV1. Arkansas2. Purdue3. Baylor4. UCLA5. Florida StateVeronika Kedronova, Kent State ^ Teams listed in qualifying order.
Venue This is the first time the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship will be held at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa and the first time the tournament has been hosted by the University of Texas.
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 21 and the finals will be played on Wednesday, May 22.
Team competition Leaderboard (Par: 288, Total: 1152) PlaceTeamRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4TotalTo par T1 Stanford 285 285 285 299 1154 +2 LSU 289 286 288 291 3 Texas A&M 281 284 289 303 1157 +5 4 USC 299 283 296 287 1165 +13 5 Clemson 280 293 293 304 1170 +18 T6 UCLA 291 283 300 297 1171 +19 Oregon 294 283 299 295 8 Auburn 285 290 301 296 1172 +20 9 Wake Forest 295 292 297 290 1174 +22 10 Arkansas 288 290 299 300 1177 +25 T11 Texas 299 286 302 295 1182 +30 Florida State 287 302 300 293 Northwestern 285 293 295 309 14 Duke 286 293 304 301 1184 +32 15 Mississippi State 287 297 301 301 1186 +34 Eliminated teams: Arizona State (890), Michigan State (892), San Jose State (892), Pepperdine (893), Vanderbilt (897), Baylor (899), Oregon State (900), South Carolina (904), SMU (912), Oklahoma State (912), Tulsa (913), North Carolina (913), Virginia (914), Purdue (916), Ole Miss (917)
The top 15 teams after 54 holes proceeded to the final round.
Match-play bracket The eight teams with the lowest stroke play total advanced into the match-play event.
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Individual competition May 20, 2024 (Par:72, Total: 288)
PlacePlayer UniversityScoreTo par1 Adéla Cernousek Texas A&M 276 –122 Lottie Woad Florida State 279 –93 Paula Martín Sampedro Stanford 282 –6T4 Aine Donegan LSU 283 –5 María José Marín Arkansas6 Kiara Romero Oregon 284 –47 Annabelle Pancake Clemson 285 –38 Julia López Ramirez Mississippi State 286 –29 Carla Tejedo Mulet LSU 287 –1T10 Phoebe Brinker Duke 288 E Zoe Campos UCLA Megha Ganne Stanford Mimi Rhodes Wake Forest Latanna Stone LSU
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.
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