The 2025 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship was contested May 16–21 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California. 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.
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 nameGolf courseLocationQualified teams^Additionally qualifiedCharlottesvilleBirdwood Golf CourseCharlottesville, Virginia1. South Carolina2. Ole MissT3. VirginiaT3. Florida5. UCLAPimchompoo Chaisilprungruang, CharlotteColumbusOhio State University Golf ClubScarlet Course Columbus, Ohio1. Kansas2. Arkansas3. Ohio State4. UNLV5. LSUVanessa Zhang, HarvardGold CanyonSuperstition Mountain Golf and Country Club Gold Canyon, Arizona1. Oregon2. Arizona State3. Oklahoma State4. Mississippi State5. Cal State FullertonJanae Leovao, Long Beach StateLexingtonUniversity Club of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky1. Florida StateT2. Georgia SouthernT2. Kansas State4. Southern California5. VanderbiltCaroline Smith, IndianaLubbockThe Rawls CourseLubbock, Texas1. Wake Forest2. Texas3. Iowa State4. Tennessee5. PurdueKara Kaneshiro, Colorado StateNormanJimmie Austin OU Golf Club Norman, Oklahoma 1. Stanford2. Northwestern3. Michigan State4. Oklahoma5. BaylorGrace Jin, Sam Houston ^ Teams listed in qualifying order.
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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.
Format Similar to 2015 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship, all teams competed 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 were played on Tuesday, May 20 and the finals were played on Wednesday, May 21.
Team competition Leaderboard (Par: 288, Total: 1152) PlaceTeamRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4TotalTo 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 +67 Texas 288 293 288 291 1160 +8 8 Virginia 294 293 289 291 1167 +15 9 Arizona State 288 294 293 293 1168 +16T10 South Carolina 297 286 289 297 1169 +17LSU 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:
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 21, 2025 (Par:72, Total: 288)
PlacePlayer UniversityScoreTo par1 María José Marín Arkansas 276 −122 Mirabel Ting Florida State 278 −103 Kelly Xu Stanford 280 −84 Paula Martín Sampedro Stanford 281 −7T5 Catherine Park Southern California 282 −6 Megan Propeck Virginia Eila Galitsky South CarolinaT8 Lottie Woad Florida State 283 −5 Kiara Romero Oregon10 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.
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