2024 NCAA Division I women's golf championship
Golf tournament
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The 2024 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship will be contested May 17–22 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California.[1] 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.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | May 17–22, 2024 |
| Location | Carlsbad, California, U.S. |
| Courses | Omni La Costa Resort & Spa (University of Texas) |
| Organized by | NCAA |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,297 yards |
| Field | 167 players, 30 teams |
| Champion | |
| Team: Stanford Individual: Adéla Cernousek (Texas A&M) | |
| Team: 3–2 vs UCLA Individual: 276 (–12) | |
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.[2]
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 name | Golf course | Location | Qualified teams^ | Additionally qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn | Auburn University Club | Auburn, AL | 1. Auburn 2. Oregon 3. North Carolina T4. South Carolina T4. Tulsa |
Isabella McCauley, Minnesota |
| Bermuda Run | Bermuda Run Country Club | Bermuda Run, NC | 1. Ole Miss 2. Texas 3. Wake Forest 4. Mississippi State 5. Oregon State |
Bailey Davis, Tennessee |
| Bryan | The Traditions Club | Bryan, TX | 1. LSU T2. Clemson T2. SMU 4. Vanderbilt 5. Texas A&M |
Carla Bernat, Kansas State |
| Cle Elum | Tumble Creek Club | Cle Elum, WA | 1. Stanford 2. Duke 3. Virginia 4. Arizona State 5. San Jose State |
Jasmine Leovao, Long Beach State |
| East Lansing | Forest Akers Golf Course | East Lansing, MI | 1. USC 2. Oklahoma State 3. Michigan State 4. Northwestern 5. Pepperdine |
Lauren Beaudreau, Notre Dame |
| Las Vegas | Spanish Trail Country Club | Las Vegas, NV | 1. Arkansas 2. Purdue 3. Baylor 4. UCLA 5. Florida State |
Veronika Kedronova, Kent State |
^ Teams listed in qualifying order.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5]
Team competition
Leaderboard
(Par: 288, Total: 1152)
| Place | Team | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Total | To 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)[6]
- The top 15 teams after 54 holes proceeded to the final round.[7]
Match-play bracket
- The eight teams with the lowest stroke play total advanced into the match-play event.
| Quarterfinals May 21, morning | Semifinals May 21, afternoon | Final May 22 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Stanford | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Auburn | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Stanford | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | USC | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | USC | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Clemson | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Stanford | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | UCLA | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Texas A&M | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | UCLA | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | UCLA | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Oregon | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | LSU | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Oregon | 3 | ||||||||||||
Individual competition
May 20, 2024 (Par:72, Total: 288)
| Place | Player | University | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adéla Cernousek | Texas A&M | 276 | –12 |
| 2 | Lottie Woad | Florida State | 279 | –9 |
| 3 | Paula Martín Sampedro | Stanford | 282 | –6 |
| T4 | Aine Donegan | LSU | 283 | –5 |
| María José Marín | Arkansas | |||
| 6 | Kiara Romero | Oregon | 284 | –4 |
| 7 | Annabelle Pancake | Clemson | 285 | –3 |
| 8 | Julia López Ramirez | Mississippi State | 286 | –2 |
| 9 | Carla Tejedo Mulet | LSU | 287 | –1 |
| T10 | 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.[10][11]