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2024 NCAA Division I women's golf championship

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2024 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship
Tournament information
DatesMay 17–22, 2024
LocationCarlsbad, California, U.S.
Course(s)Omni La Costa Resort & Spa
(University of Texas)
Organized byNCAA
Statistics
Par72
Length6,297 yards
Field167 players, 30 teams
Champion
Team: Stanford
Individual: Adéla Cernousek (Texas A&M)
Team: 3–2 vs UCLA
Individual: 276 (–12)
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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.

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

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  • 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 Regional Auburn University Club Auburn, AL 1. Auburn
2. Oregon
3. North Carolina
T4. South Carolina
T4. Tulsa
Isabella McCauley, Minnesota
Bermuda Run Regional 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 Regional The Traditions Club Bryan, TX 1. LSU
T2. Clemson
T2. SMU
4. Vanderbilt
5. Texas A&M
Carla Bernat, Kansas State
Cle Elum Regional 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 Regional 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 Regional 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

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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

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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

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Leaderboard

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(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

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  • 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

Sources:[8][9]

Individual competition

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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 Martin Sampedro Stanford 282 –6
T4 Aine Donegan LSU 283 –5
Maria Jose Marin 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]

References

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  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. ^ "2024 NCAA Division I women's golf regional selections announced". NCAA. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
  4. ^ "Finals (May 17-22) Omni La Costa Resort & Spa (University of Texas at Austin, host)".
  5. ^ Johnson, Greg (September 15, 2014). "New format for men's and women's golf championships receives approval". NCAA.
  6. ^ "Team Leaderboard - NCAA DI Women's Championship". Golfstat. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  7. ^ "2024 NCAA DI women's golf championships: Schedule, how to watch". NCAA. May 19, 2024.
  8. ^ "Texas A&M's Adela Cernousek wins 2024 DI women's golf championship individual title". NCAA. May 21, 2024.
  9. ^ "Match play recap: Stanford and UCLA advance to the 2024 DI women's golf championship final". NCAA. May 21, 2024.
  10. ^ "Texas A&M's Adela Cernousek wins 2024 DI women's golf championship individual title". NCAA. May 21, 2024.
  11. ^ "Player Leaderboard – NCAA DI Women's Championship". Golfstat. May 20, 2024.