NCAA Division III Women's Golf Championships
Tournament information | |
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Location | 2021: East Lansing, Michigan |
Established | 2000 |
Course(s) | 2019: Forest Akers West Golf Course |
Par | 2021: 72 |
Length | 2021: 5,818 yards (5,320 m) |
Format | Stroke play, 72 holes |
Month played | May |
Current champion | |
Team: Methodist Individual: (George Fox) |
The NCAA Division III Women's Golf Championships, played in May, are the annual competitions in women's collegiate golf for individuals and teams from universities in Division III. It is a stroke play team competition with an additional individual award.
A combined Division II and Division III championship was held from 1996 to 1999, splitting into separate championships starting in 2000.[1][2]
The most successful program, by far, has been Methodist, who have won 17 national titles, 15 of which were won consecutively between 1998 and 2012, and are the current champions.
Results[]
Divisions II and III combined (1996–1999)[]
Year | Site (Host team) |
Par | Team championship | Individual championship | ||||||
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Champion | Score | Runner-up | Score | Champion | Score | |||||
1996 | Allendale, MI (Grand Valley State) |
72 (288) |
Methodist | 1,286 | Rollins | 1,287 | (Florida Southern) |
313 (+25) | ||
1997 | Winter Park, FL (Rollins) |
73 (292) |
Lynn | 1,292 | Methodist | 1,318 | (Lynn) |
315 (+23) | ||
1998 | Allendale, MI (Grand Valley State) |
72 (288) |
Methodist | 1,254 | Florida Southern | 1,259 | (Florida Southern) |
301 (+13) | ||
1999 | – | 72 (288) |
Methodist | 1,282 | Florida Southern | 1,285 | (Florida Southern) |
313 (+25) |
Division III only (2000–present)[]
Year | Site (Host team) |
Par | Team championship | Individual championship | ||||||
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Champion | Score | Runner-up | Score | Champion | Score | |||||
2000 | Bloomington, IL (Illinois Wesleyan) |
72 (288) |
Methodist | 1,285 | Concordia–Moorhead | 1,336 | (Methodist) |
316 (+28) | ||
2001 | Decatur, IL (Millikin) |
72 (288) |
Methodist | 1,214 | Concordia–Moorhead | 1,264 | (Methodist) |
294 (+6) | ||
2002 | South Hadley, MA (Mount Holyoke) |
72 (288) |
Methodist | 1,310 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 1,341 | (Thomas More) |
312 (+24) | ||
2003 | Green Lake, WI | 73 (292) |
Methodist | 1,295 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 1,348 | (Saint Mary's–IN) |
315 (+23) | ||
2004 | 73 (292) |
Methodist | 1,303 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 1,305 | (McMurry) |
314 (+22) | |||
2005 | Southern Pines, NC | 72 (288) |
Methodist | 1,272 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 1,284 | (Methodist) |
304 (+16) | ||
2006 | Howey-in-the-Hills, FL | 73 (292) |
Methodist | 1,240 | Gustavus Adolphus | 1,316 | 308 (+16) | |||
2007 | 73 (292) |
Methodist | 1,215 | DePauw | 1,303 | (Methodist) |
296 (+4) | |||
2008 | Waverly, IA (Wartburg) |
72 (288) |
Methodist | 1,219 | DePauw | 1,258 | (Methodist) |
294 (+6) | ||
2009 | Port St. Lucie, FL | 72 (288) |
Methodist | 1,257 | Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 1,282 | 294 (+6) | |||
2010 | Howey-in-the-Hills, FL | 73 (292) |
Methodist | 1,282 | Gustavus Adolphus | 1,301 | (Wisconsin–Stevens Point) |
313 (+21) | ||
2011 | 73 † (219) |
Methodist | 966 | Gustavus Adolphus | 978 | (Methodist) |
232 (+13) | |||
2012 | Angola, IN (Trine) |
72 (288) |
Methodist | 1,242 | DePauw | 1,248 | (Wisconsin–Eau Claire) |
302 (+14) | ||
2013 | Miramar Beach, FL | 72 (288) |
Mary Hardin-Baylor | 1,239 | Texas–Tyler | 1,247 | (Texas–Tyler) |
296 (+8) | ||
2014 | Howey-in-the-Hills, FL | 72 (288) |
Rhodes | 1,256 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 1,280 | (Williams) |
303 (+15) | ||
2015[3] | 72 (288) |
Williams | 1,264 | Wittenberg | 1,281 | (Mary Hardin-Baylor) |
301 (+13) | |||
2016 | Houston, TX | 72 † (216) |
Rhodes | 904 | Texas–Tyler | 919 | (Redlands) |
218 (+2) | ||
2017 | 72 (288) |
Rhodes | 1,217 | George Fox | 1,219 | (Bridgewater) |
295 (+5) | |||
2018 | Howey-in-the-Hills, FL | 73 (292) |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 1,261 | Williams | 1,261 | (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) |
303 (+11) | ||
2019 | Houston, TX | 72 (288) |
NYU | 1,217 | Williams | 1,222 | (Williams College) |
296 (+8) | ||
2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||
2021 | East Lansing, MI | 72 (288) |
Methodist | 1,231 | Carnegie Mellon | 1,236 | (George Fox) |
291 (+3) |
- † Only three of the four scheduled rounds were played
Multiple winners[]
Team[]
The following schools have won more than one team championship:
- 17: Methodist
- 3: Rhodes
Individual champion[]
The following women have won more than one individual championship:
- 2: Susan Martin, Shanna Nagy, Charlotte Williams
Individual champion's school[]
The following schools have produced more than one individual champion:
- 8 champions: Methodist
- 3 champions: Florida Southern
- 2 champions: Williams
See also[]
- AIAW Intercollegiate Women's Golf Champions
- NAIA Women's Golf Championship
- National Golf Coaches Association
References[]
- ^ "NCAA Division II/III Women's Golf Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
- ^ "NCAA Division III Women's Golf Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
- ^ "Williams gets its first national title by topping Wittenberg by 17 strokes". NCAA. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
External links[]
- NCAA Division III championships
- College golf in the United States
- Team golf tournaments
- Amateur golf tournaments in the United States
- Women's golf tournaments in the United States