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. |
| Course(s) | 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: Adela 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
edit- 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
editThis 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
editSimilar 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
editLeaderboard
edit(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
edit- 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
editMay 20, 2024 (Par:72, Total: 288)
| Place | Player | University | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adela 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
edit- ^ "Home of the NCAA Division 1 Golf Championships 2024-2026".
- ^ "NCAA D I Men's Golf Championship at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa".
- ^ "2024 NCAA Division I women's golf regional selections announced". NCAA. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
- ^ "Finals (May 17-22) Omni La Costa Resort & Spa (University of Texas at Austin, host)".
- ^ Johnson, Greg (September 15, 2014). "New format for men's and women's golf championships receives approval". NCAA.
- ^ "Team Leaderboard - NCAA DI Women's Championship". Golfstat. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
- ^ "2024 NCAA DI women's golf championships: Schedule, how to watch". NCAA. May 19, 2024.
- ^ "Texas A&M's Adela Cernousek wins 2024 DI women's golf championship individual title". NCAA. May 21, 2024.
- ^ "Match play recap: Stanford and UCLA advance to the 2024 DI women's golf championship final". NCAA. May 21, 2024.
- ^ "Texas A&M's Adela Cernousek wins 2024 DI women's golf championship individual title". NCAA. May 21, 2024.
- ^ "Player Leaderboard – NCAA DI Women's Championship". Golfstat. May 20, 2024.