1996 NCAA Division I women's golf championship

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1996 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship
Tournament information
Location La Quinta, California, U.S.
34°04′45″N118°27′01″W / 34.079294°N 118.450218°W / 34.079294; -118.450218
Course(s) La Quinta Resort & Club, Dunes course
Statistics
Par72 (288)
Field18 teams
Champion
Team: Arizona (1st title)
Individual: Marisa Baena, Arizona
Team: 1,240† (+88)
Individual: 296 (+8)
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Location in California
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1997  

The 1996 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships were contested at the 15th annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of women's Division I collegiate golf in the United States. [1]

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This was the first championship held exclusively for Division I programs. A separate combined championship for Division II and Division III programs was also held for the first time this year, held in Allendale, Michigan and won by Methodist.

The tournament was held at the Dunes course of La Quinta Resort & Club in La Quinta, California.

Arizona won the team championship, the Wildcats' first. Arizona defeated San Jose State in a sudden-death playoff to win the title.

Marisa Baena, from Arizona, won the individual title.

Individual results

Individual champion

Team leaderboard

RankTeamScore
T1 Arizona 1,240
San José State
3 Texas 1,241
4 UCLA 1,243
5 Stanford 1,248
6 Arizona State (DC)1,255
7 Duke 1,260
8 LSU 1,262
9 Florida 1,265
10 Tulsa 1,275
11 Wake Forest 1,277
12 Texas Tech 1,288
13 Furman 1,293
14 South Carolina 1,295
T15 New Mexico State 1,302
Central Florida
17 New Mexico 1,308
18 Auburn 1,309

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References

  1. "NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved May 11, 2020.