Tournament information | |
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Location | 2024: Nicholasville, Kentucky |
Established | 2000 |
Course(s) | 2024: Keene Trace Golf Club |
Par | 2024: 72 |
Length | 2024: 5,846 yards (5,346 m) |
Format | Stroke play, 72 holes |
Month played | May |
Current champion | |
Team: Carnegie Mellon Individual: Alison Takamiya (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.
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 | Shanna Nagy (Florida Southern) | 313 (+25) | ||
1997 | Winter Park, FL (Rollins) | 73 (292) | Lynn | 1,292 | Methodist | 1,318 | Zoe Grimbeek (Lynn) | 315 (+23) | ||
1998 | Allendale, MI (Grand Valley State) | 72 (288) | Methodist | 1,254 | Florida Southern | 1,259 | Shanna Nagy (Florida Southern) | 301 (+13) | ||
1999 | – | 72 (288) | Methodist | 1,282 | Florida Southern | 1,285 | Lisa Cave (Florida Southern) | 313 (+25) |
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 | Stacey Smith (Methodist) | 316 (+28) | ||
2001 | Decatur, IL (Millikin) | 72 (288) | Methodist | 1,214 | Concordia–Moorhead | 1,264 | Carol Brogan (Methodist) | 294 (+6) | ||
2002 | South Hadley, MA (Mount Holyoke) | 72 (288) | Methodist | 1,310 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 1,341 | Lynn Thompson (Thomas More) | 312 (+24) | ||
2003 | Green Lake, WI | 73 (292) | Methodist | 1,295 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 1,348 | Stefanie Simmerman (Saint Mary's–IN) | 315 (+23) | ||
2004 | 73 (292) | Methodist | 1,303 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 1,305 | Brittany Cary (McMurry) | 314 (+22) | |||
2005 | Southern Pines, NC | 72 (288) | Methodist | 1,272 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 1,284 | Charlotte Williams (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 | Katie Dick (Methodist) | 296 (+4) | |||
2008 | Waverly, IA (Wartburg) | 72 (288) | Methodist | 1,219 | DePauw | 1,258 | Susan Martin (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 | Jessica Urban (Wisconsin–Stevens Point) | 313 (+21) | ||
2011 | 73 † (219) | Methodist | 966 | Gustavus Adolphus | 978 | Paige Caldwell (Methodist) | 232 (+13) | |||
2012 | Angola, IN (Trine) | 72 (288) | Methodist | 1,242 | DePauw | 1,248 | Catherine Wagner (Wisconsin–Eau Claire) | 302 (+14) | ||
2013 | Miramar Beach, FL | 72 (288) | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 1,239 | Texas–Tyler | 1,247 | Laura Lindsey (Texas–Tyler) | 296 (+8) | ||
2014 | Howey-in-the-Hills, FL | 72 (288) | Rhodes | 1,256 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 1,280 | Georgiana Salant (Williams) | 303 (+15) | ||
2015 [3] | 72 (288) | Williams | 1,264 | Wittenberg | 1,281 | McKenzie Ralston (Mary Hardin-Baylor) | 301 (+13) | |||
2016 | Houston, TX | 72 † (216) | Rhodes | 904 | Texas–Tyler | 919 | Caroline Ordian (Redlands) | 218 (+2) | ||
2017 | 72 (288) | Rhodes | 1,217 | George Fox | 1,219 | Christina Herbert (Bridgewater) | 295 (+5) | |||
2018 | Howey-in-the-Hills, FL | 73 (292) | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 1,261 | Williams | 1,261 | Margaret Loncki (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) | 303 (+11) | ||
2019 | Houston, TX | 72 (288) | NYU | 1,217 | Williams | 1,222 | Cordelia Chan (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 | Makensie Toole (George Fox) | 291 (+3) | ||
2022 | Houston, TX | 72 (288) | Emory | 1,175 | Redlands | 1,201 | Ellen Dong (Emory) | 289 (+1) | ||
2023 | Howey-in-the-Hills, FL | 73 † (219) | George Fox | 933 | Washington (MO) | 938 | Annie Mascot (Washington (MO)) | 224 (+5) | ||
2024 | Nicholasville, KY | 72 (288) | Carnegie Mellon | 1,187 | Emory | 1,201 | Alison Takamiya (George Fox) | 288 (E) |
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