NCAA Division III women's golf championship

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NCAA Division III Women's Golf Championships
Tournament information
Location2025: Williamsburg, Virginia
Established2000
Course(s)2025: Kingsmill Resort
Par2025: 72
Length2025: 5,820 yards (5,320 m)
Format Stroke play, 72 holes
Month playedMay
Current champion
Team: Emory
Individual: Carys Code (Emory)

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. [1]

Contents

A combined Division II and Division III championship was held from 1996 to 1999, splitting into separate championships starting in 2000. [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. The current champions are Emory, who won their second championship in 2025.

Results

Divisions II and III combined (1996–1999)

YearSite
(Host team)
ParTeam championshipIndividual championship
ChampionScoreRunner-upScoreChampionScore
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 1,292Methodist1,318 Zoe Grimbeek
(Lynn)
315
(+23)
1998Allendale, MI
(Grand Valley State)
72
(288)
Methodist1,254 Florida Southern 1,259 Shanna Nagy
(Florida Southern)
301
(+13)
199972
(288)
Methodist1,282Florida Southern1,285 Lisa Cave
(Florida Southern)
313
(+25)

Division III only (2000–present)

YearSite
(Host team)
ParTeam championshipIndividual championship
ChampionScoreRunner-upScoreChampionScore
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)
Methodist1,214Concordia–Moorhead1,264 Carol Brogan
(Methodist)
294
(+6)
2002 South Hadley, MA
(Mount Holyoke)
72
(288)
Methodist1,310 Mary Hardin-Baylor 1,341 Lynn Thompson
(Thomas More)
312
(+24)
2003 Green Lake, WI 73
(292)
Methodist1,295Mary Hardin-Baylor1,348 Stefanie Simmerman
(Saint Mary's–IN)
315
(+23)
200473
(292)
Methodist1,303Mary Hardin-Baylor1,305 Brittany Cary
(McMurry)
314
(+22)
2005 Southern Pines, NC 72
(288)
Methodist1,272Mary Hardin-Baylor1,284 Charlotte Williams
(Methodist)
304
(+16)
2006 Howey-in-the-Hills, FL 73
(292)
Methodist1,240 Gustavus Adolphus 1,316308
(+16)
200773
(292)
Methodist1,215 DePauw 1,303 Katie Dick
(Methodist)
296
(+4)
2008 Waverly, IA
(Wartburg)
72
(288)
Methodist1,219DePauw1,258 Susan Martin
(Methodist)
294
(+6)
2009 Port St. Lucie, FL 72
(288)
Methodist1,257 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 1,282294
(+6)
2010Howey-in-the-Hills, FL73
(292)
Methodist1,282Gustavus Adolphus1,301 Jessica Urban
(Wisconsin–Stevens Point)
313
(+21)
201173 †
(219)
Methodist966Gustavus Adolphus978 Paige Caldwell
(Methodist)
232
(+13)
2012 Angola, IN
(Trine)
72
(288)
Methodist1,242DePauw1,248 Catherine Wagner
(Wisconsin–Eau Claire)
302
(+14)
2013 Miramar Beach, FL 72
(288)
Mary Hardin-Baylor1,239 Texas–Tyler 1,247 Laura Lindsey
(Texas–Tyler)
296
(+8)
2014Howey-in-the-Hills, FL72
(288)
Rhodes 1,256Mary Hardin-Baylor1,280 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)
Rhodes904Texas–Tyler919 Caroline Ordian
(Redlands)
218
(+2)
201772
(288)
Rhodes1,217 George Fox 1,219 Christina Herbert
(Bridgewater)
295
(+5)
2018Howey-in-the-Hills, FL73
(292)
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 1,261Williams1,261 Margaret Loncki
(Claremont-Mudd-Scripps)
303
(+11)
2019Houston, TX72
(288)
NYU 1,217Williams1,222 Cordelia Chan
(Williams College)
296
(+8)
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 East Lansing, MI 72
(288)
Methodist1,231 Carnegie Mellon 1,236 Makensie Toole
(George Fox)
291
(+3)
2022Houston, TX72
(288)
Emory 1,175 Redlands 1,201 Ellen Dong
(Emory)
289
(+1)
2023Howey-in-the-Hills, FL73 †
(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)
2025 Williamsburg, VA 72
(288)
Emory1,168Carnegie Mellon1,181 Carys Code
(Emory)
285
(−3)

Multiple winners

Team

The following schools have won more than one team championship:

Individual champion

The following women have won more than one individual championship:

Individual champion's school

The following schools have produced more than one individual champion:

See also

References

  1. "NCAA Division III Women's Golf Championship Records Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
  2. "NCAA Division II/III Women's Golf Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  3. "Williams gets its first national title by topping Wittenberg by 17 strokes". NCAA. Retrieved January 18, 2016.