8th May 2025
The 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s National Golf Championship will be played at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California on 16th-21st May 2025.
This is the second of three NCAA National Men’s and Women’s Golf Championships that will be staged at La Costa. As in 2024 the event is being hosted by the University of Texas.
A former long time PGA Tour stop off the North Course has recently been re-designed by Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner and last year’s Women’s Championship marked its official re-opening.
The women’s championship course plays 6,297 yards with a par of 72.
30 5-woman teams and 6 individuals not on those teams qualified to play through six Regional events played on 5th-7th May. To learn more about these Regionals please read my earlier article – NCAA Division I Women’s Regionals – 2025 Preview & Results
At the National Championship 54 holes of stroke play will be played on 16th-18th May. A cut will then take place which will see the top 15 teams and nine individuals not on those teams play a final 18 holes on 19th May. Team scores in the stroke play stage are based on a best four from five players cumulative total. After 72 holes an Individual champion is crowned with the leading 8 teams progressing to a match play stage. Seeded match play will then take place on 20th-21st May to determine the Team national champions.
Here is a list of the team and individual qualifiers along with their Regional site results in brackets.
There are 12 players, one of whom is expected to start as a substitute, from Great Britain & Ireland competing this year; they are highlighted in blue below alongside their college.
TEAMS
Arizona State (2nd Gold Canyon) – BETH COULTER (IRL), ISLA MCDONALD-O’BRIEN (ENG), PATIENCE RHODES (ENG)
Arkansas (2nd Columbus)
Baylor (1st Norman)
CSU Fullerton (5th Gold Canyon) – DAVINA XANH (ENG)
Florida (T3 Charlottesville)
Florida State (1st Lexington) – SOPHIA FULLBROOOK (ENG), LOTTIE WOAD (ENG)
Georgia Southern (T2 Lexington)
Iowa State (3rd Lubbock)
Kansas (1st Columbus) – LILY HIRST (ENG) SUB
Kansas State (T2 Lexington)
LSU (5th Columbus) – ÁINE DONEGAN (IRL)
Michigan State (1st Norman)
Mississippi State (4th Gold Canyon)
Northwestern (1st Norman)
Ohio State (3rd Columbus) – NELLIE ONG (ENG), MARINA JOYCE-MORENO (IRL)
Oklahoma (1st Norman) – GRACIE MAYO (WAL)
Oklahoma State (3rd Gold Canyon)
Ole Miss (2nd Charlottesville)
Oregon (1st Gold Canyon)
Purdue (5th Lubbock)
South Carolina (1st Charlottesville) – HANNAH DARLING (SCO)
Southern California (4th Lexington)
Stanford (1st Norman)
Tennessee (4th Lubbock)
Texas (2nd Lubbock)
UCLA (5th Charlottesville)
UNLV (4th Columbus)
Vanderbilt (5th Lexington)
Virginia (T3 Charlottesville)
Wake Forest (1st Lubbock)
INDIVIDUALS
Sofia Barroso Sá (4th Lexington)
Anna Davis – Auburn (6th Gold Canyon)
Lousiane Gauthier – Florida Gulf Coast (4th Lubbock)
Marie Madsen – NC State (1st Charlottesville)
Audrey Ryu – Furman (7th Norman)
Moa Svedenskiold – Houston (5th Columbus)
2024 Results
STANFORD (#1) beat UCLA (#6) 3-2-0 in the Final of the NCAA Div. I Women’s National Championship at Omni La Costa Golf Resort & Spa in California.
The Cardinals, led by their Scottish head coach Anne Walker, won their third Championship in the match play era and second in three years.
Senior Rachel Heck who has battled injuries in recent years secured the winning point in the final game. Kelly Xu and Megha Ganne were the other point winners.
Stanford Women’s Golf Team
Adela CERNOUSEK (FRA / Texas A&M) -12 won the Individual title. Surprisingly she ended her third year in Texas with her first collegiate win.
Adela Cernousek (Photo: Kelly Okun, Fairway to Green)
Here are the Individual results / positions for all of the GB&I players who competed in 2024: –
After 72 Holes
Lottie WOAD (ENG / Florida State) 65, 74, 71, 69 (-9) 2nd
Aine DONEGAN (IRL / LSU) 74, 67, 71, 71 (-5) Tied 4th
Mimi RHODES (ENG / Wake Forest) 72, 72, 74, 70 (Ev) Tied 10th
Patience RHODES (ENG / Arizona State) 73, 74, 73, 76 (+8) Tied 39th
Anna FOSTER (IRL / Auburn) 75, 74, 77, 74 (+12) Tied 53rd
Charlotte HEATH (ENG / Florida State) 75, 77, 76, 74 (+14) Tied 62nd
Missed the 54 Hole Cut
Beth COULTER (IRL / Arizona State) 73, 82, 76 (+15) Tied 114th
Rosie BELSHAM (ENG / Baylor) 78, 77, 78 (+17) Tied 124th
Hannah DARLING (SCO / South Carolina) 84 (+12), NS, NS
CLICK HERE FOR THE GOLFSTAT RESULTS – 2024 MATCH PLAY – TEAM
CLICK HERE FOR THE GOLFSTAT RESULTS – 2024 STROKE PLAY – TEAM and INDIVIDUAL
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