2023 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship

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2023 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship
Tournament information
DatesMay 19–24, 2023
Location
Stanford)
Team: 3–1 vs. USC
Individual: 278 (−10)

The 2023

Division I women's collegiate golf. The tournament was hosted by the Arizona State University
& The Thunderbirds. There are both team and individual championships.

It was the third consecutive year that the men's and women's Division I golf tournaments were played at the same location; the 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship will be held in Scottsdale after the women's championship from May 26–31.[1]

Regional qualifying tournaments

  • There were six regional sites that held the qualifying tournaments across the United States from May 8–10, 2023.
  • 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
Athens Regional University of Georgia Golf Course Athens, Georgia 1. Georgia
2. South Carolina
3. San Jose State
4. Ole Miss
5. Augusta
1. Leon Takagi, Kent State
Palm Beach Gardens PGA National Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 1. Michigan State
2. Duke
3. Texas
4. Northwestern
5. LSU
1. Sara Byrne, Miami (FL)
Pullman Regional Palouse Ridge Pullman, Washington 1. Stanford
2. Clemson
3. USC
4. Baylor
5. Texas Tech
1. Tiffany Le, UC Riverside
Raleigh Regional Lonnie Poole Golf Course at NC State Raleigh, North Carolina 1. Arizona
2. NC State
3. Wake Forest
4. TCU
5. Florida State
1. Dorota Zalewska, Chattanooga
San Antonio Regional TPC San Antonio San Antonio, Texas 1. Pepperdine
2. SMU
3. Oklahoma State
4. Texas A&M
5. New Mexico
1. Camryn Carreon, UTSA
Westfield Regional The Club at Chatham Hills Westfield, Indiana 1. Mississippi State
2. Oregon State
3. Vanderbilt
4. Virginia
5. Tulsa
1. Isabella McCauley, Minnesota

^ Teams listed in qualifying order.[2]

Venue

This was the third time the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship was held at Grayhawk Golf Club and the fourth time the tournament has been hosted by the Arizona State University.[1]

Format

Similar to 2015 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship, all teams competed 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 23 and the finals will be played on Wednesday, May 24.[3]

Team competition

Leaderboard

(Par: 288, Total: 1152)

Place Team Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total To par
1
Stanford
288 273 290 282 1133 −19
2 Texas 292 276 290 280 1138 −14
3
Wake Forest
279 280 299 281 1139 −13
4 South Carolina 286 276 302 289 1153 +1
5
USC
296 276 290 292 1154 +2
6 Florida State 288 286 289 292 1155 +3
7
Texas A&M
287 284 298 287 1156 +4
8 Pepperdine 295 279 296 290 1160 +8
T9 Arizona 292 288 289 294 1163 +11
New Mexico
287 288 301 287
T11
SMU
291 295 295 283 1164 +12
Oklahoma State
280 291 300 293
13 Mississippi State 301 288 291 285 1165 +13
T14
Georgia
286 290 294 297 1167 +15
LSU
294 288 295 290

Eliminated teams:

NC State
(917)

  • The top 15 teams after 54 holes proceeded to the final round.[4]

Match-play bracket

  • The eight teams with the lowest stroke play total advanced into the match-play event.
Quarterfinals
May 23, morning
Semifinals
May 23, afternoon
Final
May 24
         
1 Stanford 3
8 Pepperdine 1
1 Stanford 1
5 USC 3
4 South Carolina 1
5 USC 3
5 USC 1
3 Wake Forest 3
3 Wake Forest 3
6 Florida State 1
3 Wake Forest 3
7 Texas A&M 0
2 Texas 1
7 Texas A&M 3

Sources:[5][6][7][8]

Individual competition

May 22, 2023 (Par:72, Total: 288)

Place Player University Score To par
1 Rose Zhang Stanford 72-67-71-67=278 −10
T2 Lucía López-Ortega San Jose State 68-69-71-71=279 −9
Catherine Park USC 71-64-71-73=279
4 Maddison Hinson-Tolchard Oklahoma State 66-70-74-70=280 −8
T5 Ingrid Lindblad LSU 70-72-68-71=281 −7
Michelle Zhang SMU 72-72-67-70=281
T7 Charlotte Heath Florida State 71-71-69-71=282 −6
Lauren Walsh Wake Forest 67-67-79-69=282
Pimmada Wongthanavimok Arizona 69-73-69-71=282
T10 Sadie Englemann Stanford 71-69-74-69=283 −5
Chayse Gomez Oregon State 71-71-70-70=283
Huai-Chien Hsu Texas 72-69-71-71=283

The remaining 88 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.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Grayhawk Awarded 2023 NCAA Golf Championships". Grayhawk Golf Club. October 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Arizona finishes off amazing run with national title win over Alabama". NCAA. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
  3. ^ Johnson, Greg (September 15, 2014). "New format for men's and women's golf championships receives approval". NCAA.
  4. ^ "NCAA Womens Medal Championship – Team Leaderboard". Golfstat.
  5. ^ "2023 NCAA Women's Championship Match Play – Quarterfinals". Golfstat.
  6. ^ "2023 NCAA Women's Championship Match Play – Semifinals". Golfstat.
  7. ^ "2023 NCAA Women's Championship Match Play – Finals". Golfstat.
  8. ^ "Wake Forest and Southern California advance to national title match". NCAA. May 23, 2023.
  9. ^ "2023 NCAA D1 Women's Championship – Player Leaderboard". Golfstat.