NCAA Division III Women's Golf Championships
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | United States |
| Established | 2000 |
| Course(s) | 2015: Mission Inn Golf and Tennis Resort, El Campeon |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Month played | May |
| Current champion | |
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Team: Williams College Individual: McKenzie Ralston, Mary Hardin–Baylor | |
The NCAA Division III Women's Golf Championships, played in the month of 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 16 national titles, fifteen of which were won consecutively between 1998 and 2012.
Williams are the current champion, winning their first national title in 2015.
Results
Divisions II and III combined (1996–1999)
| Year | Site (Host team) |
Par | Team championship | Individual championship | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||
Division III only (2000–present)
| Year | Site (Host team) |
Par | Team championship | Individual championship | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||
| 2017 | ||||||||||
| 2018 | Howey-in-the-Hills, FL | |||||||||
- † Only three of the four scheduled rounds were played
Multiple winners
Team
The following schools have won more than one team championship:
- 16: Methodist
Individual champion
The following women have won more than one individual championship:
- 2: Susan Martin, Shanna Nagy, Charlotte Williams
Individual champion's school
The following schools have produced more than one individual champion:
- 8 champions: Methodist
- 3 champions: Florida Southern
See also
- AIAW Intercollegiate Women's Golf Champions
- NAIA Women's Golf Championship
- National Golf Coaches Association
References
- ↑ "NCAA Division II/III Women's Golf Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
- ↑ "NCAA Division III Women's Golf Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
- ↑ "Williams gets its first national title by topping Wittenberg by 17 strokes". NCAA. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
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