2018 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship
Tournament information
DatesMay 18–23, 2018
LocationStillwater, Oklahoma, U.S.
Course(s)Karsten Creek Golf Club
(Oklahoma State University)
Organized byNCAA
Statistics
Par72
Length6,328 yards
Field131 players, 24 teams
Champion
Team: Arizona
Individual: Jennifer Kupcho (Wake Forest)
Team: 3–2 vs. Alabama
Individual: 280 (−8)

The 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship was contested May 18–23 at Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Oklahoma.[1] It was the 37th annual tournament to establish the national champions of the 2018 season in NCAA Division I women's collegiate golf. The tournament was hosted by the Oklahoma State University. There were both team and individual championships.

This was the fourth time, following the previous three years, that the men's and women's Division I golf tournaments were played at the same location; the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship was held in Stillwater after the women's championship from May 25–30.[2]

Regional qualifying tournaments

  • There were four regional sites that held the qualifying tournaments across the United States from May 5–7, 2018.
  • The six lowest scoring teams from each of the regional sites qualified to compete at the national championships as team and individual players.
  • An additional three individuals 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
Austin Regional University of Texas Golf Club Austin, Texas 1. Arkansas
2. Texas
3. Auburn
4. Florida
5. Baylor
6. Oklahoma		 1. Maddie Szeryk, Texas A&M
2. Rose Huang, BYU
3. Leonie Harm, Houston
Madison Regional University Ridge Golf Course Madison, Wisconsin 1. Duke
2. Virginia
3. Southern California
4. Arizona State
5. Ohio State
6. Northwestern		 1. Nicole Schroeder, Oregon State
2. Gabby Curtis, Wisconsin
3. Erin Harper, Indiana
San Francisco Regional TPC Harding Park San Francisco, California 1. Stanford
2. UCLA
3. Ole Miss
4. Louisville
5. Kent State
6. Colorado
 1. Marthe Wold, California
2. Hira Naveed, Pepperdine
3. Emma Broze, Oklahoma State
Tallahassee Regional Don Veller Seminole Golf Tallahassee, Florida 1. Alabama
2. Florida State
3. Furman
4. Arizona
5. Washington
6. Wake Forest
 1. Micheala Williams, Tennessee
2. Jillian Hollis, Georgia
3. Jess Yuen, Missouri

^ Teams listed in qualifying order.[2]

Venue

This was the third time the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship was held at Karsten Creek Golf Course, and the fourth time the tournament has been hosted by the Oklahoma State University.[3]

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 were played on Tuesday and the finals were played on Wednesday.[4]

Team competition

Leaderboard

(Par: 288, Total: 1152)

PlaceTeamRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4TotalTo par
T1UCLA2942792972911161+9
Alabama2922862842991161
3Southern California2912982962861168+16
4Northwestern2992932902911173+21
5Stanford3082912912901180+28
6Duke2982982932931182+30
7Kent State2962992962931184+32
T8Arizona3012912883051185+33
T8Baylor3132952872901185+33
10Arkansas3083002892891186+34
11Furman3122932942891188+36
T12Washington3033002992901192+40
Florida State301294299289
Texas309300291292
15Louisville3013003022961199+47

Remaining teams: Auburn (903), Arizona State (903), Wake Forest (903), Colorado (904), Oklahoma (905), Florida (909), Virginia (914), Ohio State (926), Ole Miss (928).[5]

  • 15 out of 24 teams proceeded to the final round after finishing 54 holes.[6]

Match-play bracket

The 8 teams with the lowest stroke play total advanced into the match-play event.

Quarterfinals
May 22, morning 		Semifinals
May 22, afternoon 		Final
May 23
         
1 UCLA 2
8 Arizona 3
8 Arizona 4
5 Stanford 1
4 Northwestern 2
5 Stanford 3
8 Arizona 3
2 Alabama 2
3 USC 3
6 Duke 1
3 USC 1
2 Alabama 3
2 Alabama 4
7 Kent State 1

Sources:[7][8][9]

Individual competition

(Par:72, Total: 288)

PlacePlayerUniversityScoreTo par
1Jennifer KupchoWake Forest65-74-70-71=280−8
T2Andrea LeeStanford77-69-71-65=282−6
Bianca PagdangananArizona71-68-71-72=282
4Cheyenne KnightAlabama70-69-70-74=283−5
T5Morgane MétrauxFlorida State70-72-74-68=284−4
Jaclyn LeeOhio State72-72-66-74=284
T7Gurleen KaurBaylor79-71-69-68=287−1
Mariel GaldianoUCLA75-69-72-71=287
Kristen GillmanAlabama73-72-70-72=287
Lilia VuUCLA72-68-75-72=287
Lauren StephensonAlabama74-69-70-74=287

The remaining 84 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.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Karsten Creek To Host 2018 NCAA Golf Championships". Oklahoma State Athletics. April 19, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Arizona finishes off amazing run with national title win over Alabama". NCAA. May 23, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
  3. ↑ Lavner, Ryan (April 18, 2017). "Karsten Creek, Blessings GC to host upcoming NCAAs". Golf Channel.
  4. ↑ Johnson, Greg (September 15, 2014). "New format for men's and women's golf championships receives approval". NCAA.
  5. ↑ "Division I Women's Golf Championship Records Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
  6. ↑ "D1 Women's National Championship – Team Leaderboard". Golfstat.
  7. ↑ "D1 Women's National Championship – Quarterfinals". Golfstat.
  8. ↑ "D1 Women's National Championship – Semifinals". Golfstat.
  9. ↑ "D1 Women's National Championship – Finals". Golfstat.
  10. ↑ "D1 Women's National Championship – Player Leaderboard". Golfstat.
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