10th May 2023

Here is a summary of the results from the six 54-hole NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Regional Championships which were played on 8th-10th May 2023.

The low five teams (30 in total) and the low individual (6 in total) not on those teams from each Regional advanced to the National Championships.

For more information on these Regional Championships please read the Preview article lower down this page.

The 2023 NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship will be played on 19th – 24th May at Greyhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona.

[Teams are listed below with their Golfweek / Sagarin national ranking in brackets]

ATHENS, GEORGIA

CLICK HERE FOR THE GOLFSTAT RESULTS – TEAM and INDIVIDUAL

TEAM QUALIFIERS: 1st Georgia (30) -13, 2nd South Carolina (4) -11, 3rd San Jose State (15) +14, 4th Ole Miss (17) +17, 5th Augusta (83) +21

INDIVIDUAL MEDALIST: Jenny Bae (Georgia) -13

INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIER: T5 Leon Takagi (Kent State) -3

GB&I PLAYERS:
Qualified – 3rd HANNAH DARLING (SCO / SOUTH CAROLINA) -6, DNF ELLEN HUME (ENG / OLE MISS)* 
Non-Qualified – T37 CALEY MCGINTY (ENG / OHIO STATE) +10

University of Georgia and Jenny Bae took full advantage of playing on their home course to win both the Team and Individual titles.

*Ellen was substituted in for Ole Miss teammate Elle Johnson in the final round and having delivered a counting score will hopefully make their starting lineup in Arizona.

PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA

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TEAM QUALIFIERS: 1st Michigan State (39) +8, 2nd Duke (25) +11, T3 Texas (14) +14, T3 Northwestern (10) +14, 5th LSU (3) +15

INDIVIDUAL MEDALIST: Latanna Stone (LSU) & Brooke Biermann (Michigan State) -3

INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIER: 3rd SARA BYRNE (IRL) -4

GB&I PLAYERS:
Qualified – 3rd SARA BYRNE (IRL / MIAMI) -4, T25 AINE DONEGAN (IRL / LSU) +7
Non-Qualified – T6 JESS BAKER (ENG) +1, T43 OLIVIA LEE (ENG) +13

A brilliant effort from Ireland’s Sara Byrne who, despite travelling and playing without her Miami teammates, took the Individual qualifying spot with a 3rd place finish.

PULLMAN, WASHINGTON

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TEAM QUALIFIERS: 1st Stanford (2) -50, 2nd Clemson (31) -33, 3rd USC (12) -26, 4th Baylor (11) -23, 5th Texas Tech (32) -19

INDIVIDUAL MEDALIST: Rose Zhang (Stanford) -19

INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIER: 3rd Tiffany Le (UC-Riverside) -14

GB&I PLAYERS:
Qualified – T13 ROSIE BELSHAM (ENG / BAYLOR) -6
Non-Qualified – T49 HARRIET LYNCH (ENG / FRESNO STATE) +5

Defending champions Stanford (despite missing through injury Rachel Heck and Brooke Seay, two of their normal starters) and their star player Rose Zhang showed ominous form in Washington. Zhang won her 11th event, tieing a men’s and women’s school record with Patrick Cantley, Maverick McNealy and Tiger Woods, in just her 19th Stanford career start – far less than therm.

RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA

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TEAM QUALIFIERS: 1st Arizona (27) -5, 2nd N.C. State (51) -3, 3rd Wake Forest (1) Ev, 4th TCU (46) +2, 5th Florida State (45) +6

INDIVIDUAL MEDALIST: Dorota Zalewska (Chattanooga) -12

INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIER: 1st Dorota Zalewska (Chattanooga) -12

GB&I PLAYERS:
Qualified – T6 LOTTIE WOAD (ENG / FLORIDA STATE) -2, T11 AMELIA WILLIAMSON (ENG / FLORIDA STATE) Ev, T14 CHARLOTTE HEATH (ENG / FLORIDA STATE) +1, T20 MIMI RHODES (ENG / WAKE FOREST) +2, T42 LAUREN WALSH (IRL / WAKE FOREST) +10, T58 CAITLIN WHITEHEAD (ENG / N.C. STATE) +24
Non-Qualified – 36th BETH COULTER (IRL / ARIZONA STATE) +7, T40 ANNABELL FULLER (ENG / FLORIDA) +9

Surprise package Arizona produced a strong final round to win this Regional despite giving up home course advantage to their nearest rivals North Carolina State. Albeit they needed a scoring anomaly by N.C. State, which lead to them needing to include Caitlin Whitehead’s 78 card in their total, to do so.

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

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TEAM QUALIFIERS: T1 Pepperdine (24) +9, T1 SMU (18) +9, T3 Oklahoma State (22) +16, T3 Texas A&M (5) +16, 5th New Mexico (44) +25

INDIVIDUAL MEDALIST: Camryn Carreon (UTSA) -10

INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIER: 1st Camryn Carreon (UTSA) -10

GB&I PLAYERS:
Qualified – None
Non-Qualified – T37 ANNA FOSTER (IRL / AUBURN) +11, T48 ALEX GILES (ENG / INCARNATE WORD) +19, DNF ANNABEL WILSON (IRL / UCLA)*

Alongside Palm Beach San Antonio proved to be the toughest venue for the players and teams this week. Auburn were the highest ranked team (7th) not to progress from the six Regional events.

*Annabel Wilson was dropped for UCLA’s final round and replaced by Emilie Paltrinieri.

WESTFIELD, INDIANA

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TEAM QUALIFIERS: 1st Mississippi State (7) -19, 2nd Oregon State (53) -17, 3rd Vanderbilt (19) -16, 4th Virginia (21) -15, 5th Tulsa (34) -9

INDIVIDUAL MEDALIST: Amanda Sambach (Virginia) & Julia Lopez Ramirez (Mississippi State) -13

INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIER: 6th Isabella McCauley (Minnesota) -7

GB&I PLAYERS:
Qualified – None
Non-Qualified – 62nd CARMEN GRIFFITHS (SCO) +14

Oregon, ranked 8th by the NCAA, finished 10th out of the 12 teams at Westfield and arguably the most disappointing post-season performance this week.

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3rd May 2023 

The six 54 hole NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Regional Championships will be played on 8th-10th May 2023.

72 teams and 36 individuals, from non-qualifying teams, were selected on 26th April 2023 to compete at these competitions.

Local Conference Championships were played across the country in April with 27 Conference team champions granted automatic qualification into the 2023 Regionals. The remaining teams progressed based on their performances throughout the season.

12 teams and 6 individuals were allocated to each of the six Regional venues with a strength-of-field metric factored in to ensure maximum balance and fairness across all of them.

Teams of five players play 72 holes of stroke play with their best four scores counting towards their team’s total score. Players, who play in each round, are also eligible for a separate Individual competition.

5 teams and the top individual (not on one of those teams) from each Regional event will progress to the National Championship which will be played at Grayhawk G.C. in Scottsdale, Arizona on 19th-24th May 2023.

I will be updating this article with the results when play gets underway.

National Championships

The Division I Competition Oversight Committee announced in January 2023 that the field for this year’s Division I Women’s Golf National Championships would be increased from 147 to 156. The number of teams is being increased from 27 to 30 with the number of individual participants falling from 12 to 6.

The National Championships start with 54 holes off of stroke play. The top 15 teams and 9 individuals, not on an advancing team, then progress to a final 18 holes of stroke play. After these 72 holes have been played an Individual champion is determined and the top 8 teams advance to a match play stage to establish the Team champions.

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The six Regional Championships are shown below with each team listed in seed order with their Golfweek / Sagarin national ranking in brackets and, if they earned automatic qualification, the Conference Championship they recently won to do so.

GB&I players attached to the qualifying colleges are highlighted in bold blue type, with their selection number (#1-6). Each team is now allowed to take a Reserve to the event so it is possible some may not play or be subbed in and out during the week. I am expecting 20 or 21 GB&I players to participate at this year’s Regional Championships.

ATHENS, GEORGIA
Course: University of Georgia Golf Course / Host: Georgia
CLICK HERE FOR THE GOLFSTAT SCORES – TEAM and INDIVIDUAL

Teams
1. South Carolina (4) – HANNAH DARLING (SCO) #3
2. San Jose State (15)
3. Ole Miss (17) – ELLEN HUME (ENG) #6
4. Ohio State (26) – CALEY MCGINTY (ENG) #1
5. Georgia (30)
6. Maryland (33)
7. Kent State (42) – Mid-American Conference
8. Charleston (56) – Colonial Athletic Association
9. Kansas (54)
10. Furman (64) – Southern Conference
11. Augusta (83) – Southland Conference
12. Sacred Heart (146) – Northeast Conference

Individuals
Carla Bernat, Tulane
Mathilde Delavallade, Penn State
Mikhaela Fortuna, Oklahoma
Catie Craig, Western Kentucky – Conference USA
Christy Chen, Boston – Patriot League
Isabella Gomez, Harvard – The Ivy League

PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA
Course: PGA National Resort Palm Beach / Host: FAU
CLICK HERE FOR THE GOLFSTAT RESULTS – TEAM and INDIVIDUAL

Teams
1. LSU (3) – JESS BAILEY (ENG) NS, AINE DONEGAN (IRL) #4
2. Texas (14)
3. Northwestern (10)
4. UCF (23) – JESS BAKER (ENG) #1
5. Duke (25)
6. Michigan State (39)
7. California (40) – OLIVIA LEE (ENG) #5
8. Arkansas (38) – FFION TYNAN (WAL) NS
9. Alabama (48)
10. South Florida (55)
11. Penn (104) – The Ivy League
12. Quinnipiac (161) – Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Individuals
Christin Eisenbeiss, North Florida
SARA BYRNE (IRL), Miami
Yanjun Liu, Princeton
Karissa Kilby, FIU
Leah Onosato, Old Dominion – Sun Belt Conference
Katherine Lemke, Creighton – Big East Conference

PULLMAN, WASHINGTON
Course: Palouse Ridge Golf Club / Host: Washington State
CLICK HERE FOR THE GOLFSTAT RESULTS – TEAM and INDIVIDUAL

Teams
1. Stanford (2)
2. Baylor (11) – ROSIE BELSHAM (ENG) #2
3. USC (12) – Pac-12 Conference
4. Clemson (31) – Atlantic Coast Conference
5. Kentucky (29)
6. Texas Tech (32)
7. Houston (37) – BECCA EARL (ENG) NS
8. North Carolina (43)
9. UNLV (57)
10. Sacramento State (62) – Big Sky Conference
11. Cal Poly (89) – Big West Conference
12. Green Bay (207) – Horizon League

Individuals
Camille Boyd, Washington
Tiffany Le, UC Riverside
HARRIET LYNCH (ENG), Fresno State
Darcy Habgood, Washington State
Stefanie Deng, Washington
Cassie Kim, Gonzaga

RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
Course: Lonnie Poole Golf Course / Host: N.C. State
CLICK HERE FOR THE GOLFSTAT RESULTS – TEAM and INDIVIDUAL

Teams
1. Wake Forest (1) – MIMI RHODES (ENG) #5, Lauren WALSH (IRL) #2
2. Arizona State (9) – BETH COULTER (IRL) #3, PATIENCE RHODES (ENG) NS
3. Florida State (13) – CHARLOTTE HEATH (ENG) #1, AMELIA WILLIAMSON (ENG) #2, LOTTIE WOAD (ENG) #3
4. Florida (20) – ANNABELL FULLER (ENG) #2
5. Arizona (27)
6. North Texas (35) – Conference USA
7. TCU (46)
8. N.C. State (51) – CAITLIN WHITEHEAD (ENG) #5
9. Purdue (45)
10. Nebraska (50)
11. Campbell (71) – Big South Conference
12. Richmond (145) – Patriot League

Individuals
Dorota Zalewska, Chattanooga
Kendall Turner, James Madison
Mallory Fobes, UNCW
Morgan Ketchum, Virginia Tech
Becca DiNunzio, Virginia Tech
Sarah Kahn, High Point – Big South Conference

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
Course: TPC San Antonio / Host: UTSA
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Teams
1. Texas A&M (5) – Southeastern Conference
2. Auburn (8) – ANNA FOSTER (IRL) #2, RACHEL GOURLEY (ENG) NS, CARYS WORBY (WAL) NS
3. Pepperdine (24)
4. Oklahoma State (22) – Big 12 Conference
5. SMU (18) – American Athletic Conference
6. UCLA (28) – ANNABEL WILSON (IRL) #3
7. New Mexico (44) – Mountain West Conference
8. Denver (47) – The Summit League
9. Illinois (49) – Big Ten Conference
10. Sam Houston (52) – Western Athletic Conference
11. ULM (87) – Sun Belt Conference
12. Missouri State (164) – Missouri Valley Conference

Individuals
Victoria Gailey, Nevada
Allysha Mae Mateo, BYU
Haley Vargas, Kansas State
Camryn Carreon, UTSA
Jasmine Leovao, Long Beach State – Big West Conference
ALEX GILES (ENG), Incarnate Word – Southland Conference

WESTFIELD, INDIANA
Course: The Club at Chatham Hills / Host: Indiana
CLICK HERE FOR THE GOLFSTAT RESULTS – TEAM and INDIVIDUAL

Teams
1. Mississippi State (7)
2. Oregon (6)
3. Vanderbilt (19)
4. Iowa State (16)
5. Virginia (21)
6. Tulsa (34)
7. Tennessee (36)
8. Michigan (41)
9. Oregon State (53)
10. Xavier (68) – Big East Conference
11. Lipscomb (84) – ASUN Conference
12. Morehead State (147) – Ohio Valley Conference

Individuals
Isabella McCauley, Minnesota
CARMEN GRIFFITHS (SCO), Louisville
Luisamariana Mesones, Minnesota
Sofia Torres, Colorado State
Lauren Beaudreau, Notre Dame
Sabrina Coffman, Cleveland State – Horizon League

NS – Not Selected

ME.

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