| NCAA Division III Women's Golf Championships | |
| Location: | 2024: Nicholasville, Kentucky |
| Establishment: | 2000 |
| Course: | 2024: Keene Trace Golf Club |
| Par: | 2024: 72 |
| Yardage: | 2024: |
| Format: | Stroke play, 72 holes |
| Month Played: | May |
| Current Champion: | Team: Carnegie Mellon Individual: Alison Takamiya (George Fox) |
The NCAA Division III Women's Golf Championships, played in 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 17 national titles, 15 of which were won consecutively between 1998 and 2012, and are the current champions.
| Year | Site (Host team) | Par | Team championship | Individual championship | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Runner-up | Score | Champion | Score | |||||
| 1996 | Allendale, MI (Grand Valley State) | 72 (288) | 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) | ||
| 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 | 72 † (216) | Rhodes | 904 | Texas–Tyler | 919 | Caroline Ordian (Redlands) | 218 (+2) | ||
| 2017 | 72 (288) | Rhodes | 1,217 | George Fox | 1,219 | Christina Herbert (Bridgewater) | 295 (+5) | |||
| 2018 | Howey-in-the-Hills, FL | 73 (292) | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 1,261 | Williams | 1,261 | Margaret Loncki (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) | 303 (+11) | ||
| 2019 | Houston, TX | 72 (288) | NYU | 1,217 | Williams | 1,222 | Cordelia Chan (Williams College) | 296 (+8) | ||
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||
| 2021 | East Lansing, MI | 72 (288) | Methodist | 1,231 | Carnegie Mellon | 1,236 | Makensie Toole (George Fox) | 291 (+3) | ||
| 2022 | Houston, TX | 72 (288) | Emory | 1,175 | Redlands | 1,201 | Ellen Dong (Emory) | 289 (+1) | ||
| 2023 | Howey-in-the-Hills, FL | 73 † (219) | George Fox | 933 | Washington (MO) | 938 | Annie Mascot (Washington (MO)) | 224 (+5) | ||
| 2024 | Nicholasville, KY | 72 (288) | Carnegie Mellon | 1,187 | Emory | 1,201 | Alison Takamiya (George Fox) | 288 (E) | ||
The following schools have won more than one team championship:
The following women have won more than one individual championship:
The following schools have produced more than one individual champion: