2016 NCAA Division I women's golf championship
The 2016 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship was contested May 20–25 at Eugene Country Club in Eugene, Oregon.[1] It was the 35th annual tournament to establish the national champions of the 2016 season in NCAA Division I women's collegiate golf. The tournament was hosted by the University of Oregon. There were both team and individual championships.
Tournament information | |
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Dates | May 20–25, 2016 |
Location | Eugene, Oregon, U.S. |
Course(s) | Eugene Country Club (University of Oregon) |
Organized by | NCAA |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,369 yards |
Field | 132 players, 24 teams |
Champion | |
Team: Washington Individual: Virginia Elena Carta (Duke) | |
Team: 3–2 vs. Stanford Individual: 272 (−16) | |
This was the second time, following the previous year, that the men's and women's Division I golf tournaments were played at the same location; the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship was held in Eugene after the women's championship from May 27 to June 1.[1]
Regional qualifying tournaments
edit- There were four regional sites that held the qualifying tournaments across the United States from May 5–7, 2016.
- 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 | Location | Qualified teams^ |
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Baton Rouge Regional | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Florida, South Carolina, Washington, Duke, Oregon, BYU |
Bryan Regional | Bryan, Texas | Georgia, Arizona, UCLA, Furman, Miami, Texas |
Shoal Creek Regional | Birmingham, Alabama | Northwestern, Florida State, Oklahoma State, Alabama, Tennessee, Michigan |
Stanford Regional | Stanford, California | Stanford, Southern California, Ohio State, North Carolina, Arkansas, Virginia |
^ Teams listed in qualifying order.[2]
Venue
editThis was the second time the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship was held at Eugene Country Club, and the second time the tournament has been hosted by the University of Oregon.[3]
Format
editSimilar 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
editLeaderboard
edit(Par: 288, Total: 1152)
Place | Team | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Total | To par |
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1 | UCLA | 286 | 291 | 285 | 282 | 1144 | −8 |
2 | Stanford | 295 | 283 | 290 | 279 | 1147 | −6 |
3 | Southern California | 289 | 280 | 291 | 290 | 1150 | −3 |
4 | Washington | 289 | 285 | 292 | 286 | 1152 | −1 |
5 | Virginia | 293 | 294 | 286 | 282 | 1155 | +2 |
6 | Duke | 299 | 283 | 280 | 296 | 1158 | +5 |
7 | South Carolina | 293 | 289 | 290 | 290 | 1162 | +10 |
8 | Oregon | 297 | 282 | 291 | 296 | 1166 | +14 |
T9 | Northwestern | 292 | 289 | 295 | 291 | 1167 | +15 |
Arizona | 291 | 289 | 293 | 294 | |||
11 | Oklahoma State | 284 | 295 | 297 | 292 | 1168 | +16 |
T12 | Arkansas | 292 | 291 | 298 | 292 | 1173 | +21 |
Alabama | 300 | 292 | 290 | 291 | |||
14 | North Carolina | 298 | 292 | 291 | 294 | 1175 | +23 |
15 | Florida State | 295 | 290 | 298 | 293 | 1176 | +24 |
Remaining teams: Tennessee (885), Florida (886), Michigan (887), Georgia (887), Furman (888), Miami (890), Ohio State (892), Texas (897), Brigham Young (898).[3]
- 15 out of 24 teams proceeded to the final round after finishing 54 holes.[5]
Match-play bracket
edit- 8 of 15 teams with the lowest stroke play total will advance into the match-play event.
Quarterfinals May 24, morning | Semifinals May 24, afternoon | Final May 25 | ||||||||||||
1 | UCLA | 4 | ||||||||||||
8 | Oregon | 1 | ||||||||||||
1 | UCLA | 1 | ||||||||||||
4 | Washington | 3 | ||||||||||||
4 | Washington | 3 | ||||||||||||
5 | Virginia | 1 | ||||||||||||
4 | Washington | 3 | ||||||||||||
2 | Stanford | 2 | ||||||||||||
3 | Southern California | 1 | ||||||||||||
6 | Duke | 4 | ||||||||||||
6 | Duke | 2 | ||||||||||||
2 | Stanford | 3 | ||||||||||||
2 | Stanford | 3 | ||||||||||||
7 | South Carolina | 2 |
Individual competition
edit(Par:72, Total: 288)
Place | Player | University | Score | To par |
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1 | Virginia Elena Carta | Duke | 69-68-66-69 = 272 | −16 |
T2 | Haley Moore | Arizona | 68-70-74-68 = 280 | −8 |
Dewi Weber | Miami | 69-66-74-71 = 280 | ||
T4 | Cheyenne Knight | Alabama | 69-69-71-73 = 282 | −6 |
Anna Newell | Tennessee | 69-67-75-71 = 282 | ||
T6 | Lilia Vu | UCLA | 73-72-72-67 = 283 | −5 |
Casey Danielson | Stanford | 71-70-74-68 = 283 | ||
Jennifer Kupcho | Wake Forest | 68-73-67-74 = 283 | ||
9 | Bronte Law | UCLA | 71-72-69-72 = 284 | −4 |
10 | Tiffany Chan | Northwestern | 71-71-74-70 = 286 | −2 |
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.[1][3][7]
References
edit- ^ a b c McNamara, Abbey (May 26, 2016). "Washington beats Stanford to win NCAA golf title". NCAA.
- ^ a b "2016 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship participants determined". NCAA. May 8, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Division I Women's Golf Championship Records Book" (PDF). Retrieved January 20, 2023.
- ^ Johnson, Greg (September 15, 2014). "New format for men's and women's golf championships receives approval". NCAA.
- ^ "NCAA Womens Medal Championship – Team Leaderboard".
- ^ "NCAA Womens Match Championship – Team Matches". Retrieved January 20, 2023.
- ^ "NCAA Womens Match Championship – Player Leaderboard". Retrieved January 21, 2023.