2023 NCAA Division I women's golf championship

The 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship was contested May 19–24 at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. It was the 41st annual tournament to establish the national champions of the 2023 season in NCAA Division I women's collegiate golf. The tournament was hosted by the Arizona State University & The Thunderbirds. There are both team and individual championships.

2023 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship

Tournament information
Dates	May 19–24, 2023
Location	Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Course(s)	Grayhawk Golf Club (Arizona State University)
Organized by	NCAA The Thunderbirds
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,368 yards
Field	167 players, 30 teams
Champion
Team: Wake Forest Individual: Rose Zhang (Stanford)
Team: 3–1 vs. USC Individual: 278 (−10)

It was the third consecutive year that the men's and women's Division I golf tournaments were played at the same location; the 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship will be held in Scottsdale after the women's championship from May 26–31.

Regional qualifying tournaments

• There were six regional sites that held the qualifying tournaments across the United States from May 8–10, 2023.
• The five lowest scoring teams from each of the regional sites qualified to compete at the national championships as team and individual players.
• An additional individual 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
Athens Regional	University of Georgia Golf Course	Athens, Georgia	1. Georgia 2. South Carolina 3. San Jose State 4. Ole Miss 5. Augusta	1. Leon Takagi, Kent State
Palm Beach Gardens	PGA National	Palm Beach Gardens, Florida	1. Michigan State 2. Duke 3. Texas 4. Northwestern 5. LSU	1. Sara Byrne, Miami (FL)
Pullman Regional	Palouse Ridge	Pullman, Washington	1. Stanford 2. Clemson 3. USC 4. Baylor 5. Texas Tech	1. Tiffany Le, UC Riverside
Raleigh Regional	Lonnie Poole Golf Course at NC State	Raleigh, North Carolina	1. Arizona 2. NC State 3. Wake Forest 4. TCU 5. Florida State	1. Dorota Zalewska, Chattanooga
San Antonio Regional	TPC San Antonio	San Antonio, Texas	1. Pepperdine 2. SMU 3. Oklahoma State 4. Texas A&M 5. New Mexico	1. Camryn Carreon, UTSA
Westfield Regional	The Club at Chatham Hills	Westfield, Indiana	1. Mississippi State 2. Oregon State 3. Vanderbilt 4. Virginia 5. Tulsa	1. Isabella McCauley, Minnesota

^ Teams listed in qualifying order.

Venue

This was the third time the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship was held at Grayhawk Golf Club and the fourth time the tournament has been hosted by the Arizona State University.

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 will be played on Tuesday, May 23 and the finals will be played on Wednesday, May 24.

Team competition

Leaderboard

(Par: 288, Total: 1152)

Place	Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total	To par
1	Stanford	288	273	290	282	1133	−19
2	Texas	292	276	290	280	1138	−14
3	Wake Forest	279	280	299	281	1139	−13
4	South Carolina	286	276	302	289	1153	+1
5	USC	296	276	290	292	1154	+2
6	Florida State	288	286	289	292	1155	+3
7	Texas A&M	287	284	298	287	1156	+4
8	Pepperdine	295	279	296	290	1160	+8
T9	Arizona	292	288	289	294	1163	+11
	New Mexico	287	288	301	287
T11	SMU	291	295	295	283	1164	+12
	Oklahoma State	280	291	300	293
13	Mississippi State	301	288	291	285	1165	+13
T14	Georgia	286	290	294	297	1167	+15
	LSU	294	288	295	290

Eliminated teams: San Jose State (882), Baylor (883), Michigan State (885), Duke (885), TCU (886), Texas Tech (890), Northwestern (892), Oregon State (892), Clemson (893), Virginia (893), Augusta (896), Vanderbilt (897), Ole Miss (898), Tulsa (914), NC State (917)

• The top 15 teams after 54 holes proceeded to the final round.

Match-play bracket

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

	Quarterfinals May 23, morning					Semifinals May 23, afternoon					Final May 24
	1	Stanford	3
	8	Pepperdine	1
						1	Stanford	1
						5	USC	3
	4	South Carolina	1
	5	USC	3
											5	USC	1
											3	Wake Forest	3
	3	Wake Forest	3
	6	Florida State	1
						3	Wake Forest	3
						7	Texas A&M	0
	2	Texas	1
	7	Texas A&M	3

Sources:

Individual competition

May 22, 2023 (Par:72, Total: 288)

Place	Player	University	Score	To par
1	Rose Zhang	Stanford	72-67-71-67=278	−10
T2	Lucía López-Ortega	San Jose State	68-69-71-71=279	−9
	Catherine Park	USC	71-64-71-73=279
4	Maddison Hinson-Tolchard	Oklahoma State	66-70-74-70=280	−8
T5	Ingrid Lindblad	LSU	70-72-68-71=281	−7
	Michelle Zhang	SMU	72-72-67-70=281
T7	Charlotte Heath	Florida State	71-71-69-71=282	−6
	Lauren Walsh	Wake Forest	67-67-79-69=282
	Pimmada Wongthanavimok	Arizona	69-73-69-71=282
T10	Sadie Englemann	Stanford	71-69-74-69=283	−5
	Chayse Gomez	Oregon State	71-71-70-70=283
	Huai-Chien Hsu	Texas	72-69-71-71=283

The remaining 88 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.