2016 NCAA Division I women's golf championship

2016 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship
Tournament information
DatesMay 20–25, 2016
LocationEugene, Oregon, U.S.
Course(s)Eugene Country Club
(University of Oregon)
Organized byNCAA
Statistics
Par72
Length6,369 yards
Field132 players, 24 teams
Champion
Team: Washington
Individual: Virginia Elena Carta (Duke)
Team: 3–2 vs. Stanford
Individual: 272 (−16)
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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.

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

  • 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^
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

This 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

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

Seattle City Councilman Bruce Harrell congratulates University of Washington women's golf coach Mary Lou Mulfur

Leaderboard

(Par: 288, Total: 1152)

Place Team Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total To par
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

  • 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

Sources:[2][3][6]

Individual competition

(Par:72, Total: 288)

Place Player University Score To par
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

  1. ^ a b c McNamara, Abbey (May 26, 2016). "Washington beats Stanford to win NCAA golf title". NCAA.
  2. ^ a b "2016 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship participants determined". NCAA. May 8, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d "Division I Women's Golf Championship Records Book" (PDF). Retrieved January 20, 2023.
  4. ^ Johnson, Greg (September 15, 2014). "New format for men's and women's golf championships receives approval". NCAA.
  5. ^ "NCAA Womens Medal Championship – Team Leaderboard".
  6. ^ "NCAA Womens Match Championship – Team Matches". Retrieved January 20, 2023.
  7. ^ "NCAA Womens Match Championship – Player Leaderboard". Retrieved January 21, 2023.