It will be the first of three years that the men's and women's Division I golf tournaments are played at the same location; the 2024 NCAA Division I men's golf championship will be held in Carlsbad after the women's championship from May 24–29.[2]
Regional qualifying tournaments
There are six regional sites that held the qualifying tournaments across the United States from May 6–8, 2024.
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.
This is the first time the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship will be held at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa and the first time the tournament has been hosted by the University of Texas.[4]
Format
Similar to 2015 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship, all teams will compete 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 21 and the finals will be played on Wednesday, May 22.[5]
The remaining 86 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.[10][11]