NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships
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| Location | 2016: Eugene, Oregon |
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| Established | 1982 |
| Course(s) | 2016: Eugene Country Club |
| Par | 2016: 72 |
| Length | 2016: 6,369 yards (5,824 m) |
| Format | 72-hole stroke play 8-team match play |
| Month played | May |
| Team: Washington Individual: Virginia Elena Carta, Duke |
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The NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship, played in the month of May, is the annual competition in women's collegiate golf for individuals and teams from universities in Division I. Golf was one of twelve women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981-82 school year. From its inception through 2014, it was a stroke play team competition with an additional individual award. Beginning in 2015, after 72 holes of stroke play, the top eight teams play in single-elimination match play to determine the team champion.
Many individual winners have gone on to have successful careers on the LPGA Tour, including 1991 champion Annika Sörenstam and 1999 champion Grace Park.
The Division I competition started in 1982. A combined Division II and Division III championship was held from 1996 to 1999, splitting into separate championships starting in 2000.
The following women have won both the NCAA individual championship and the U.S. Women's Amateur. Only Vicki Goetze (1992) managed the feat in the same year.
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