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in 1996, 2000, and 2018. The Wildcat Women have also had four individual national champions with Susan Slaughter in (

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in (

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in (

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) and Jenna Daniels in (

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). On August 4, 2023, Arizona announced it would join the

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along with

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, and

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beginning in the 2024-25 academic year. Members of the Wildcat Women's program have gone on to have huge amounts of success on the

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tour, led by 8-time LPGA Player of the Year

and 4-time LPGA Player of the Year

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. Sörenstam is regarded as one of the best female golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she had won 90 international tournaments as a professional, making her the female golfer with the most wins to her name. She has won 72 official

tournaments including ten

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and 18 other tournaments internationally, and she tops the LPGA's career money list with earnings of over $22 million—over $2 million ahead of her nearest rival while playing 187 fewer events. Since 2006, Sörenstam has held dual American and Swedish citizenship. The winner of a record eight

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awards, and six Vare Trophies given to the LPGA player with the lowest seasonal scoring average, she is the only female golfer to shoot a 59 in competition. She holds various all-time scoring records including the lowest season scoring average: 68.6969 in 2004. Representing Europe in the

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on eight occasions between 1994 and 2007, Sörenstam was the event's all-time leading points earner until her record was surpassed by England's

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during the

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. Sörenstam also was captain of the

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European Solheim Cup team. In 2003, Sörenstam played in the

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tournament to become the first woman to play in a

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event since 1945. On 2 December 2020, she was appointed president of the

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from 1 January 2021. On 7 January 2021, she received the

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from President

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. Lorena Ochoa was the top-ranked female golfer in the world for 158 consecutive and total weeks (both are LPGA Tour records), from 23 April 2007 to her retirement on 2 May 2010, at the age of 28 years old. As the first Mexican golfer of either gender to be ranked number one in the world, she is considered the best Mexican golfer and the best Latin American female golfer of all time. Ochoa was inducted into the

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in 2017.

Yearly Record

Source

Team Tournament Wins (82)

Source: :*1982 – Lady Aztec Invitational :*1983 – Wildcat Invitational :*1988 – Washington Invitational :*1988 – Dick McGuire Invitational :*1988 – Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational :*1989 – Wildcat Invitational :*1989 – Shiseido Cup International :*1989 – Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational :*1990 – Border Conference Championship :*1990 – Oregon Invitational :*1991 – Stanford Invitational :*1991 – Wildcat Invitational :*1991 – UCF Rotary Classic :*1991 – Golfsmith Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational :*1991 – Rainbow Wahine Invitational :*1991 – Dick McGuire Invitational :*1991 – Lady Sun Devil Invitational :*1991 – Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational :*1992 – Wildcat Invitational :*1992 – Golfsmith Betsy Rawls Classic :*1992 – Rainbow Wahine Invitational :*1992 – Pac-10 Championships (1) :*1996 – LSU Fairwood Invitational :*1996 – Rainbow Wahine Invitational :*1996 – Buckeye Invitational :*1996 – NCAA West Regional :*1996 – NCAA Championships (1) :*1996 – Dick McGuire Invitational :*1996 – Rolex NCAA Preview :*1997 – LSU Fairwood Invitational :*1997 – PING/ASU Invitational :*1997 – Pac-10 Championships (2) :*1997 – Rolex NCAA Preview :*1998 – Pac-10 Championships (3) :*1998 – NCAA West Regional :*1998 – Stanford Intercollegiate :*1998 – Golf World Invitational :*1999 – Arizona Invitational :*1999 – Rainbow Wahine Invitational :*1999 – Dick McGuire Invitational :*2000 – Golf World Invitational :*2000 – TRW Regional Challenge :*2000 – Wildcat Invitational :*2000 – Rainbow Wahine Invitational :*2000 – PING/ASU Invitational :*2000 – Pac-10 Championships (4) :*2000 – NCAA West Regional :*2000 – NCAA Championships (2) :*2000 – Dick McGuire Invitational :*2000 – Stanford Pepsi Invitational :*2001 – TRW Regional Challenge :*2001 – Wildcat Invitational :*2001 – Pac-10 Championships (5) :*2001 – NCAA West Regional :*2002 – Pac-10 Championships (6) :*2003 – Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational :*2010 – Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown :*2010 – Pac-10 Championships (7) :*2010 – NCAA West Regional :*2010 – Topy Cup :*2011 – Wildcat Invitational :*2012 – Wildcat Invitational :*2012 – UNLV Invitational :*2012 – Mason Rudolph Championship :*2012 – Windy City Collegiate Classic :*2013 – Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational :*2014 – SunTrust Gator Invitational :*2015 – SunTrust Gator Invitational :*2015 – PING/ASU Invitational :*2015 – Pac-12 Championships (8) :*2016 – Wildcat Invitational :*2017 – Mountain View Collegiate :*2018 – Hawkeye El Tigre Invitational :*2018 – PING/ASU Invitational :*

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– NCAA Championships (3) :*2019 – Pac-12 Preview :*2019 – UNLV Rebel Beach Invitational :*2019 – Hawkeye El Tigre Invitational :*2020 – Pac-12 Preview :*2020 – Wildcat Invitational

Individual Champions

Source:

NCAA

Arizona has had 4 individuals claim the NCAA Individual Championship on 4 occasions.

Regional

Conference

Arizona has had 5 separate golfers win a conference title on 5 separate occasions.

National Honors

Source :NCAA Coach of the Year :*1996 – Kim Haddow :Pac-10/12 Coach of the Year :*1992 – Kim Haddow :*1998 – Rick LaRose :*2000 – Todd McCorkle :*2010 – Laura Ianello :*2019 – Laura Ianello (Co-COY) : US Women's Amateur Champions :*1996 – Heather Graff (US Public Links) :*1997 –

(Runner Up) :*2000 – Laura Myercough (Runner Up) :National College Player of the Year :*1991 –

(NGCA, Golfweek) :*1996 –

(Honda Award, NGCA) :*1997 – Marisa Baena (Honda Award, NGCA) :*2000 – Jenna Daniels (Honda Award, NGCA) :*2001 –

(NGCA) :*2002 – Lorena Ochoa (NGCA) :*2003 –

Erica Blasberg Erica Paige Blasberg (July 14, 1984 – May 9, 2010) was an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She attended the University of Arizona, and was the country's number 1 ranked college player as a freshman. She won the 2004 Lac ...

(Golfweek Magazine) :Pac-10/12 Player of the Year :*2003 – Erica Blasberg :National Freshman of the Year :*2001 – Lorena Ochoa (WGCA) :*2003 – Erica Blasberg (WGCA) :*2020 – Vivian Hou (WGCA) :Pac-10/12 Freshman of the Year :*2001 – Lorena Ochoa :*2003 – Erica Blasberg :

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– Laura Myerscough :*

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– Erica Blasberg :All-American (Selected by WGCA) :*1988 – Martina Koch ''(2nd Team)'' :*1989 – Martina Koch ''(2nd Team)'' :*1990 – Mette Hageman ''(1st Team)'' :*1990 – Martina Koch ''(1st Team)'' :*1990 – Susan Slaughter ''(1st Team)'' :*1991 – Mette Hageman ''(1st Team)'' :*1991 –

''(1st Team)'' :*1991 –

Leta Lindley Leta Lindley (born June 1, 1972) is an American professional golfer who captured her first LPGA Tour title after 15 years on tour at the 2008 LPGA Corning Classic. Lindley, whose first golf job was painting stripes on range balls as an 11-year-o ...

''(1st Team)'' :*1992 – Annika Sörenstam ''(1st Team)'' :*1992 – Debbie Parks ''(1st Team)'' :*1992 – Leta Lindley ''(1st Team)'' :*1994 – Leta Lindley ''(1st Team)'' :*1996 –

''(1st Team)'' :*1996 – Heather Graff ''(2nd Team)'' :*1997 – Marisa Baena ''(1st Team)'' :*1998 – Marisa Baena ''(1st Team)'' :*1998 – Jenna Daniels ''(2nd Team)'' :*1998 – Krissie Register ''(2nd Team)'' :*1999 – Jenna Daniels ''(2nd Team)'' :*2000 – Cristina Baena ''(2nd Team)'' :*2000 – Jenna Daniels ''(1st Team)'' :*2001 –

''(1st Team)'' :*2001 –

Natalie Gulbis Natalie Anne Gulbis (born January 7, 1983) is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. Golf career Gulbis was born and raised in the Sacramento, California, area. She has Latvian ancestry. Gulbis started finding ...

''(1st Team)'' :*2002 – Lorena Ochoa ''(1st Team)'' :*2003 –

''(1st Team)'' :*2004 – Erica Blasberg ''(1st Team)'' :*2007 – Alison Walshe ''(1st Team)'' :*2008 – Alison Walshe ''(1st Team)'' :*2010 – Margarita Ramos ''(2nd Team)'' :*2011 – Isabelle Boineau ''(2nd Team)'' :*2014 – Lindsey Weaver ''(2nd Team)'' :*2015 – Lindsey Weaver ''(2nd Team)'' :*2017 –

Haley Moore Haley Nicole Moore (born November 24, 1998) is an American professional golfer. Early life and junior golf Moore was born in Crystal Lake, Illinois and attended San Pasqual High School in Escondido, California where she was a member of the golf ...

''(2nd Team)'' :*2019 –

Bianca Pagdanganan Bianca Isabel Pagdanganan (born 28 October 1997) is a Filipino professional golfer. As an amateur, she was a dual medalist in the 2018 Asian Games, winning a bronze in the women's individual event, and a gold medal in the team event with Yuka S ...

''(2nd Team)'' :*2019 – Yu-Sang Hou ''(2nd Team)'' :*2020 – Vivian Hou ''(1st Team)'' :*2020 – Yu-Sang Hou ''(2nd Team)'' :*2021 – Yu-Sang Hou ''(2nd Team)'' :WGCA Academic All-American :*1992 –

:*1994 – Leta Lindley :*1994 – Ulrika Johansson :*1995 – Ulrika Johansson :*1996 – Christina Tolerton :*1997 – Christina Tolerton :*1998 – Krissie Register :*1998 – Jill Gomric :*1999 – Krissie Register :*1999 – Christina Monteiro :*2000 – Christina Monteiro :*2001 – Christina Monteiro :*2002 – Cathie Williamson :*2004 – Whitney Welch :*2004 – Lani Elston :*2005 – Whitney Welch :*2005 – Lani Elston :*2006 – Whitney Welch :*2009 – Nikki Koller :*2009 – Margarita Ramos :*2010 – Nikki Koller :*2013 – Kendall Prince :*2014 – Kendall Prince :*2014 – Jessica Vasilic :*2014 – Andrea Vilarasau :*2014 – Wanasa Zhou :*2015 – Kendall Prince :*2015 – Wanasa Zhou :*2016 – Jessica Vasilic :*2016 – Wanasa Zhou :*2017 – Jessica Vasilic :*2017 – Wanasa Zhou :*2018 – Sandra Nordaas :*2019 – Ya Chun Chang :*2019 – Sandra Nordaas :*2020 – Ya Chun Chang :*2020 – Vivian Hou :*2020 – Gile Bite Starkute :*2020 – Therese Warner :*2021 – Ya Chun Chang :*2021 – Maya Benita :*2021 – Gile Bite Starkute :*2021 – Therese Warner

Team Scoring Records

Source:

Individual Scoring Record

References

{{Reflist College golf teams in the United States University of Arizona Women's sports in Arizona