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team competition with an additional individual award. Beginning in 2015, after 72 holes of stroke play, the top eight teams play in single-elimination

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to determine the team champion. Many individual winners have gone on to have successful careers on the

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, including 1991 champion

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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.

Results

Stroke play (1978–2014)

Stroke and match play (2015–present)

Notes

# Team championship decided by playoff. # Individual championship decided by playoff. #

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's team (1,175) and individual ( Melissa McNamara, 287) championships from 1988 were vacated by the NCAA. # The fourth round of the 1999 championship was cancelled due to rain. # NCAA record – Lowest aggregate score. # NCAA record – Most strokes under par.

Team titles

Appearances by team

Total columns * School refers to the current name and branding of the softball team. * Conference shows where the school as of the 2024 season. * Total appearances in the NCAA Championship, not counting vacated appearances. * Finishes in the top 15 at the NCAA Championship * Finishes in the top 8 at the NCAA Championship * Finishes in the top 4 at the NCAA Championship * Finishes in the top 2 at the NCAA Championship * National Championships Table entries * National champion ** Vacated National champion * National runner-up 1982 to 2014 * Numbers indicate the placement of the team in that tournament beyond second 2015 to present * Semifinals * Quarterfinals * Numbers indicate the placement of the team in that tournament beyond eighth

Winners of both NCAA and U.S. Amateur

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.

References

External links

NCAA women's golf
{{Major women's sport leagues in North America Golf, women Team golf tournaments Amateur golf tournaments in the United States Women's golf tournaments in the United States

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