Published On: Wed, Apr 23rd, 2025

NCAA women's regionals: Full fields, previews for all six sites

Teams can start to book their flights and hotel rooms.

The NCAA announced Wednesday afternoon the 72-team field for the 2025 NCAA Division I women's golf regionals. Each of the six regionals will feature 12 teams and six individuals not on advancing teams. Among those teams are 29 conference champions and 43 at-large programs.

The regionals will be contested May 5-7 with the top five teams from each regional advancing along with the highest finishing individual not on an advancing team.

Thirty teams will comprise the field for the NCAA Championship, which begins May 16 at Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California.

Stanford is the No. 1 overall seed this year. The Cardinal, who have won six of their past eight regionals, are joined by five other top seeds – Arkansas, Florida State, South Carolina, Oregon and Texas.

Two of the six regionals do not have hosts as Kentucky was among three teams to finish under .500 (Clemson and Alabama are the others) and Texas Tech ended up as the first team out.

Here is a look at the full regional fields, plus a breakdown of each site:

Norman

Jimmie Austin OU GC, Norman, Oklahoma (Oklahoma)
1. Stanford
2. Northwestern
3. North Carolina
4. Michigan State
5. Duke
6. Oklahoma
7. Baylor
8. Oregon State (West Coast)
9. Tulsa (American)
10. Denver (Summit)
11. Furman (SoCon)
12. Southern Miss (Sun Belt)

Stanford being sent to Norman is a shocker, as it’s more than double the distance of Gold Canyon from Stanford’s campus (1,619 miles to 769 miles). The trade-off for not getting eighth-ranked Arizona State as a host in the No. 2 slot is sixth-seeded host Oklahoma. Not that it should matter, as the top-ranked Cardinal have won each of their last 10 stroke-play competitions, including the ACC Championship, where they were upset by Wake Forest in the semifinals. Stanford is looking to advance to its 15th straight NCAA regional. If there’s a top-five seed on upset alert it could be Duke, which has dropped seven spots in the rankings since the end of the fall and was just 10th at ACCs. The Sooners are trying to qualify for nationals for the first time since 2018. Baylor squeaked into regionals with exactly a .500 winning percentage. Tulsa, under first-year head coach Mike Roters, added Romaine Masserey midseason and have climbed 35 ranking spots this spring while winning the American Athletic Conference title. The Golden Hurricane are looking for a third straight trip to nationals.


Columbus

Ohio State University GC (Scarlet), Columbus, Ohio (Ohio State)
1. Arkansas
2. LSU
3. Ohio State
4. Kansas
5. Houston
6. SMU
7. UNLV (Mountain West)
8. Illinois
9. Kent State (MAC)
10. Illinois State (MVC)
11. Xavier (Big East)
12. Oakland (Horizon)

The host Buckeyes should be a lock in this regional as they have won three straight tournaments on the Scarlet course, including an 11-shot victory over Michigan State earlier this spring. Ohio State also finished fourth the last time it played a regional at home, in 2017. Kent State also should feel at home as the Golden Flashes were third this spring at the Buckeyes’ home event. Arkansas finished the worst of the No. 1 seeds at conference, placing sixth and losing in the semifinals at SECs. Kansas hasn’t played nationals since 2014 while Houston has never advanced through regionals. Illinois is riding momentum after placing third at Big Tens, its third straight top-3 finish of the spring.


Lexington

Keene Trace GC (Champions), Lexington, Kentucky (Kentucky)
1. Florida State (ACC)
2. USC
3. TCU
4. Vanderbilt
5. Kansas State
6. Georgia Southern
7. Pepperdine
8. Louisville
9. Miami
10. Western Kentucky (CUSA)
11. Morehead State (OVC)
12. Fairleigh Dickinson (Northeast)

Fresh off its first ACC title, Florida State is the top seed at the home of the PGA Tour’s Barbasol Championship. USC has struggled this spring, dropping from fourth to ninth in the country, while one of its top players, Bailey Shoemaker, has battled a right-arm injury. TCU beat Kentucky by 12 shots on this course in the fall, and the Horned Frogs are one of the hotter teams in the country, rising eight spots to No. 15 this spring. Kansas State went from the first team out last season to a fifth seed and eyeing its first NCAA Championship berth. Georgia Southern is the highest-ranked mid-major at No. 34. Pepperdine hasn’t made three straight nationals since 2007. Louisville will be the de-factor home favorite, and the Cardinals were fourth here in the fall. Western Kentucky is competing in its first regional, though it has a potential medalist in senior Catie Craig.


Charlottesville

Birdwood GC, Charlottesville, Virginia (Virginia)
1. South Carolina (SEC)
2. Virginia
3. Ole Miss
4. Florida
5. UCLA
6. UCF
7. College of Charleston (Coastal)
8. North Carolina State
9. BYU
10. Princeton (Ivy)
11. Richmond (A-10)
12. Radford (Big South)

When Virginia finished second on this course in the fall, it was in rainy conditions caused by the remnants of Hurricane Helene. The Cavaliers are playing their best golf of the season right now, with three straight seconds, including at ACCs. South Carolina is coming off its first SEC title since 2002 and has been bolstered by the spring arrival of Thai freshman Eila Galitsky. Florida hasn’t advanced through a regional since 2019. UCLA got over .500 at Big Tens, though just barely, in what’s been a challenging season that has included losing its two best players to the pros. UCF finished ninth at Big 12s and has only finished better than fourth once this season. North Carolina State (fourth) and Richmond (12th) both have experience this season on this layout. BYU was the last team in and is looking for its first NCAA Championship berth since 2016.


Gold Canyon

Superstition Mountain G&CC, Gold Canyon, Arizona (Arizona State)
1. Oregon (Big Ten)
2. Arizona State
3. Auburn
4. Mississippi State
5. Oklahoma State
6. California
7. Virginia Tech
8. San Jose State
9. Sacramento State (Big Sky)
10. Cal State-Fullerton (Big West)
11. Navy (Patriot)
12. Quinnipiac (MAAC)

Perhaps the most wide open of the regional sites off the tee, Oregon gets to stay closer to home with Stanford being sent to Norman. The Ducks are coming off a Big Ten sweep with Kiara Romero winning the individual title. However, the Ducks are banged up and could be without Karen Tsuru (back). Arizona State has used just five players all season and now play close to home at a course where they finished second earlier this spring; San Jose State was fifth at that event. Auburn missed match play at SECs, and if Anna Davis does not contend, the Tigers could be in trouble, though this program always seems to have a flair of the dramatic this time of year. Mississippi State has dropped 10 spots to No. 20 since the departure of Julia Lopez Ramirez to the LPGA. Oklahoma State is trying to punch its fifth straight ticket to nationals. California could be a spoiler after reaching the semifinals of the ACC Championship.


Lubbock

The Rawls Course, Lubbock, Texas (Texas Tech)
1. Texas
2. Wake Forest
3. Arizona (Big 12)
4. Texas A&M
5. Iowa State
6. Tennessee
7. Purdue
8. Campbell
9. UC Davis
10. Florida Gulf Coast (ASUN)
11. Tarleton State (WAC)
12. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Southland)

Expect it to be windy, which will play into the hands of top-seeded Texas, which has finished outside the top five only twice this season, both sixth-place showings at tough events, Darius and Colonial. Wake Forest upset Stanford in the ACC semifinals and have turned back into an NCAA title contender with the addition of Chloe Kovelesky this spring. Arizona had an up-and-down first year under new coach Giovana Maymon, but the Wildcats did win three events, including Big 12s. Texas A&M also lost its best player to the LPGA in Adela Cernousek and is coming off a 10th-place finish at SECs. No. 4 seeds are the most vulnerable historically as just nine of 18 have advanced in the six-regional format. Iowa State hasn’t finished better than sixth in three events in Texas or Oklahoma this season. Tennessee was fourth at Texas’ event earlier this spring and made match play at SECs. Campbell was seventh on the Rawls course in the fall. UC Davis is the last at-large team in regionals. FGCU is among the regional first-timers, though the ASUN champs have fallen 17 spots in the rankings this spring.

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