The NCAA Championships are here.
The 2026 NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship gets underway Friday at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa’s North Course in Carlsbad, California. Thirty teams and six individuals not on those teams advanced from regional play last week to the national championship.
Stroke play will last four rounds, and the top eight teams will advance to match play, with the championship match set for Wednesday, May 27. Northwestern is the defending national champion, and Arkansas star Maria Jose Marin won the individual title last May.
This is the third of five years at Omni La Costa for the NCAA Championship.
Here’s everything you need to know for the 2026 NCAA Women’s Golf Championship, including TV and ticket information.
NCAA Women’s Golf Championship format
Finals play for both championships consist of three days of stroke play on Friday thru Sunday (54 holes), after which the top-15 teams and nine individuals not on an advancing team will be determined. That is followed by a final day of 18 holes of stroke play (Monday) to determine the top eight teams that will advance to match play as well as the 72-hole individual champion. The team national champion will be determined by a match-play format that will consist of quarterfinals and semifinals conducted on Tuesday, followed by the finals on Wednesday.
NCAA Women’s Golf Championship TV information
Golf Channel is the TV home for the NCAA Championships. All times ET.
- Monday, May 25
- 5:30-9:30 p.m.
- Tuesday, May 26
- 1-3:30 p.m.
- 6-10 p.m.
- Wednesday, May 27
- 6-10 p.m.
2026 NCAA Div. I Women’s Golf Championship field
Teams
- Arkansas
- Arizona State
- Auburn
- Baylor
- Duke
- Eastern Michigan
- Florida
- Florida State
- Houston
- Iowa State
- Kentucky
- LSU
- Michigan State
- Missouri
- Northwestern
- North Carolina
- Ohio State
- Oklahoma State
- Ole Miss
- Oregon State
- Pepperdine
- SMU
- Stanford
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Texas A&M
- Texas Tech
- USC
- Virginia
- Wake Forest
Individuals
- Emma Bunch, New Mexico State
- Kirstin Angosta, TCU
- Sheridan Clancy, Indiana
- Thanana Kotchasanmanee, Princeton
- Isabella McCauley, Minnesota
- Johanna Sjursen, ULM
NCAA Women’s Golf Championship tickets
Fans must have tickets to attend this year’s NCAA Golf Championships. Here’s how to buy them.
Omni La Costa course info
Omni La Costa will play as a par-72 layout measuring 6,330 yards. There was an extensive renovation by the architectural team of Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner, and the NCAA Championship was the first event on the layout before it opened for public play last year.
Hanse and Wagner implemented significant changes to the North layout. Among the renovations: A new drivable par-4 11th was built, the green of the par-3 16th was repositioned in a fashion reminiscent of Augusta National Golf Club’s No. 12, and the par-5 18th was stretched to more than 600 yards with water on both sides of the fairway.
The revised layout will feature six sets of tees that play from 4,500 to 7,500 yards. Other changes include transitioning irrigation lines that will continue to use reclaimed water, the removal of several man-made ponds and the reintroduction of natural barrancas that feature drought-tolerant and native species of plants.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: 2026 NCAA Women’s Golf Championship field: TV info, how to buy tickets