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The 2026 DIII women’s golf championship continues on Thursday, May 21 at Desert Willow Golf Resort in Palm Desert, California.

Here is everything you need to know for the 2026 DIII women’s golf championship.

👀 LOOK BACK: Emory wins the 2025 DIII women’s golf championship

The 2026 championship will consist of both team and individual competition play over 72 holes. After 36 holes, the field will be cut to the top 15 teams and the top six individuals not on advancing teams. In the team competition, the lowest four scores for each school will count in the day’s total score.

Qualifiers were revealed in a press release on Monday, May 11. The championship began on Tuesday, May 19, and continues through Friday, May 22, at Desert Willow Golf Resort in Palm Desert, California.

👉 Click or tap here to see the 2026 championship field 

2026 NCAA DIII women’s golf championship schedule

Selections release: Monday, May 11 | Qualifiers
Championship: Tuesday, May 19 – Friday, May 22  

NCAA DIII women’s golf championship history

Emory won the 2025 championship after beating Carnegie Mellon. Here is a look at every champion and runner-up since 2000.

Year
Champion
Coach
Score
Runner-Up
Score
Host or Site

2025
Emory
Liz Fernandes
1,168
Carnegie Mellon
1181
Williamsburg, Va.

2024
Carnegie Mellon
Dan Rodgers
1,187
Emory
1,201
Nicholasville, Ky.

2023
George Fox
Mary Jo McCloskey
933
Washington-St. Louis
938
Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.

2022
Emory
Katie Futcher
1,175
Redlands
1,201
Houston, Texas

2021
Methodist
Tom Inczauskis
1,231
Carnegie Mellon
1,236
East Lansing, Mich.

2020
 Canceled due to Covid-19
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2019
New York University
Brad Johnson
1,217
Williams
1,222
Houston, Texas

2018
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Jodie Burton
1,261
Williams 
1,261
Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.

2017
Rhodes
Mike Clary
1,217
George Fox
1,219
Houston, Texas

2016
Rhodes
Mike Clary
904
Texas-Tyler
919
Houston, Texas

2015
Williams
Bill Kangas
1,264
Wittenberg
1,281
Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.

2014
Rhodes
Mike Clary
1,256
Mary Hardin-Baylor
1,280
Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.

2013
Mary Hardin-Baylor
Darla Kirby
1,239
Texas-Tyler
1,247
Miramar Beach, Fla.

2012
Methodist
Tom Inczauskis
1,242
DePauw
1,248
Angola, Ind.

2011
Methodist
Tom Inczauskis
966
Gustavus Adolphus
978
Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.

2010
Methodist
Tom Inczauskis
1,282
Gustavus Adolphus
1,301
Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.

2009
Methodist
Vici Pate
1,257
Wisconsin Stevens Point
1,282
Port St. Lucie, Fla.

2008
Methodist
Vici Pate
1,219
DePauw
1,258
Wartburg

2007
Methodist
Vici Pate
1,215
DePauw
1,303
Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.

2006
Methodist
Vici Pate
1,240
Gustavus Adolphus
1,316
Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.

2005
Methodist
Vici Pate
1,272
Mary Hardin-Baylor
1,284
Southern Pines, N.C.

2004
Methodist
Vici Pate
1,303
Mary Hardin-Baylor
1,305
Green Lake, Wis.

2003
Methodist
Vici Pate
1,296
Mary Hardin-Baylor
1,349
Green Lake, Wis.

2002
Methodist
Kim Kincer
1,310
Mary Hardin-Baylor
1,341
Mount Holyoke

2001
Methodist
Kim Kincer
1,214
Concordia-Moorhead
1,264
Millikin

2000
Methodist
Kim Kincer
1,285
Concordia-Moorhead
1,336
Illinois Wesleyan

# 2016 championships shortened to three rounds due to weather.
# 2011 championships shortened to three rounds due to weather.

* From 1996-99, Divisions II and III competed in a combined championship.

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