Missouri
NCAA Championship Final
Women's Golf Primed for NCAA Championships
5/21/2026 2:18:00 PM | Women's Golf
COLUMBIA, Mo. – No. 32 Mizzou women's golf is set to compete in the 2026 NCAA Championships beginning on Friday at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California. The tournament will be broadcast on GOLF Channel and Babygrande.com.
TOURNAMENT INFO
The 156-person field is comprised of 24 teams. Additionally, 12 women not on those already qualified teams will make the field for the individual championship.
Players will first compete in three 18-hole rounds of stroke play competition. Following the third round, the field will be cut to the top 15 teams and top nine individuals not on an advancing team.
The fourth round of stroke play will take place, at which point the individual national champion will be crowned. Also, following the fourth round, the field will be cut to the top eight teams to move on to the match-play bracket, which will be seeded in order of finish in stroke play.
A knockout match play competition will then take place to determine the team national champion. Surviving three rounds of match play brings into play a completely different strategy than the first rounds of stroke play, where only individual scores matter.
COURSE OVERVIEW
The NCAA Championship will be played at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa North Course for a third consecutive year. The course measures 6,406 yards in length on a par-72.
SCOUTING THE COMPETITION
In addition to top-seeded Stanford which the Tigers faced in the regional round, Mizzou will be competing against nine Southeastern Conference programs.
Last year's champion Northwestern, is in the tournament field looking to defend its title.
HISTORY
This is the second NCAA Championship appearance for Mizzou and the first since 2005.
The Tigers, who have tremendously improved their ranking by 89 spots over the last four seasons under head coach Caroline Westrup Geata.
Mizzou qualified after a fifth-place finish at 8-over 860 in the Stanford regional, the program's 14th regional appearance all-time.
MIZZOU LINEUP
1. Melanie Walker
2. Ebba Liljeberg
3. Addie Dobson
4. Jade Zamora
5. Fleur Van Beek
6. Alexandra Berglund (Alternate)
