NCAA Division I women's golf championship

The NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship, played in the month of May, is the annual competition in women's collegiate golf for individuals and teams from universities in Division I. Golf was one of twelve women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981-82 school year. From its inception through 2014, it was a stroke play team competition with an additional individual award. Beginning in 2015, after 72 holes of stroke play, the top eight teams play in single-elimination match play to determine the team champion.

Many individual winners have gone on to have successful careers on the LPGA Tour, including 1991 champion Annika Sörenstam 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.

Stroke and match play (2015–present)
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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.