CARLSBAD, Calif. – The final round of stroke play is here at the 2025 NCAA Women’s Golf Championship. Sunday’s third round resulted in half the field being cut, with only 15 teams advancing to the final round. Come Monday night, an individual medalist will be crowned and the match-play bracket will be set.
Stanford is running away in the stroke-play competition. After a record 18-under round Sunday, the Cardinal lead by 15 shots with one round left. Meanwhile, Arkansas’ Maria Jose Marin leads the individual race after a 7-under 65 in the final round. Follow along below for live updates from the final round of stroke play at the NCAA Women’s Golf Championship:NCAA Women’s Golf Championship live leaderboard Follow along here for live scores from the 2025 NCAA Women’s Golf Championship.Virginia gets final match-play spot The Cavaliers are in! Posting at 15 over, Virginia beats Arizona State by one and South Carolina by two to get the final spot for match play.
With Virginia, the eight match-play teams are set: Stanford, Oregon, Northwestern, Florida State, USC, Arkansas, Texas and Virginia.Maria Jose Marin takes clubhouse lead at 12 under Could Arkansas sophomore Maria Jose Marin punch her ticket to the U.S. Women’s Open? She’s in the clubhouse at 12 under with a two-shot lead over Kelly Xu, who has three holes to play. Marin is no stranger to winning big events. She won the stroke-play portion of the 2024 U.S. Women’s Amateur and then was in the semifinals before having to WD with an injury. Now, she has a chance for another big individual win. She would become the third Arkansas player to win an NCAA title, joining Maria Fassi and Stacy Lewis.Quad bogey drops South Carolina A mistake that likely costs South Carolina a spot in match play just happened. Louise Rydqvist makes a quad eight on the par-4 seventh. The Gamecocks go from tied for eighth to four shots behind the cut line with only five counting holes to play. Just a mistake that’s nearly impossible to recover from.Arizona State jumps South Carolina The Sun Devils, if play ended now, would be in over No. 3 South Carolina, which sits at 14 under and one behind Arizona State. Virginia is in the clubhouse at 15 over and could sneak its way into the final spot if neither Arizona State nor South Carolina finish strong.Cut line update South Carolina is in the driver’s seat to nab the eighth seed in match play. The Gamecocks have a four-shot lead on Arizona State with the teams on holes 12-15.Maria Jose Marin increases lead The sophomore at Arkansas buries a long birdie putt on the ninth then knocks in a clutch 5 footer for par on 10 to maintain a three-shot lead over Stanford’s Kelly Xu in the individual race.
If Xu were to pass Marin and win, she would be the fifth different Stanford player to win this year.How much will Stanford win stroke play by? The NCAA record for lowest 72-hole score is 19 under, which USC shot in 2013. Stanford was 23 under after the third round and is 5 under early in the final round, moving to 28 under for the week. Stanford is looking to cap an unbeaten season in stroke play, with its lone loss coming to Wake Forest in the ACC semis.Maria Jose Marin off to excellent start The sophomore at Arkansas has two birdies in her first five holes, moving to 11 under and keeping a two-shot advantage over Stanford’s Kelly Xu. If she were to hold on, she would become the first Razorback to win an individual title since Maria Fassi in 2019.Early cut line separation It doesn’t mean anything this early, but the larger the deficit, the harder it is to come back, and South Carolina has now opened a five-shot advantage for the final match-play spot over Arizona State.
The teams are playing together, starting on the back nine, and South Carolina is 2 under to begin the day.Individual leaders underway Arkansas’ Maria Jose Marin, the 54-hole leader, has started her final round, playing alongside Florida State’s Mirabel Ting and USC’s Catherine Park. The lead teams are off in the final tee times off No. 1, but Marin (-9), Ting (-6) and Park (-6) are all underway and in contention for the individual title and playing for a spot at the U.S. Women’s Open.What to watch for Monday There are two big storylines going into the final day of stroke play. First, it’s the race for the NCAA individual title, and there’s a lot on the line. The winner receives not only the trophy and title of NCAA champion, but also an exemption into next week’s U.S. Women’s Open at Erin Hills in Wisconsin. That’s worth playing for.
Second is the race for the top eight. Going out on a limb and saying Stanford and Northwestern have locked up two of the eight spots. It’s highly unlikely Oregon or USC fall out, barring a disaster final round. So, can Florida State, Arkansas, Texas and South Carolina hang on to those final spots? Or will Arizona State, the first team out by three shots, or Virginia, Tennessee or someone else make a run to sneak into match play?NCAA Women’s Golf Championship predictions, expert picks Golfweek’s college golf expert Cameron Jourdan and senior writer Beth Ann Nichols made predictions for the championship. You can see their entire selections here.How many teams make match play at NCAA Women’s Golf Championship? Eight. After Monday’s final round of stroke play, the top eight teams advance to match play, which begins Tuesday morning with the quarterfinals.NCAA Women’s Golf Championship final-round tee times
1st tee
1:50 p.m. - ?ine Donegan (LSU), Ana Pina Ortega (Mississippi State), Francesca Fiorellini (UCLA) 2:01 p.m. - Josefin Widal (LSU), Izzy Pellot (Mississippi State), Meghan Royal (UCLA) 2:12 p.m. - Taylor Riley (LSU), Sam Whateley (Mississippi State), Tiffany Le (UCLA) 2:23 p.m. - Roc?o Tejedo (LSU), Chiara Horder (Mississippi State), Natalie Vo (UCLA) 2:34 p.m. - Elsa Svensson (LSU), Avery Weed (Mississippi State), Angela Liu (UCLA) 2:45 p.m. - Kylie Chong (USC), Alexandra Gazzoli (Florida State), Abbey Schutte (Arkansas) 2:56 p.m. - Bailey Shoemaker (USC), Kaylah Williams (Florida State), Reagan Zibilski (Arkansas) 3:07 p.m. - Xin (Cindy) Kou (USC), Sophia Fullbrook (Florida State), Kendall Todd (Arkansas) 3:18 p.m. - Jasmine Koo (USC), Lottie Woad (Florida State), Clarisa Temelo (Arkansas) 3:29 p.m. - Catherine Park (USC), Mirabel Ting (Florida State), Maria Jose Marin (Arkansas) 3:40 p.m. - Andrea Revuelta (Stanford), Hsin Tai Lin (Northwestern), Tong An (Oregon) 3:51 p.m. - Megha Ganne (Stanford), Elise Lee (Northwestern), Anika Varma (Oregon) 4:02 p.m. - Meja ?rtengren (Stanford), Ashley Yun (Northwestern), Kiara Romero (Oregon) 4:13 p.m. - Kelly Xu (Stanford), Dianna Lee (Northwestern), Ting-Hsuan Huang (Oregon) 4:24 p.m. - Paula Mart?n Sampedro (Stanford), Lauryn Nguyen (Northwestern), Suvichaya Vinijchaitham (Oregon)
10th tee
2:01 p.m. - Sofie Engesaeth (Tennessee), Rebecca Skoler (Virginia), Lucy Darr (Oklahoma State) 2:12 p.m. - Martina Lopez Lanchares (Tennessee), Kennedy Swedick (Virginia), Summer Lee (Oklahoma State) 2:23 p.m. - Bailey Davis (Tennessee), Jaclyn LaHa (Virginia), Ellie Bushnell (Oklahoma State) 2:34 p.m. - Kyra Van Kan (Tennessee), Amanda Sambach (Virginia), Marta Silchenko (Oklahoma State) 2:45 p.m. - Manassanan Chotikabhukk (Tennessee), Megan Propeck (Virginia), Grace Kilcrease (Oklahoma State) 2:56 p.m. - Angela Heo (Texas), Hannah Darling (South Carolina), Grace Summerhays (Arizona State) 3:07 p.m. - Cindy Hsu (Texas), Maylis Lamoure (South Carolina), Isla McDonald-O’Brien (Arizona State) 3:18 p.m. - Bohyun Park (Texas), Sophia Burnett (South Carolina), Beth Coulter (Arizona State) 3:29 p.m. - Farah O’Keefe (Texas), Louise Rydqvist (South Carolina), Patience Rhodes (Arizona State) 3:40 p.m. - Lauren Kim (Texas), Eila Galitsky (South Carolina), Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Arizona State) 3:51 p.m. - Carla Bernat (Kansas State), Mayumi Umezu (UNLV), Addison Klonowski (Florida) 4:12 p.m. - Alenka Navarro (Kansas State), Audrey Ryu (Furman), Kary Hollenbaugh (Ohio State) 4:23 p.m. - Ava Merrill (Vanderbilt), Kajsalotta Svarvar (Mississippi), Savannah Barber (Oklahoma) Finals play for both championships consists of three days of stroke play on Friday through 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 ETMonday, May 20
Live coverage - 6-10 p.m.Tuesday, May 21
Live coverage - 1-3:30 p.m.
Live coverage - 6-10 p.m.Wednesday, May 21
Live coverage - 6-10 p.m.NCAA Women’s Golf Championship tickets
Fans must have tickets to attend this year’s NCAA Golf Championships. Here’s how to buy them. This article originally appeared on Golfweek: NCAA Women’s Golf live updates: Scores, results for 2025 final round
