New York University Wins DIII Women’s Golf Championship

New York University won the 2019 NCAA DIII Women’s Golf Championship. It was the first national title for the Violets’ women’s golf program, and the third team championship in campus history. NYU overcame Williams College in the final round, ending the day with a total of 6 over 294 and 1217 of the tournament.

Williams College’s Cordelia Chan won the individual title after even shooting in the final round to finish with a tournament total of 296.

To see the full standings and round results, click here.

The 2019 DIII Women’s Golf Championship took place at Bay Oaks Country Club in Houston, Texas with Mary Hardin-Baylor College and the Harris County-Houston Athletic Commission as hosts.

25 teams and six individual players appeared on the field. Championships including both team and individual competitions are conducted simultaneously. After 54 holes of play, the field was cut for the top 15 teams and the top six individuals not from one of those teams to compete on the final day. In the team competition, each team’s four low scores for each day count towards the team’s total score.

Result : Team leaderboard | Player Ranking

Williams College entered the final round with a field lead after finishing the third round at more than 51 and leading the field by 12+ points, eight more than anyone else on the day. NYU, the leader entering the third round of Thursday, is in second place with 59 more. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps comes in third with 62 more. Rhodes’ Emily Salamy is moving up the ranks as individual leader at just over seven years old, with Williams’ Cordelia Chan and Center College’s Bailey Plourde trailing in second with eight more.

Below is the list of teams that qualified for the 2019 tournament.

TEAM

1. Williams College
2. New York University
3. Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps
4. Methodist
5. DePauw University
6. Carleton College
7. George Fox University
8. Grinnell College
9. Rhodes
10. Washington U St. Louis
11. Redlands
12. Washington & Lee
T13. University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
T13. College of St. Mary’s
15. University of Transylvania
16. Illinois Wesleyan
16. University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
18. Stevenson University
19. Central College (Iowa)
20. Mount Union
21. Gettysburg College
22. Aurora University
23. Drew . University
24. University of St. Scholastica
25. Westminster College (Pennsylvania)

GOLF WOMEN DIII: Charts | Highlights of the 2018 championship

INDIVIDUAL

1. Bailey Plourde, Central College
2. Erica Whitehouse, Christopher Newport University
3. Taylor Beckwith, Whittier College
4. Chloe Levis, Middlebury College
5. Brittany Copess, Central College
6. Nicole Miller, Bethel University (Minnesota)

CHAMPION HISTORY ONLY