USC Wins 2026 Big Ten Women's Golf Championship

GLENDALE, Calif. – The University of Southern California claimed the 2026 Big Ten Women’s Golf Championship on Sunday at Oakmont Country Club. The Trojans fired an 844 (277-279-288), the lowest winning score in the event’s history, to capture the team title by 12 strokes.

Team Leaderboard: 2026 Big Ten Women’s Golf Championships presented by Allstate

Individual Leaderboard: 2026 Big Ten Women’s Golf Championships presented by Allstate

The winners were led by individual medalist, Jasmine Koo (69-70-68=207; -3), the reigning conference Freshman of the Year who has now won the last three tournaments she has completed, and has four wins overall this season. The Cerritos, California, native carded three straight rounds at-or-below par this weekend and saved her best for last, firing a 3-under 67 in Sunday’s final round to win the championship by two strokes over teammate Bailey Shoemaker and Ohio State’s Nellie Ong.

The trio were joined on the All-Championships Team (Top-5 and ties) by Purdue’s Luana Valero and Lauren Timpf, Michigan State’s Taylor Kehoe, Minnesota’s Isabella McCauley, and Ohio State’s Sophie Eppelstun.

The Trojans entered the conference championships ranked No. 2 in the nation, with a legitimate claim as the country’s top team. The Big Ten crown is their sixth consecutive team title this spring, and seventh overall this season. They led wire-to-wire, posting the best team score in the 18-team field all three days. They built a five-shot lead in Friday’s opening round and stretched it to 11 strokes after 36 holes. Ohio State finished runners-up, while Purdue, Indiana, Illinois and UCLA (tied) rounded out the Top-5.

USC boasts one of the deepest rosters in the nation, entering the tournament with all five starters ranked among the country’s Top-45 individuals. They delivered on that reputation with four Trojans finishing in the Top-9 at Oakmont, and all five in the Top-25.

Illinois’ Anna Ritter (R1) and USC’s Shoemaker (R2) both fired an Oakmont CC Women’s Tournament Record for low round during the event, signing a 65.

The 2026 Big Ten Women’s Golf Championships presented by Allstate featured three hours of live coverage of the final round on Big Ten Network for a second consecutive year.

The NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championships field will be announced on the Golf Channel on Wednesday, April 29 at 4 p.m. ET/3 p.m. CT/1 p.m. PT with qualifiers split into six regional sites.

Regional play will take place May 11-13, in Ann Arbor, Michigan (U-M Golf Course), Chapel Hill, North Carolina (UNC Finley Golf Course), Huntsville, Alabama (Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Hampton Cove), Stanford, California (Stanford Golf Course), Tallahassee, Florida (Seminole Legacy Golf Club) and Waco, Texas (Ridgewood Country Club).

The tournament championship will begin on Friday, May 22, and continue through Wednesday, May 27, at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California. Northwestern won the 2025 NCAA title in Carlsbad, the Big Ten’s first since Purdue in 2010.

2026 Big Ten Women’s Golf All-Championships Team

Sophie Eppelstun, Ohio State

Taylor Kehoe, Michigan State

Jasmine Koo, USC

Isabella McCauley, Minnesota

Nellie Ong, Ohio State

Bailey Shoemaker, USC

Lauren Timpf, Purdue

Luana Valero, Purdue

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