Florida women’s golf entered the NCAA Championship in Carlsbad, California, with high expectations, but the Gators’ title hopes fell short before match play.
The No. 3 Gators wrapped up the 2025-26 season Monday with an 11th-place finish at 16-over, missing the top-eight cut by five shots. Pepperdine secured the final spot.
Florida entered the final round tied with Arizona State and Duke for two of the final match-play spots. Despite being six shots inside the cut early in the day, a 12-over final nine pushed the team out of contention.
Leading Florida, sophomore Siuue Wu finished tied for 14th on the individual leaderboard at 2-under. Her week was highlighted by an 8-under-64 second round to tie the NCAA single-round record in relation to par.
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Wu made eight birdies and went without a bogey in the round, which helped the Gators climb into contention after a slow 9-over start in the first round.
SEC Newcomer of the Year Megan Propeck finished next for the Gators, shooting 6-over and placing 42nd in her fourth and final collegiate tournament.
Elaine Widjaja finished 7-over, Paula Francisco hit 10-over and Katelyn Huber closed at 13-over.
Despite the disappointing finish, Florida still put together one of the best seasons in program history. The Gators won five tournaments, including three straight, and reached the final 18 holes of stroke play at the NCAA Championship for the first time in program history under the current format.
The Gators’ five tournament wins marked back-to-back five-win seasons for the third time in program history.
The ending was not what Florida hoped for, but the season still showed the program’s growth under coach Emily Glaser, the SEC and WGCA South Region Coach of the Year.
