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NCAA Division II & III

NCAA D2 & D3 golf conferences.

16 Division II and Division III conferences with golf programs. The pathway for sub-elite recruits, late developers, and players prioritizing academic fit. D2 still offers athletic scholarships; D3 does not, but competes at a high level with academic and need-based aid.

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South Atlantic Conference

SAC

NCAA Division II conference covering North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and South Carolina. Long-running men's and women's golf championship; one of the most competitive D2 golf footprints on the East Coast.

Southeast

Lincoln Memorial, Lenoir-Rhyne, and Wingate routinely rank in D2 top-25.

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Sunshine State Conference

SSC

NCAA Division II conference based in Florida: year-round outdoor practice and one of the deepest D2 golf conferences in the country. Nova Southeastern, Barry, Lynn, Saint Leo, and Florida Southern all field elite men's and women's programs.

Florida

Multiple D2 national championship banners across men's and women's golf.

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Peach Belt Conference

PBC

NCAA Division II conference across Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Florida. Annual men's and women's golf championship with Columbus State, Young Harris, Georgia Southwestern, and Augusta as historical golf powers.

Southeast
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Lone Star Conference

LSC

NCAA Division II conference spanning Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arkansas. One of the most geographically expansive D2 footprints; men's and women's golf championships draw deep fields with year-round practice access in the southern Plains.

South Central
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Pacific West Conference

PacWest

NCAA Division II conference covering California, Hawaii, and the western U.S. Strong men's and women's golf programs benefit from year-round outdoor practice; Point Loma, Hawaii Pacific, and Concordia Irvine are perennial entries.

Pacific
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Great Lakes Valley Conference

GLVC

NCAA Division II conference across Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and the upper Midwest. Lindenwood, Drury, Indianapolis, and Maryville lead a competitive men's and women's golf rotation each spring.

Midwest
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Gulf South Conference

GSC

NCAA Division II conference across Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Tennessee, and Georgia. Men's and women's golf championships are a regular pipeline to D2 nationals out of the Deep South.

Southeast
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Mountain East Conference

MEC

NCAA Division II conference centered in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky. Annual men's and women's golf championship across an Appalachian footprint.

Mid-Atlantic
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Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference

CACC

NCAA Division II conference across the Mid-Atlantic: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware. Men's and women's golf championships rotate through regional courses each spring.

Mid-Atlantic
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Centennial Conference

Centennial

NCAA Division III conference of academically selective liberal arts colleges across Pennsylvania and Maryland: Johns Hopkins, Swarthmore, Haverford, Gettysburg, Dickinson, and Franklin & Marshall. Strong men's and women's golf with annual conference championships.

Mid-Atlantic
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New England Small College Athletic Conference

NESCAC

NCAA Division III conference of elite New England liberal arts colleges: Williams, Amherst, Middlebury, Bowdoin, Bates, Colby, Tufts, Trinity, Hamilton, Wesleyan, Connecticut College. Among the most academically selective conferences in college sports; men's and women's golf championships are central to the spring slate.

Northeast

Williams and Middlebury are historical D3 golf powers.

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North Coast Athletic Conference

NCAC

NCAA Division III conference across Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Indiana: Allegheny, Denison, Kenyon, Wabash, Wittenberg, Wooster. Annual men's and women's golf championships with a strong Midwest D3 pipeline.

Midwest
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University Athletic Association

UAA

NCAA Division III conference of major research universities: Chicago, Wash U in St. Louis, Emory, NYU, Rochester, Case Western, Carnegie Mellon, Brandeis. Geographically unique D3 league with cross-country travel; competitive men's and women's golf.

National
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Liberty League

NCAA Division III conference across New York and the Northeast: RPI, Skidmore, Vassar, Union, Hobart & William Smith, Bard, St. Lawrence, Clarkson, Ithaca. Annual men's and women's golf championship.

Northeast
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Old Dominion Athletic Conference

ODAC

NCAA Division III conference across Virginia: Washington & Lee, Hampden-Sydney, Roanoke, Bridgewater, Lynchburg, Randolph-Macon, Guilford. A perennial D3 men's golf power conference; Washington & Lee and Guilford are historical national contenders.

Mid-Atlantic

Washington & Lee has multiple D3 men's golf national titles.

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Southern Athletic Association

SAA

NCAA Division III conference of Southern liberal arts colleges: Berry, Centre, Hendrix (departing), Millsaps, Oglethorpe, Rhodes, Sewanee, Trinity (TX), Southwestern, Maryville. Annual men's and women's golf championship; geographically focused on the Southeast and South Central D3 footprint.

Southeast

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About NCAA Division II and Division III golf

NCAA Division II golf sits between D1 and D3. Partial athletic scholarships are allowed, fields are deep, and the top D2 programs routinely beat mid-major D1 teams in head-to-head play. The strongest D2 golf footprints are the Sunshine State Conference (Florida year-round practice), the South Atlantic, Peach Belt, and Lone Star conferences, with the Pacific West (PacWest) and Great Lakes Valley (GLVC) rounding out the national pipeline.

NCAA Division III golf offers no athletic scholarships, but the level of competition is real. The best D3 programs have national-team-quality players who chose academics over athletic aid. The headline conferences are NESCAC (Williams, Amherst, Middlebury), the Centennial Conference (Johns Hopkins, Swarthmore, Haverford), the ODAC (Washington & Lee, Hampden-Sydney), and the UAA (Chicago, Wash U, Emory, NYU). Each runs an annual conference championship feeding into NCAA D3 Regionals and the D3 National Championship.

Recruiting at D2 and D3 is more direct than D1. Coaches respond to emails, attend regional junior events, and care heavily about academic profile alongside playing résumé. Junior Golf Scoreboard rankings, AJGA Performance Stars, and state-amateur finishes all carry weight. Our D2 recruiting guide and D3 recruiting guide break down each level, and the walk-on guide covers earning a roster spot without a scholarship offer. From here, the path branches into NAIA and NJCAA programs for players seeking another pathway, or up to NCAA Division I conferences for the top tier.