Where 2025-26 women's golf players came from
15.2% of 2025-26 college women's golf players came from outside the U.S. — Canada, Spain and United Kingdom lead the way.
Out of 3,178 players counted. From official athletics roster pages, read August 4, 2026.
482 of the 3,178 players we read listed a home town outside the U.S. Shares below are out of those 482.
- Canada64 players · 13.3%
- Spain54 players · 11.2%
- United Kingdom48 players · 10.0%
- Sweden43 players · 8.9%
- Mexico39 players · 8.1%
- France38 players · 7.9%
- Germany28 players · 5.8%
- China23 players · 4.8%
- Australia19 players · 3.9%
- Italy13 players · 2.7%
21 more places had fewer players and aren't shown.
Out of 482 players counted. From official athletics roster pages, read August 4, 2026.
The home-state chart is below, but it's the smaller story for this sport: no U.S. state stands out, and the states at the top are close enough that we don't rank them.
407 schools' 2025-26 women's golf rosters, 3,178 players. We don't say what share of all programs that is — no authoritative count of programs exists.
Not a ranking. The top states here are within 0.4 of a percentage point of each other — California, Texas are effectively level. 12 players separate the top two, and a lead that small would need about 40 players before we'd call anyone first. So read the bars as sizes, not as places 1, 2, 3.
- Outside the U.S.482 players · 15.2%
- California205 players · 6.5%
- Texas193 players · 6.1%
- Illinois164 players · 5.2%
- Pennsylvania155 players · 4.9%
- Minnesota152 players · 4.8%
- Ohio127 players · 4.0%
- Florida117 players · 3.7%
- Wisconsin111 players · 3.5%
- New York90 players · 2.8%
- North Carolina78 players · 2.5%
- Michigan78 players · 2.5%
- New Jersey68 players · 2.1%
- Indiana61 players · 1.9%
- Georgia61 players · 1.9%
- Home state unknown234 players · 7.4%
These players' roster pages didn't list a readable home town. We count them rather than hide them.
37 more places had fewer players and aren't shown.
Out of 3,178 players counted. From official athletics roster pages, read August 4, 2026.
How to read this
Each bar is the number of players on a 2025-26 college women's golf roster whose listed home town is in that state. It is not a count of recruits, offers, or scholarships, and it says nothing about your own odds — it's simply where the players currently on rosters grew up.
We don't call a state first here. California, Texas are within a percentage point of each other, and 12 players separate the top two — a "#1" that a handful of players would overturn isn't a fact, so we don't print one.
The unknown bar matters. 234 women's golf players (7.4%) are on rosters that didn't list a readable home town. We show them because a chart with no leftovers is usually a chart someone tidied up.
Source: official athletics roster pages, 2025-26 season, read August 4, 2026.