Girls Golf State Archive

Girls Golf History

The WIAA began its golf tournament program for girls in the fall of 1972. Madison West won the first team championship, finishing ahead of runner-up West Bend East and third-place Brookfield Central.

The first tournament was held at Winagamie, near Appleton. It has been held at various locations - Fond du Lac, Lawsonia, Wisconsin Rapids, Stevens Point, Lake Arrowhead, Janesville Riverside, University Ridge in Madison, and Cherokee Country Club in Madison in 2012. It returned to University Ridge in 2013 after course renovations were completed. The Tournament Series expanded from one division to two divisions in 2003. In 2020-21, the Meadow Valleys Course at Blackwolf Run in Kohler hosted the State Championships in two divisions in the fall and one alternate season division in the spring for schools opting out of the fall season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Edgewood leads in number of team championships won with 16. Madison West, which won the first five State titles, and La Crosse Central are next in line with five. Appleton West, Arrowhead, Divine Savior Holy Angels, Homestead, Middleton and Prescott have won four titles; and Madison Memorial, Notre Dame and The Prairie School have won three.

Osceola has produced the largest number of medalists with eight. Madison Memorial has had six individual champions, and Appleton West, Edgewood and Racine Case have each produced five individual champions.

Brookfield Central has qualified a team for the State Meet more than any other program with 31, and Homestead has qualified 28 times. Edgewood is next with 27 then Middleton with 26. Arrowhead has qualified 25 times, and Madison Memorial is next on the list with 20 appearances.

In 2008, Lindsay Danielson of Osceola became the first golfer to win four individual championships (2005-08). Her sister, Casey Danielson, became the second individual to accomplish the feat from 2009-12. Heather Suhr of Racine Case, Jo Baranczak of Bay Port and Belle Kongshaug of Colfax/Elk Mound are the only other golfers to win medalist honors three times. Suhr won her Division 1 titles consecutively from 1996-98; Baranczak won her titles in Division 1 in 2018 and 2019, and in the alternate season in 2020-21; and Kongshaug capture her crowns in 2023, 2024 and 2025.

Two Madison Memorial girls--Chris Regenberg (1976-77) and Sherri Steinhauer (1979-80)--as well as Ellen Mielke of Appleton West (1985-86), Erika Brown of Madison La Follette (1989-90), Carly Werwie of Kenosha Bradford (2004-05), Tory Bauman of Nicolet (2007-08), Emily Joers of Waukesha South/North/West (2009, 11), Jessica Reinecke of Verona (2012-13), Ava Salay of Prescott (2021-22), Izzi Stricker of Waunakee (2022-23), Bella Kongshaug of Colfax/Elk Mound (2023-24) and McKenna Nelson of Beaver Dam (2024 and 2026) have won medalist honors twice.

Payton Haugen of Brookfield East shot the best 36-hole performance in a State Meet by firing a 132 (67-65) at University Ridge in 2025. Three golfers have shot a 138, including Casey Danielson (69-69) at University Ridge in 2010, and both McKenna Nelson of Beaver Dam/Wayland Academy (65-73) and Haugen (68-70) in 2024.

There have been 11 hole-in-ones recorded in the State Tournament. Holly Stark of Arrowhead and Lauren Anzelone of Racine Park both scored a hole-in-one at the 2001 State Meet. Jami Kessenich of Arrowhead accomplished the feat on hole 17 at University Ridge in 2008. Aimee Tripp of Onalaska did it on hole 8 at University Ridge in 2009, and Mari Pechacek of River Falls had an ace on hole 3 at University Ridge in 2011. Megan Elmes of Madison Memorial accomplished the feat on hole 5 at Cherokee Country Club in 2012, Mary Hommen of Cambridge did it on hole 8 at University Ridge in 2019 and Maddie Reiter of Prescott was the most recent golfer to score a hole-in-one on hole 8 at University Ridge, in 2022. Grace Behm of Jefferson and Sydney Weiss of Middleton each shot an ace in 2023, Behm's came on hole 5 at University Ridge, and Weiss's came on hole 12 at University Ridge. Lydia Feran of Prescott is the most recent golfer to record a hole-in-one, which came on hole 12 at University Ridge in 2024.

Tournament Series Results

2026 Tournament Results

2026 State Girls Golf Tournament

Monday-Tuesday, Oct. 12-13
University Ridge, Madison, Wis.


Results

Division 1 Final Results: Team | Individuals   Day 1:  Team | Individuals 
Division 2 Final Results: Team | Individuals   Day 1:  Team | Individuals

 

2026 Girls Golf Sectional Results


Division 1

Stevens Point Sectional:  Team | Individual 
Notre Dame Sectional:  Team | Individual 
DeForest Sectional:  Team | Individual 
Hartford Union Sectional:  Team | Individual 
Brookfield Central Sectional:  Team | Individual 
Waukesha South/North/West Sectional:  Team | Individual

Division 2

Unity/Luck/Frederic Sectional:  Team | Individual
Prairie du Chien Sectional:  Team | Individual
Wrightstown Sectional:  Team | Individual
 

2026 Girls Golf Regional Results


Division 1

Bay Port Regional:  Team | Individual
Brookfield East Regional: Team | Individual
Fond du Lac Regional:  Team | Individual
Fort Atkinson Regional:  Team | Individual
Luxemburg-Casco:  Team | Individual
Racine Case Regional:  Team | Individual
Sparta Regional:  Team | Individual
Stoughton Regional:  Team | Individual
Superior Regional:  Team | Individual
Tomah Regional:  Team | Individual
Waukesha South/North/West Regional:  Team | Individual
Whitefish Bay Regional:  Team | Individual


Division 2

Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Regional:  Team | Individual
Edgerton Regional:  Team | Individual
Evansville Regional:  Team | Individual
Freedom Regional:  Team | Individual
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau Regional:  Team | Individual
Kiel Regional:  Team | Individual
Lake Country Lutheran Regional:  Team | Individual
Northwestern Regional:  Team | Individual
St. Croix Central Regional:  Team | Individual

2025 Tournament Results

2025 State Girls Golf Tournament 

Oct. 13-14, 2025
University Ridge, Madison, Wis.

Results
Division 1 Final Results:  Team | Individuals  | Day 1:  Individuals  | Day 2:  Individuals
Division 2 Final Results:  Team | Individuals  | Day 1:  Individuals  | Day 2:  Individuals

 

2025 Sectional Girls Golf Tournament Results

Division 1

Division 2

2025 Regional Girls Golf Tournament Results

Division 1

Division 2 

2020 Tournament Results

2020 State Girls Golf Tournament

Monday & Tuesday, October 12-13, 2020

Blackwolf Run - Meadow Valleys, Kohler, Wis.

Division 1:    Team   |   Individual
Division 2:    Team   |   Individual

Sectional Results

Division 1
Franklin Sectional
Homestead Sectional
Notre Dame Sectional
Tomah Sectional

Division 2
Arcadia Sectional
Rice Lake Sectional
The Prairie School Sectional

Regional Results

Division 1
Hartford Regional
Kettle Moraine Regional
New Richmond Regional
Nicolet Regional 
Portage Regional
Racine Case Regional
Waukesha South/North/West Regional
Wausau East/West Regional

Division 2
Black River Falls Regional
Catholic Memorial Regional
Northwestern Regional
Prairie du Chien Regional
St. Croix Central Regional
Waupaca Regional

 

2020-21 Alternate Fall State Girls Golf Tournament

Monday-Tuesday, May 17-18, 2021

Location:  Blackwolf Run Golf Course, Kohler, WI

Final Results:    Team   |   Individual

Sectional Results

Bay Port Sectional
Middleton Sectional

Regional Results

De Pere Regional
Fond du Lac Regional
Jefferson Regional
Janesville Craig Regional

2010 Tournament Results

2010 State Girls Golf Tournament Results
 
Monday & Tuesday, Oct. 11-12
 
University Ridge - Madison, Wis.
 

Division 1:  Team  |  Individual

Division 2:  Team  |  Individual

 

2010 Sectional Tournament Results

Division 1

Brookfield Central Sectional Results

Elkhorn Sectional Results

Holmen Sectional Results

Neenah Sectional Results

Waunakee Sectional Results

West De Pere Sectional Results

 

Division 2

Madison Edgewood Sectional Results

Notre Dame Sectional Results

Somerset Sectional Results

 

2010 Regional Tournament Results

 

Division 1

Badger Regional Results

Beaver Dam Regional Results

Green Bay Preble Regional Results

Hartford Regional Results

New Richmond Regional Results

Oshkosh North Regional Results

Pius XI Regional Results

Portage Regional Results

Racine Park Regional Results

Sheboygan North/South Regional Results

Stevens Point Regional Results

Waukesha South/North/West Regional Results

 

Division 2

Augusta Regional Results

Hayward Regional Results

Lancaster Regional Results

Little Chute Regional Results

Osceola Regional Results

St. Thomas More Regional Results