BOULDER – The University of Colorado has announced the women’s golf schedule for the 2025-26 season.
The Buffaloes have 11 events on their calendar – five in the fall portion of the season and six in the spring, culminating with the 2026 Big 12 Conference Championship. Eight of those tournaments will be return trips from last season for the Buffaloes, including all five fall events.
The Buffaloes open Sept. 15-16, at the Leadership and Golf Invitational at the Chambers Bay Golf Course in University Place, Wash.
Colorado returns to the Centennial State for the Colonel Wollenberg Ram Classic hosted by Colorado State, Sept. 22-23, at Ptarmigan in Fort Collins. The Buffaloes remain in the metro area two weeks later for the Ron Moore Intercollegiate, Oct. 3-5, at the University of Denver Golf Club in Highlands Ranch.
Colorado heads west to wrap up the fall at the Stanford Intercollegiate, Oct. 17-19, in Stanford, Calif., and the Nanea Invitational Oct. 27-29, at the Nanea Golf Club in Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i.
“We are playing some phenomenal championship courses, beginning at Chambers Bay, which has hosted a major championship in the U.S. Open,” Colorado head coach Madeleine Sheils said. “Stanford is always a phenomenal test against some of the best teams in the country, and Nanea is at a top 100 golf course against a premier field.
“Then we couple that with being able to take the team to two events that are close to home, which is great for family, friends and supporters to be able to come and watch, while serving as a nice breather in terms of not expending extra energy on travel during the hectic fall season. We really like the balance these five tournaments provide, and it will set us up well for success.”
Colorado opens the spring portion of the season with a return trip to Mexico to compete in the Collegiate Invitational at Guadalajara Country Club, hosted by Virginia, Jan. 30-31. Like last season, the unique 54-hole event is scheduled to feature 27 holes each day. Overall, it will be Colorado’s fifth international trip.
The Buffaloes return to the states for their first new location of the season, participating in the Thunderbird Intercollegiate at the Tucson Country Club in Tucson, Ariz., Feb. 9-10. Colorado has played in Tucson numerous times during its history, but this will be the first at the Tucson Country Club course.
Following the Thunderbird Collegiate, Colorado will finish the regular season tour with three tournaments in California. The Buffaloes begin that stretch at the Causeway Invitational for the second-straight season, played at the Del Paso Country Club in Sacramento, Feb. 23-24.
Colorado’s second new locale of the season comes next with the GameAbove Invitational at the Rolling Hills Country Club in Rolling Hills Estates, Calif., March 9-10.
Colorado wraps up regular season action by hosting, along with Oregon, the 12th Chevron Silverado Showdown, April 6-8, at the Silverado Resort & Spa North Course in Napa, Calif.
“I did change things up a little bit (in the spring) and decided to take us to some new events, namely Arizona’s event in Tucson, which I’m excited to see,” Sheils said. “I think it’ll be a premier, largely Big 12 field. And then USC and Eastern Michigan’s event (GameAbove Invitational) at Rolling Hills is another top-class golf course that should really challenge and push us as we get ready for the postseason against several of the country’s top teams.
“My goal is to make sure that our student-athletes feel like they get to test themselves against the best in the country on a regular basis, and they get to play championship golf courses. And our schedule really does that, but it does it in a way that also balances academics and travel so that they can be successful.”
The 2026 Big 12 Championship is set for April 23-25, at the Dallas Athletic Club. NCAA Regional play is set for May 11-3 at six sites with the NCAA Championship scheduled for May 22-27 at the Omni La Costa Champions Golf Course in Carlsbad, Calif.
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