10 best women’s college golfers of the decade

Golfweek’s Julie Williams ranks the top 10 female college golfers of the past decade.

8. Stephanie Meadow, Alabama (2010-2014)

Alabama head coach Mic Potter caddied for Stephanie Meadow who missed the cut after shooting 80 during the second round of stroke play at the 2012 U. S. Women’s Amateur Championship.

The Northern Irishwoman’s Alabama campaign was remarkably consistent. She ended each of four seasons in Tuscaloosa as one of the top 11 players in the Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings. She was No. 2 at the end of her sophomore and junior seasons. In the 2012-13 season, she also maintained the lowest season scoring average of any female collegian in the country.

Meadow was hugely influential in a period of Alabama women’s golf history that established the Crimson Tide as one of the top programs in the country. In her four-year career, 94 of her 100 rounds counted toward the team score. Meadow played a crucial role in the program’s first NCAA title in 2012.