The Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA), formerly known as the National Golf Coaches Association,[1] is an organization formed in 1983 to promote women's intercollegiate golf.
The vision of WGCA since its inception has been "to encourage the playing of intercollegiate golf for women in correlation with a general objective of education and in accordance with the highest tradition of intercollegiate competition".
The WGCA has a membership of over 400 coaches of NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA, and NJCAA[2] collegiate programs.
[1] WHCA is governed by a 13-member Board of Directors and the headquarters is located in Coral Springs, Florida.
The WGCA gives out many awards,[3] including: In addition, they also recognize All-Americans as well as scholar-athlete All-Americans and a panel of 33 coaches in the country vote for the rankings for DI, II & III each week.