3. Arizona State
Women's college golf essentially started at ASU. Joanne Carner, a Hall of Famer and winner of 43 LPGA titles, played at ASU from 1957-61 and was the first woman to get a golf scholarship. Those who've followed in Carner's footsteps (she was the 1960 national champion) have maintained her standard of excellence. ASU has produced six NCAA team titles, four individual NCAA medalists and more than two dozen LPGA players. Linda Vollstedt, the doyen of women's college golf, skippered ASU from 1980- '01, and during her tenure 20 players went on to the LPGA. Vollstedt was among the first coaches to recruit internationally, starting a trend that has exploded.

his season, ASU, which is ranked third in the nation, has eight players but just two Americans; the others are from Argentina, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Spain and Sweden. Its top player is Anna Nordqvist, above, a sophomore from Sweden and the daughter of a police officer (father) and pharmacist (mother). The 2006-07 national freshman of the year, Nordqvist finished 58th at this past summer's Women's British Open at St. Andrews.