NCAA Division I men's golf championship
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| Tournament information | |
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| Location | 2023: Scottsdale, Arizona |
| Established | 1939 |
| Course(s) | 2023: Grayhawk Golf Club |
| Par | 2023: 70 |
| Length | 2023: 7,289 yards (6,665 m) |
| Format | 72-hole stroke play 8-team match play |
| Month played | May |
| Current champion | |
| Team: Auburn Individual: Hiroshi Tai (Georgia Tech) | |
 2024 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship | |
The NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship, played in late May or early June, is the top annual competition in U.S. men's collegiate golf.
The teams that win their respective Division I conference championships are given automatic spots in the regionals. A selection committee decides which other teams play in the regionals. The top teams in each regional advance to the championship. In addition, the best player in each tournament from teams not qualified also advance to the next round as individual competitors.
Formerly, it was a stroke play team competition, but starting in 2009, the competition was changed to a stroke play/match play competition with the top eight teams after 54 holes of stroke play being seeded and concluding with an eight-team match play playoff. An award is also given for the lowest-scoring individual competitor.
Many individual winners have gone on to have successful careers on the PGA Tour, including 1961 champion Jack Nicklaus, 1967 champion Hale Irwin, 1996 champion Tiger Woods, and three-time champions Ben Crenshaw and Phil Mickelson.
As of 2024, the individual champion receives an invitation to the following year's Masters Tournament, provided that he remains an amateur at the time of the Masters.
Results
[edit]- Note: The NCAA was founded in 1906. The first championship sponsored by the NCAA was in 1939.[1][2]
Pre-NCAA era, match play (1897–1938)
[edit]The NCAA started sponsoring the golf championship in 1939; the previous 41 championships were conferred by the National Intercollegiate Golf Association.[2]
- Team scores, individual scores, and course pars are not kept in official NCAA records before 1939.
NCAA era, match play (1939–1964)
[edit]NCAA era, stroke play (1965–2008)
[edit]| Year | Site | Host course | Par | Team championship | Individual champion | Score | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Runner-up | Score | ||||||
| 1965 Details |
Knoxville, TN | Holston Hills Country Club | 72 (288) |
Houston | 577 | Cal State Los Angeles | 587 | Marty Fleckman (Houston) |
281 |
| 1966 Details |
Stanford, CA | Stanford University Golf Course | 72 (288) |
Houston | 582 | San Jose State | 586 | Bob Murphy (Florida) |
283 |
| 1967 Details |
Shawnee on Delaware, PA | Shawnee Golf Course | 72 (288) |
Houston | 585 | Florida | 588 | Hale Irwin (Colorado) |
283 (−5) |
| 1968 Details |
Las Cruces, NM | NMSU Golf Course | 71 (284) |
Florida | 1,154 | Houston | 1,156 | Grier Jones (Oklahoma State) |
276 (−8) |
| 1969 Details |
Colorado Springs, CO | Broadmoor Golf Club | 70 (280) |
Houston | 1,223 | Wake Forest | 1,232 | Bob Clark (Cal State Los Angeles) |
298 (+18) |
| 1970 Details |
Columbus, OH | OSU Golf Course | 72 (288) |
Houston | 1,172 | Wake Forest | 1,182 | John Mahaffey (Houston) |
284 (−4) |
| 1971 Details |
Tucson, AZ | Tucson National Golf Club | 72 (288) |
Texas | 1,144 | Houston | 1,151 | Ben Crenshaw (Texas) |
273 (−15) |
| 1972 Details |
Cape Coral, FL | Cape Coral Golf Club | 72 (288) |
Texas | 1,146 | Houston | 1,159 | Ben Crenshaw & Tom Kite (Texas) |
279 (−9) |
| 1973 Details |
Stillwater, OK | Stillwater Country Club | 70 (280) |
Florida | 1,149 | Oklahoma State | 1,159 | Ben Crenshaw (Texas) |
282 (+2) |
| 1974 Details |
Santee, CA | Carlton Oaks Country Club | 72 (288) |
Wake Forest | 1,158 | Florida | 1,160 | Curtis Strange (Wake Forest) |
282 (−6) |
| 1975 Details |
Columbus, OH | OSU Golf Course | 72 (288) |
Wake Forest | 1,156 | Oklahoma State | 1,189 | Jay Haas (Wake Forest) |
282 (−2) |
| 1976 Details |
Albuquerque, NM | UNM Championship Golf Course | 72 (288) |
Oklahoma State | 1,166 | BYU | 1,173 | Scott Simpson (USC) |
283 (−5) |
| 1977 Details |
Hamilton, NY | Seven Oaks Golf Course | 72 (288) |
Houston | 1,197 | Oklahoma State | 1,205 | Scott Simpson (USC) |
289 (+1) |
| 1978 Details |
Eugene, OR | Eugene Country Club | 72 (288) |
Oklahoma State | 1,140 | Georgia | 1,157 | David Edwards (Oklahoma State) |
209 (−7) |
| 1979 Details |
Winston-Salem, NC | Bermuda Run Country Club | 72 (288) |
Ohio State | 1,189 | Oklahoma State | 1,191 | Gary Hallberg (Wake Forest) |
287 (−1) |
| 1980 Details |
Columbus, OH | OSU Golf Course | 72 (288) |
Oklahoma State | 1,173 | BYU | 1,177 | Jay Don Blake (Utah State) |
283 (−5) |
| 1981 Details |
Stanford, CA | Stanford University Golf Course | 71 (284) |
BYU | 1,161 | Oral Roberts | 1,163 | Ron Commans (USC) |
283 (−1) |
| 1982 Details |
Pinehurst, NC | Pinehurst Resort | 72 (288) |
Houston | 1,141 | Oklahoma State | 1,151 | Billy Ray Brown (Houston) |
280 (−8) |
| 1983 Details |
Fresno, CA | San Joaquin Country Club | 72 (288) |
Oklahoma State | 1,161 | Texas | 1,168 | Jim Carter (Arizona State) |
287 (−1) |
| 1984 Details |
Houston, TX | Bear Creek Golf World | 72 (288) |
Houston | 1,145 | Oklahoma State | 1,146 | John Inman (North Carolina) |
271 (−1) |
| 1985 Details |
Haines City, FL | Grenelefe Country Club | 72 (288) |
Houston | 1,172 | Oklahoma State | 1,175 | Clark Burroughs (Ohio State) |
285 (−3) |
| 1986 Details |
Winston-Salem, NC | Bermuda Run Country Club | 72 (288) |
Wake Forest | 1,156 | Oklahoma State | 1,160 | Scott Verplank (Oklahoma State) |
282 (−6) |
| 1987 Details |
Columbus, OH | OSU Golf Course | 72 (288) |
Oklahoma State | 1,160 | Wake Forest | 1,176 | Brian Watts (Oklahoma State) |
280 (−8) |
| 1988 Details |
Thousand Oaks, CA | North Ranch Country Club | 71 (284) |
UCLA | 1,176 | UTEP Oklahoma Oklahoma State |
1,179 | E. J. Pfister (Oklahoma State) |
284 (E) |
| 1989 Details |
Edmond, OK | Oak Tree Country Club | 70 (280) |
Oklahoma | 1,139 | Texas | 1,179 | Phil Mickelson (Arizona State) |
281 (+1) |
| 1990 Details |
Tarpon Springs, FL | Innisbrook Island Course | 72 (288) |
Arizona State | 1,155 | Florida | 1,157 | Phil Mickelson (Arizona State) |
279 (−7) |
| 1991 Details |
Pebble Beach, CA | Poppy Hills Golf Course | 72 (288) |
Oklahoma State | 1,161 | North Carolina | 1,168 | Warren Schutte (UNLV) |
283 (−5) |
| 1992 Details |
Albuquerque, NM | UNM Championship Golf Course | 72 (288) |
Arizona | 1,129 | Arizona State | 1,136 | Phil Mickelson (Arizona State) |
271 (−17) |
| 1993 Details |
Lexington, KY | Champions Golf Course | 72 (288) |
Florida | 1,145 | Georgia Tech | 1,146 | Todd Demsey (Arizona State) |
278 (−10) |
| 1994 Details |
McKinney, TX | Stonebridge Country Club | 72 (288) |
Stanford | 1,129 | Texas | 1,133 | Justin Leonard (Texas) |
271 (−17) |
| 1995 Details |
Columbus, OH | OSU Golf Course | 72 (288) |
Oklahoma State | 1,156§ | Stanford | 1,156 | Chip Spratlin (Auburn) |
283 (−5) |
| 1996 Details |
Ooltewah, TN | Honors Course | 72 (288) |
Arizona State | 1,186 | UNLV | 1,189 | Tiger Woods (Stanford) |
285 (−3) |
| 1997 Details |
Lake Forest, IL | Conway Farms Golf Club | 72 (288) |
Pepperdine | 1,148 | Wake Forest | 1,151 | Charles Warren (Clemson) |
279 (−9)§ |
| 1998 Details |
Albuquerque, NM | UNM Championship Golf Course | 72 (288) |
UNLV | 1,118 | Clemson | 1,121 | James McLean (Minnesota) |
271 (−17) |
| 1999 Details |
Chaska, MN | Hazeltine National Golf Club | 72 (288) |
Georgia | 1,180 | Oklahoma State | 1,183 | Luke Donald (Northwestern) |
284 (−4) |
| 2000 Details |
Opelika, AL | Grand National | 72 (288) |
Oklahoma State | 1,116§ | Georgia Tech | 1,116 | Charles Howell III (Oklahoma State) |
265 (−23) |
| 2001 Details |
Durham, NC | Duke Golf Club | 72 (288) |
Florida | 1,126 | Clemson | 1,144 | Nick Gilliam (Florida) |
276 (−12) |
| 2002 Details |
Columbus, OH | OSU Golf Course | 71 (284) |
Minnesota | 1,134 | Georgia Tech | 1,140 | Troy Matteson (Georgia Tech) |
276 (−8) |
| 2003 Details |
Stillwater, OK | Karsten Creek Golf Course | 72 (288) |
Clemson | 1,191 | Oklahoma State | 1,193 | Alejandro Cañizares (Arizona State) |
287 (−1) |
| 2004 Details |
Hot Springs, VA | The Homestead | 70 (280) |
California | 1,134 | UCLA | 1,140 | Ryan Moore (UNLV) |
267 (−13) |
| 2005 Details |
Owings Mills, MD | Caves Valley Golf Club | 70 (280) |
Georgia | 1,135 | Georgia Tech | 1,146 | James Lepp (Washington) |
276 (−4)§ |
| 2006 Details |
Sunriver, OR | Crosswater Club | 72 (288) |
Oklahoma State | 1,143 | Florida | 1,146 | Jonathan Moore (Oklahoma State) |
276 (−12)§ |
| 2007 Details |
Williamsburg, VA | Golden Horseshoe Golf Club | 70 (280) |
Stanford | 1,109 | Georgia | 1,121 | Jamie Lovemark (USC) |
271 (−9) |
| 2008 Details |
West Lafayette, IN | Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex | 72 (288) |
UCLA | 1,194 | Stanford | 1,195 | Kevin Chappell (UCLA) |
286 (−2) |
NCAA era, stroke and match play (2009–present)
[edit]- § Won via a playoff.
Non-American winners
[edit]Americans had captured all of the titles from the tournament's inception, until James McLean of Australia won in 1998. Luke Donald of England won in 1999. Alejandro Cañizares of Spain won in 2003, followed by James Lepp (2005) and Matt Hill (2009), both from Canada, Thomas Pieters of Belgium in 2012, Fred Biondi of Brazil in 2023 and Hiroshi Tai of Singapore in 2024.
Team titles
[edit]The Intercollegiate Golf Association (later named the National Intercollegiate Golf Association) sponsored the annual tournament and awarded titles from 1897 through 1938. In 1939, the NCAA assumed tournament sponsorship and began awarding championship titles.[1][2]
Schools are listed by their current names, which do not necessarily match those used when schools won their titles.
| Team | # NIGA titles | # NCAA titles | Years won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yale | 20 | 1 | 1897, 1898, 1902, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1915, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1943 |
| Houston | 0 | 16 | 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1985 |
| Princeton | 11 | 1 | 1914, 1916, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1937, 1940 |
| Oklahoma State | 0 | 11 | 1963, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2000, 2006, 2018 |
| Stanford | 1 | 8 | 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1953, 1994, 2007, 2019 |
| Harvard | 6 | 0 | 1898, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904 |
| LSU | 0 | 5 | 1940, 1942, 1947, 1955, 2015 |
| Florida | 0 | 5 | 1968, 1973, 1993, 2001, 2023 |
| North Texas | 0 | 4 | 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952 |
| Texas | 0 | 4 | 1971, 1972, 2012, 2022 |
| Wake Forest | 0 | 3 | 1974, 1975, 1986 |
| Alabama | 0 | 2 | 2013, 2014 |
| Arizona State | 0 | 2 | 1990, 1996 |
| Augusta | 0 | 2 | 2010, 2011 |
| Georgia | 0 | 2 | 1999, 2005 |
| Michigan | 2 | 0 | 1934, 1935 |
| Ohio State | 0 | 2 | 1945, 1979 |
| Oklahoma | 0 | 2 | 1989, 2017 |
| Pepperdine | 0 | 2 | 1997, 2021 |
| UCLA | 0 | 2 | 1988, 2008 |
| Arizona | 0 | 1 | 1992 |
| BYU | 0 | 1 | 1981 |
| California | 0 | 1 | 2004 |
| Clemson | 0 | 1 | 2003 |
| Dartmouth | 1 | 0 | 1921 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 1 | 2002 |
| Notre Dame | 0 | 1 | 1944 |
| Oregon | 0 | 1 | 2016 |
| Purdue | 0 | 1 | 1961 |
| San Jose State | 0 | 1 | 1948 |
| SMU | 0 | 1 | 1954 |
| Texas A&M | 0 | 1 | 2009 |
| Auburn | 0 | 1 | 2024 |
| UNLV | 0 | 1 | 1998 |
Multiple winners
[edit]Individual champion
[edit]These men have won more than one individual championship:
- 3: Ben Crenshaw, Phil Mickelson
- 2: Richard Crawford, Dexter Cummings, George Dunlap, Fred Lamprecht, Scott Simpson
Individual champion's school
[edit]These schools have produced more than one individual champion:
- 13 champions: Yale
- 10 champions: Oklahoma State
- 8 champions: Harvard, Houston
- 7 champions: Princeton
- 6 champions: Arizona State, Texas
- 5 champions: Ohio State
- 4 champions: Southern California
- 3 champions: Florida, Georgia Tech, LSU, Michigan, Stanford, Tulane, Wake Forest
- 2 champions: Clemson, Georgetown, Illinois, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Purdue, San Jose State, UNLV
Winners of both U.S. Amateur and collegiate titles
[edit]These men have won both the collegiate individual championship and the U.S. Amateur. Only Jack Nicklaus (1961), Phil Mickelson (1990), Tiger Woods (1996), Ryan Moore (2004), and Bryson DeChambeau (2015) have managed the feat in the same year.
| Player | U.S. Amateur | Collegiate |
|---|---|---|
| Bryson DeChambeau | 2015 | 2015 |
| George Dunlap | 1933 | 1930, 1931 |
| Chandler Egan | 1904, 1905 | 1902 |
| Johnny Fischer | 1936 | 1932 |
| Justin Leonard | 1992 | 1994 |
| Phil Mickelson | 1990 | 1989, 1990, 1992 |
| Ryan Moore | 2004 | 2004 |
| Bob Murphy | 1965 | 1966 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 1959, 1961 | 1961 |
| Hillman Robbins | 1957 | 1954 |
| Jess Sweetser | 1922 | 1920 |
| Scott Verplank | 1984 | 1986 |
| Harvie Ward | 1955, 1956 | 1949 |
| Tiger Woods | 1994, 1995, 1996 | 1996 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Division I Men's Golf" (PDF). Retrieved May 1, 2013.
- ^ a b c Kieran, John (June 24, 1940). "The Collegiate Touch on the Links" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
The intercollegiate championship is rising in importance in golf with each passing year. ... The N.C.A.A. has taken over the administration of the college fray and their delegate in charge on the field is none other than Chick Evans, the old champion and one of the greatest shot-makers the game ever knew, amateur or professional.
- ^ "Golf Team Defeated". The Crimson. May 6, 1898. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
- ^ "Men's Championship Series #2: 1898". March 6, 2023.
- ^ "Double Golf Victory. Yale and Columbia Defeated.--Finals Against Princeton Today". The Crimson. October 22, 1902. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
- ^ Wheelwright, William Bond; Goodridge, Arthur Minot, eds. (1899). Harvard Teams 1898-1899. Cambridge, Massachusetts. p. 29.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Intercollegiate Golf. Harvard Defeats Columbia and Princeton Defeats Yale". The Crimson. October 25, 1899. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
- ^ "Yale wins third golf crown in row; Michigan 2d". Chicago Tribune. June 28, 1933. p. 24. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
- ^ Laing, Jack (June 27, 1933). "Yale team takes impressive lead in college golf tourney. Kowal, Banks, Nittinger, Noyes notch 73 apiece to tie for singles lead" (PDF). Buffalo Courier-Express. p. 15. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
- ^ Ruby, Earl (June 30, 1938). "Turnesa and Barclay Star Pupils in Intercollegiate Class of 32". No. Thursday Morning. Courier-Journal. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
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