1974 NCAA Division I golf championship explained

1974 NCAA Division I Golf Championship
Location:Santee, California, U.S.
Course:Carlton Oaks Country Club
Field:15 teams
Previous:1973
Next:1975
Map:USA#USA California
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Carlton Oaks
Coordinates:32.8428°N -117.0098°W

The 1974 NCAA Division I Golf Championship was the 36th annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate golf at the University Division level in the United States.[1]

The tournament was held at the Carlton Oaks Country Club in Santee, California, a suburb of San Diego.

Wake Forest won the team championship, the Demon Deacons' first NCAA title.

Curtis Strange, also from Wake Forest, won the individual title.

Wake Forest staged the largest comeback in NCAA Championship history and Curtis Strange won the title with one of the greatest shots in championship golf history. The Demon Deacons erased a 33-shot deficit after the second round to go into the final round only three shots out of the lead. On the 72nd and final hole, Strange teed off on a par-5 with Wake Forest tied for the team lead. On his second shot, he hit a one-iron to within three feet and rolled in the putt for a championship-clinching eagle.

Individual results

Individual champion

Team results

dat-sort-type=numberRank !Team Score
Wake Forest 1,158
Florida (DC) 1,160
1,176
1,177
1,178
1,186
New Mexico
1,193
BYU1,194
San Jose State
1,196
Oklahoma
1,200
Alabama 1,205
1,208

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship Results . NCAA . 17 April 2020.