1979 NCAA Division I golf championship explained

1979 NCAA Division I Golf Championship
Location:Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
Course:Bermuda Run Country Club
Field:28 teams
Champion:Team: Ohio State (2nd title)
Individual: Gary Hallberg, Wake Forest
Previous:1978
Next:1980
Map:USA#USA North Carolina
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Bermuda Run
Coordinates:36.0038°N -80.4221°W

The 1979 NCAA Division I Golf Championship was the 41st 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 Bermuda Run Country Club in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, hosted by Wake Forest University.

Ohio State won the team championship, the Buckeyes' second NCAA title and first since 1945.

Gary Hallberg, from Wake Forest, won the individual title.

For the first time, teams needed to be in the top fifteen after three rounds of play to qualify for the fourth and final championship round; all other team were cut.

Individual results

Individual champion

Team results

dat-sort-type=numberRank !Team Score
Ohio State 1,189
Oklahoma State (DC) 1,191
1,196
1,198
New Mexico1,202
1,206
Oral Roberts
1,213
1,215
USC
1,226
1,229
1,230
1,234
1,236

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship Results . NCAA . 25 April 2020.