2008 NCAA Division I men's golf championship explained

2008 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
Dates:May 28–31, 2008
Location:West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.
Course:Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex
Kampen Course
Par:72
Yardage:7,450 yards
Field:156 players, 30 teams
Cut:224 (individual)
913 (team)
Champion:Team: UCLA
Individual: Kevin Chappell, UCLA
Score:Team: 1,194 (+42)
Individual: 286 (−2)
Previous:2007
Next:2009
Map:USA#USA Indiana
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Birck
Boilermaker
Coordinates:40.4382°N -86.9262°W

The 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship was a golf tournament contested from May 28 to May 31, 2008, at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex in West Lafayette, Indiana. It was the 70th NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship, and was hosted by Purdue University. The team championship was won by the UCLA Bruins who captured their second national championship by one stroke over the defending champion Stanford Cardinal in stroke play. The individual national championship was won by Kevin Chappell, also from UCLA.[1] [2]

Venue

The tournament was played on the Kampen Course of the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex. This was the third NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship hosted by Purdue University on their campus golf courses in West Lafayette, Indiana; Purdue previously hosted in 1952 and 1961. The Kampen Course was redesigned in 1998 by golf course architect Pete Dye.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships . May 31, 2008 . Purdue University . May 5, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305080528/http://www.purduesports.com/ot/ncaa-d1-golf-champ.html . March 5, 2016 . dead .
  2. Web site: Golf: Division 1 Men's . NCAA . August 16, 2013.