2012 NCAA Division I men's golf championship explained

2012 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
Dates:	May 29 – June 3, 2012
Location:	Pacific Palisades, California, U.S.
Course:	Riviera Country Club
Par:	71
Yardage:	7292yd
Field:	156 players, 30 teams
Champion:	Team: Texas Individual: Thomas Pieters, Illinois
Score:	Team: 3–2 (def. Alabama) Individual: 208 (−5)
Previous:	2011
Next:	2013

The 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship was a golf tournament contested from May 29 - June 3 at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California. It was the 74th NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship. The team championship was won by the Texas Longhorns who won their third national championship by defeating the Alabama Crimson Tide in the championship match play round 3–2. The individual national championship was won by Thomas Pieters from the University of Illinois.^{[1] [2]}

Regional qualifying tournaments

• Five teams qualified from each of the six regional tournaments held around the country from May 17 to May 19, 2012.^[3]

Regional name	Golf course	Location
Southeast Regional		Athens, Georgia
East Regional		Greensboro, North Carolina
Central Regional		Ann Arbor, Michigan
South Central Regional		Bowling Green, Kentucky
South Regional		Norman, Oklahoma
West Regional		Stanford, California

Venue

See main article: Riviera Country Club. This was the first NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship held at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California.

Team competition

Leaderboard

• Par, single-round: 284
• Par, total: 852

Place	Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
1	Alabama	285	287	287	859
2	UCLA	289	287	285	861
3	Texas	290	295	284	869
T4	California	295	289	287	871
	San Diego State	292	295	284
6	Washington	296	286	290	872
7	Oregon	291	294	288	873
T8	Kent State	293	291	291	875
	Florida State	290	290	295
10	Liberty	295	288	293	876

• Kent State won the eighth place playoff tie-breaker with Florida State, +2 to +3.^[4]
• Remaining Teams: Oklahoma (877), Florida (878), North Florida (878), Texas A&M (879), Auburn (880), USC (880), Georgia (881), Chattanooga (884), UCF (885), Stanford (885), Illinois (887), Iowa (888), Virginia (888), Virginia Tech (890), Lamar (892), East Carolina (895), TCU (897), Memphis (901), UAB (902), Tulsa (918)

Match play bracket

Individual competition

• Par, single-round: 71
• Par, total: 213

Place	Player	University	Score	To par
1			69-68-71=208	−5
T2			72-72-67=211	−2
		68-71-72=211
T4			74-72-66=212	−1
		68-75-69=212
		73-68-71=212
T7			69-74-70=213	E
		70-70-73=213
T9			76-70-68=214	+1
		69-75-70=214
		73-72-69=214
		69-72-73=214

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Longhorns grab 50th national title . June 26, 2012 . NCAA . May 2, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121018224753/https://www.ncaa.com/news/golf-men/article/2012-06-03/longhorns-grab-50th-national-title . 2012-10-18 . mdy-all.
2. Web site: Golf – Division I Men's – Highlights . NCAA.
3. NCAA Regionals: Pac-12 takes half of top seeds . Golfweek . May 8, 2012.
4. Web site: Seminoles Fall To Kent State In One Hole Playoff . June 1, 2012 . 2013-05-02 . https://archive.today/20130630072836/http://www.seminoles.com/sports/m-golf/recaps/060112aaa.html . 2013-06-30 . dead . mdy-all.