NCAA Division I men's golf championship explained

NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
Location:2023: Scottsdale, Arizona
Establishment:1939
Course:2023: Grayhawk Golf Club
Par:2023: 70
Yardage:2023: 7289yd
Format:72-hole stroke play
8-team match play
Month Played:May
Current Champion:Team: Auburn
Individual: Hiroshi Tai (Georgia Tech)
Current: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

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)

The NCAA started sponsoring the golf championship in 1939; the previous 41 championships were conferred by the National Intercollegiate Golf Association.[2]

YearSiteHost courseTeam champion Individual champion
1897Ardsley-on-Hudson, NYArdsley ClubYaleLouis Bayard, Jr. (Princeton)
1898Ardsley-on-Hudson, NYArdsley ClubYale (spring)[3] James Curtis (Harvard)[4]
Ardsley-on-Hudson, NYArdsley Club[5] Harvard (fall)[6] John Reid, Jr. (Yale)
1899Garden City, NYGarden City Golf Club[7] HarvardPercy Pyne (Princeton)
1900No tournament
1901Atlantic City, NJAtlantic City Country ClubHarvardHalstead Lindsley (Harvard)
1902Garden City, NYGarden City Golf ClubYale (spring)Charles Hitchcock, Jr. (Yale)
Morristown, NJMorris County Golf ClubHarvard (fall)Chandler Egan (Harvard)
1903Garden City, NYGarden City Golf ClubHarvardF. O. Reinhart (Princeton)
1904South Hamilton, MAMyopia Hunt ClubHarvardA. L. White (Harvard)
1905Garden City, NYGarden City Golf ClubYaleRobert Abbott (Yale)
1906Garden City, NYGarden City Golf ClubYaleW. E. Clow, Jr. (Yale)
1907Glen Cove, NYNassau Country ClubYaleEllis Knowles (Yale)
1908West Newton, MABrae Burn Country ClubYaleH. H. Wilder (Harvard)
1909Rye, NYApawamis Golf ClubYaleAlbert Seckel (Princeton)
1910West Orange, NJEssex County Country ClubYaleRobert Hunter (Yale)
1911Springfield, NJBaltusrol Golf ClubYaleGeorge Stanley (Yale)
1912Manchester, VTEkwanok Country ClubYaleF. C. Davison (Harvard)
1913Huntingdon Valley, PAHuntingdon Valley Country ClubYaleNathaniel Wheeler (Yale)
1914Garden City, NYGarden City Golf ClubPrincetonEdward Allis (Harvard)
1915Greenwich, CTGreenwich Country ClubYaleFrancis Blossom (Yale)
1916Oakmont, PAOakmont Country ClubPrincetonJ. W. Hubbell (Harvard)
1917No tournament
1918No tournament due to World War I
1919Haverford Township, PAMerion Golf ClubColumbiaA. L. Walker, Jr. (Columbia)
1920Glen Cove, NYNassau Country ClubPrincetonJess Sweetser (Yale)
1921Greenwich, CTGreenwich Country ClubDartmouthSimpson Dean (Princeton)
1922Garden City, NYGarden City Golf ClubPrincetonPollack Boyd (Dartmouth)
1923Bronxville, NYSiwanoy Country ClubPrincetonDexter Cummings (Yale)
1924Greenwich, CTGreenwich Country ClubYaleDexter Cummings (Yale)
1925Montclair, VAMontclair Country ClubYaleFred Lamprecht (Tulane)
1926Haverford Township, PAMerion Golf ClubYaleFred Lamprecht (Tulane)
1927Garden City, NYGarden City Golf ClubPrincetonWatts Gunn (Georgia Tech)
1928Rye, NYApawamis Golf ClubPrincetonMaurice McCarthy (Georgetown)
1929Deal, NJHollywood Golf ClubPrincetonTom Aycock (Yale)
1930Oakmont, PAOakmont Country ClubPrincetonGeorge Dunlap (Princeton)
1931Olympia Fields, ILOlympia Fields Country ClubYaleGeorge Dunlap (Princeton)
1932Hot Springs, VAThe HomesteadYaleJohnny Fischer (Michigan)
1933Williamsville, NY[8] Country Club of Buffalo[9] YaleWalter Emery (Oklahoma)
1934Cleveland, TNCleveland Country ClubMichiganCharlie Yates (Georgia Tech)
1935Bethesda, MDCongressional Country ClubMichiganEd White (Texas)
1936Glenview, ILNorth Shore Country ClubYaleCharles Kocsis (Michigan)
1937Oakmont, PAOakmont Country ClubPrincetonFred Haas (LSU)
1938Louisville, KYLouisville Country Club[10] StanfordJohn P. Burke (Georgetown)

NCAA era, match play (1939–1964)

Year SiteHost courseTeam championshipIndividual champion
Champion Score Runner-up Score
1939
Details		Des Moines, IAWakonda ClubStanford612Northwestern
Princeton		614Vincent D'Antoni (Tulane)
1940
Details		Manchester, VTEkwanok Country ClubPrinceton
LSU		601Dixon Brooke (Virginia)
1941
Details		Columbus, OHOhio State University Golf ClubStanford580LSU599Earl Stewart (LSU)
1942
Details		South Bend, INSouth Bend Country ClubLSU
Stanford		590Frank Tatum (Stanford)
1943
Details		Olympia Fields, ILOlympia Fields Country ClubYale614Michigan618Wally Ulrich (Carleton)
1944
Details		Toledo, OHInverness ClubNotre Dame311Minnesota312Louis Lick (Minnesota)
1945
Details		Columbus, OHOhio State University Golf ClubOhio State602Northwestern621John Lorms (Ohio State)
1946
Details		Princeton, NJSpringdale Golf ClubStanford619Michigan624George Hamer (Georgia)
1947
Details		Ann Arbor, MIUniversity of Michigan Golf CourseLSU606Duke614Dave Barclay (Michigan)
1948
Details		Stanford, CAStanford University Golf CourseSan Jose State579LSU588Bob Harris (San Jose State)
1949
Details		Ames, IAVeenker Memorial Golf CourseNorth Texas State590Purdue
Texas		600Harvie Ward (North Carolina)
1950
Details		Albuquerque, NMChampionship Golf Course
at University of New Mexico		North Texas State573Purdue577Fred Wampler (Purdue)
1951
Details		Columbus, OHOhio State University Golf ClubNorth Texas State588Ohio State589Tom Nieporte (Ohio State)
1952
Details		West Lafayette, INPurdue University Golf CourseNorth Texas State587Michigan593Jim Vickers (Oklahoma)
1953
Details		Colorado Springs, COBroadmoor Golf ClubStanford578North Carolina580Earl Moeller (Oklahoma A&M)
1954
Details		Houston, TXBraeburn Country ClubSMU572North Texas State573Hillman Robbins (Memphis State)
1955
Details		Knoxville, TNHolston Hills Country ClubLSU574North Texas State583Joe Campbell (Purdue)
1956
Details		Columbus, OHOhio State University Golf ClubHouston601North Texas State
Purdue		602Rick Jones (Ohio State)
1957
Details		Colorado Springs, COBroadmoor Golf ClubHouston602Stanford603Rex Baxter (Houston)
1958
Details		Williamstown, MATaconic Golf ClubHouston570Oklahoma State582Phil Rodgers (Houston)
1959
Details		Eugene, OREugene Country ClubHouston561Purdue571Richard Crawford (Houston)
1960
Details		Colorado Springs, COBroadmoor Golf ClubHouston603Purdue607Richard Crawford (Houston)
1961
Details		West Lafayette, INPurdue University Golf CoursePurdue584Arizona State595Jack Nicklaus (Ohio State)
1962
Details		Durham, NCDuke Golf ClubHouston588Oklahoma State598Kermit Zarley (Houston)
1963
Details		Wichita, KSWichita Country ClubOklahoma State581Houston582R. H. Sikes (Arkansas)
1964
Details		Colorado Springs, COBroadmoor Golf ClubHouston580Oklahoma State587Terry Small (San Jose State)

NCAA era, stroke play (1965–2008)

Year SiteHost courseParTeam championshipIndividual championScore
Champion Score Runner-up Score
1965
Details		Knoxville, TNHolston Hills Country Club72
(288)		Houston577Cal State Los Angeles587Marty Fleckman
(Houston)		281
1966
Details		Stanford, CAStanford University Golf Course72
(288)		Houston582San Jose State586Bob Murphy
(Florida)		283
1967
Details		Shawnee on Delaware, PAShawnee Golf Course72
(288)		Houston585Florida588Hale Irwin
(Colorado)		283
(−5)
1968
Details		Las Cruces, NMNMSU Golf Course71
(284)		Florida1,154Houston1,156Grier Jones
(Oklahoma State)		276
(−8)
1969
Details		Colorado Springs, COBroadmoor Golf Club70
(280)		Houston1,223Wake Forest1,232Bob Clark
(Cal State Los Angeles)		298
(+18)
1970
Details		Columbus, OHOSU Golf Course72
(288)		Houston1,172Wake Forest1,182John Mahaffey
(Houston)		284
(−4)
1971
Details		Tucson, AZTucson National Golf Club72
(288)		Texas1,144Houston1,151Ben Crenshaw
(Texas)		273
(−15)
1972
Details		Cape Coral, FLCape Coral Golf Club72
(288)		Texas1,146Houston1,159Ben Crenshaw &<br>Tom Kite
(Texas)		279
(−9)
1973
Details		Stillwater, OKStillwater Country Club70
(280)		Florida1,149Oklahoma State1,159Ben Crenshaw
(Texas)		282
(+2)
1974
Details		Santee, CACarlton Oaks Country Club72
(288)		Wake Forest1,158Florida1,160Curtis Strange
(Wake Forest)		282
(−6)
1975
Details		Columbus, OHOSU Golf Course72
(288)		Wake Forest1,156Oklahoma State1,189Jay Haas
(Wake Forest)		282
(−2)
1976
Details		Albuquerque, NMUNM Championship Golf Course72
(288)		Oklahoma State1,166BYU1,173Scott Simpson
(USC)		283
(−5)
1977
Details		Hamilton, NYSeven Oaks Golf Course72
(288)		Houston1,197Oklahoma State1,205Scott Simpson
(USC)		289
(+1)
1978
Details		Eugene, OREugene Country Club72
(288)		Oklahoma State1,140Georgia1,157David Edwards
(Oklahoma State)		209
(−7)
1979
Details		Winston-Salem, NCBermuda Run Country Club72
(288)		Ohio State1,189Oklahoma State1,191Gary Hallberg
(Wake Forest)		287
(−1)
1980
Details		Columbus, OHOSU Golf Course72
(288)		Oklahoma State1,173BYU1,177Jay Don Blake
(Utah State)		283
(−5)
1981
Details		Stanford, CAStanford University Golf Course71
(284)		BYU1,161Oral Roberts1,163Ron Commans
(USC)		283
(−1)
1982
Details		Pinehurst, NCPinehurst Resort72
(288)		Houston1,141Oklahoma State1,151Billy Ray Brown
(Houston)		280
(−8)
1983
Details		Fresno, CASan Joaquin Country Club72
(288)		Oklahoma State1,161Texas1,168Jim Carter
(Arizona State)		287
(−1)
1984
Details		Houston, TXBear Creek Golf World72
(288)		Houston1,145Oklahoma State1,146John Inman
(North Carolina)		271
(−1)
1985
Details		Haines City, FLGrenelefe Country Club72
(288)		Houston1,172Oklahoma State1,175Clark Burroughs
(Ohio State)		285
(−3)
1986
Details		Winston-Salem, NCBermuda Run Country Club72
(288)		Wake Forest1,156Oklahoma State1,160Scott Verplank
(Oklahoma State)		282
(−6)
1987
Details		Columbus, OHOSU Golf Course72
(288)		Oklahoma State1,160Wake Forest1,176Brian Watts
(Oklahoma State)		280
(−8)
1988
Details		Thousand Oaks, CANorth Ranch Country Club71
(284)		UCLA1,176UTEP
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State		1,179E. J. Pfister
(Oklahoma State)		284
(E)
1989
Details		Edmond, OKOak Tree Country Club70
(280)		Oklahoma1,139Texas1,179Phil Mickelson
(Arizona State)		281
(+1)
1990
Details		Tarpon Springs, FLInnisbrook Island Course72
(288)		Arizona State1,155Florida1,157Phil Mickelson
(Arizona State)		279
(−7)
1991
Details		Pebble Beach, CAPoppy Hills Golf Course72
(288)		Oklahoma State1,161North Carolina1,168Warren Schutte
(UNLV)		283
(−5)
1992
Details		Albuquerque, NMUNM Championship Golf Course72
(288)		Arizona1,129Arizona State1,136Phil Mickelson
(Arizona State)		271
(−17)
1993
Details		Lexington, KYChampions Golf Course72
(288)		Florida1,145Georgia Tech1,146Todd Demsey
(Arizona State)		278
(−10)
1994
Details		McKinney, TXStonebridge Country Club72
(288)		Stanford1,129Texas1,133Justin Leonard
(Texas)		271
(−17)
1995
Details		Columbus, OHOSU Golf Course72
(288)		Oklahoma State1,156§Stanford1,156Chip Spratlin
(Auburn)		283
(−5)
1996
Details		Ooltewah, TNHonors Course72
(288)		Arizona State1,186UNLV1,189Tiger Woods
(Stanford)		285
(−3)
1997
Details		Lake Forest, ILConway Farms Golf Club72
(288)		Pepperdine1,148Wake Forest1,151Charles Warren
(Clemson)		279
(−9)§
1998
Details		Albuquerque, NMUNM Championship Golf Course72
(288)		UNLV1,118Clemson1,121James McLean
(Minnesota)		271
(−17)
1999
Details		Chaska, MNHazeltine National Golf Club72
(288)		Georgia1,180Oklahoma State1,183Luke Donald
(Northwestern)		284
(−4)
2000
Details		Opelika, ALGrand National72
(288)		Oklahoma State1,116§Georgia Tech1,116Charles Howell III
(Oklahoma State)		265
(−23)
2001
Details		Durham, NCDuke Golf Club72
(288)		Florida1,126Clemson1,144Nick Gilliam
(Florida)		276
(−12)
2002
Details		Columbus, OHOSU Golf Course71
(284)		Minnesota1,134Georgia Tech1,140Troy Matteson
(Georgia Tech)		276
(−8)
2003
Details		Stillwater, OKKarsten Creek Golf Course72
(288)		Clemson1,191Oklahoma State1,193Alejandro Cañizares
(Arizona State)		287
(−1)
2004
Details		Hot Springs, VAThe Homestead70
(280)		California1,134UCLA1,140Ryan Moore
(UNLV)		267
(−13)
2005
Details		Owings Mills, MDCaves Valley Golf Club70
(280)		Georgia1,135Georgia Tech1,146James Lepp
(Washington)		276
(−4)§
2006
Details		Sunriver, ORCrosswater Club72
(288)		Oklahoma State1,143Florida1,146Jonathan Moore
(Oklahoma State)		276
(−12)§
2007
Details		Williamsburg, VAGolden Horseshoe Golf Club70
(280)		Stanford1,109Georgia1,121Jamie Lovemark
(USC)		271
(−9)
2008
Details		West Lafayette, INBirck Boilermaker Golf Complex72
(288)		UCLA1,194Stanford1,195Kevin Chappell
(UCLA)		286
(−2)

NCAA era, stroke and match play (2009–present)

Year SiteHost courseParTeam championshipIndividual championScore
Champion Score Runner-up
2009
Details		Toledo, OHInverness Club71
(210)		Texas A&M3–2ArkansasMatt Hill
(NC State)		207
(−3)
2010
Details		Ooltewah, TNHonors Course72
(214)		Augusta State3–1Oklahoma StateScott Langley
(Illinois)		206
(−8)
2011
Details		Stillwater, OKKarsten Creek Golf Course72
(214)		Augusta State3–2GeorgiaJohn Peterson
(LSU)		211
(−3)
2012
Details		Pacific Palisades, CARiviera Country Club71
(212)		Texas3–2AlabamaThomas Pieters
(Illinois)		208
(−4)
2013
Details		Atlanta, GACapital City Club70
(210)		Alabama4–1IllinoisMax Homa
(California)		201
(−9)
2014
Details		Hutchinson, KSPrairie Dunes Country Club70
(210)		Alabama4–1Oklahoma StateCameron Wilson
(Stanford)		204
(−6)§
2015
Details		Bradenton, FLThe Concession Golf Club72
(288)		LSU4–1Southern CaliforniaBryson DeChambeau
(SMU)		280
(−8)
2016
Details		Eugene, OREugene Country Club70
(280)		Oregon3–2TexasAaron Wise
(Oregon)		275
(−5)
2017
Details		Sugar Grove, ILRich Harvest Farms72
(288)		Oklahoma 3–1OregonBraden Thornberry
(Mississippi)		277
(−11)
2018
Details		Stillwater, OKKarsten Creek72
(288)		Oklahoma State5–0AlabamaBroc Everett
(Augusta)		281
(−7)§
2019
Details		Fayetteville, ARBlessings Golf Club72
(288)		Stanford3–2TexasMatthew Wolff
(Oklahoma State)		278
(−10)
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021
Details		Scottsdale, AZGrayhawk Golf Club70
(280)		Pepperdine3–2OklahomaTurk Pettit
(Clemson)		273
(−7)
2022
Details		Texas3–2Arizona StateGordon Sargent
(Vanderbilt)		280
(E)§
2023
Details		Florida3–1Georgia TechFred Biondi
(Florida)		273
(−7)
2024
Details 		Carlsbad, CAOmni La Costa Resort & Spa72
(288)		Auburn3–2Florida StateHiroshi Tai
(Georgia Tech)		285
(−3)

Non-American winners

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

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
  1. NIGA titles
  1. NCAA titles
Years won
Yale2011897, 1898, 1902, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1915, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1943
Houston0161956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1985
Princeton1111914, 1916, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1937, 1940
Oklahoma State0111963, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2000, 2006, 2018
Stanford181938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1953, 1994, 2007, 2019
Harvard601898, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904
LSU051940, 1942, 1947, 1955, 2015
Florida051968, 1973, 1993, 2001, 2023
North Texas041949, 1950, 1951, 1952
Texas041971, 1972, 2012, 2022
Wake Forest031974, 1975, 1986
Alabama022013, 2014
Arizona State021990, 1996
Augusta022010, 2011
Georgia021999, 2005
Michigan201934, 1935
Ohio State021945, 1979
Oklahoma021989, 2017
Pepperdine021997, 2021
UCLA021988, 2008
Arizona011992
BYU011981
California012004
Clemson012003
Dartmouth101921
Minnesota012002
Notre Dame011944
Oregon012016
Purdue011961
San Jose State011948
SMU011954
Texas A&M012009
Auburn012024
UNLV011998

Multiple winners

Individual champion

See also: NCAA Division I Men's Golf Tournament all-time individual records. These men have won more than one individual championship:

Individual champion's school

These schools have produced more than one individual champion:

Winners of both U.S. Amateur and collegiate titles

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.

PlayerU.S. AmateurCollegiate
2015 2015
1933 1930, 1931
1904, 1905 1902
1936 1932
1992 1994
1990 1989, 1990, 1992
2004 2004
1965 1966
1959, 1961 1961
1957 1954
1922 1920
1984 1986
1955, 1956 1949
1994, 1995, 1996 1996

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Division I Men's Golf . May 1, 2013.
  2. News: The Collegiate Touch on the Links . The New York Times . John . Kieran . June 24, 1940 . 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..
  3. News: Golf Team Defeated. The Crimson. May 6, 1898. May 30, 2015.
  4. Web site: Men's Championship Series #2: 1898 . March 6, 2023 .
  5. News: Double Golf Victory. Yale and Columbia Defeated.--Finals Against Princeton Today.. October 22, 1902. The Crimson. May 30, 2015.
  6. Book: Harvard Teams 1898-1899. 29. William Bond . Wheelwright. Arthur Minot. Goodridge. Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1899.
  7. News: Intercollegiate Golf. Harvard Defeats Columbia and Princeton Defeats Yale.. October 25, 1899. The Crimson. May 30, 2015.
  8. News: Chicago Tribune. Yale wins third golf crown in row; Michigan 2d . June 28, 1933. 24. May 30, 2015.
  9. News: Yale team takes impressive lead in college golf tourney. Kowal, Banks, Nittinger, Noyes notch 73 apiece to tie for singles lead . Buffalo Courier-Express . Jack. Laing. 15. June 27, 1933. May 30, 2015.
  10. News: Ruby . Earl . Turnesa and Barclay Star Pupils in Intercollegiate Class of 32 . 2 February 2021 . Thursday Morning . Courier-Journal . June 30, 1938.

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