NCAA Division I men's golf championship
American collegiate golf competition
Golf tournament
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]
Team scores, individual scores, and course pars are not kept in official NCAA records before 1939.
Year
Site
Host course
Team champion
Individual champion
1897
Ardsley-on-Hudson, NY
Ardsley Club
Yale
Louis Bayard, Jr. (Princeton )
1898
Ardsley-on-Hudson, NY
Ardsley Club
Yale (spring)[ 3]
James Curtis (Harvard)[ 4]
Ardsley-on-Hudson, NY
Ardsley Club [ 5]
Harvard (fall)[ 6]
John Reid, Jr. (Yale)
1899
Garden City, NY
Garden City Golf Club [ 7]
Harvard
Percy Pyne (Princeton)
1900
No tournament
1901
Atlantic City, NJ
Atlantic City Country Club
Harvard
Halstead Lindsley (Harvard)
1902
Garden City, NY
Garden City Golf Club
Yale (spring)
Charles Hitchcock, Jr. (Yale)
Morristown, NJ
Morris County Golf Club
Harvard (fall)
Chandler Egan (Harvard)
1903
Garden City, NY
Garden City Golf Club
Harvard
F. O. Reinhart (Princeton)
1904
South Hamilton, MA
Myopia Hunt Club
Harvard
A. L. White (Harvard)
1905
Garden City, NY
Garden City Golf Club
Yale
Robert Abbott (Yale)
1906
Garden City, NY
Garden City Golf Club
Yale
W. E. Clow, Jr. (Yale)
1907
Glen Cove, NY
Nassau Country Club
Yale
Ellis Knowles (Yale)
1908
West Newton, MA
Brae Burn Country Club
Yale
H. H. Wilder (Harvard)
1909
Rye, NY
Apawamis Golf Club
Yale
Albert Seckel (Princeton)
1910
West Orange, NJ
Essex County Country Club
Yale
Robert Hunter (Yale)
1911
Springfield, NJ
Baltusrol Golf Club
Yale
George Stanley (Yale)
1912
Manchester, VT
Ekwanok Country Club
Yale
F. C. Davison (Harvard)
1913
Huntingdon Valley, PA
Huntingdon Valley Country Club
Yale
Nathaniel Wheeler (Yale)
1914
Garden City, NY
Garden City Golf Club
Princeton
Edward Allis (Harvard)
1915
Greenwich, CT
Greenwich Country Club
Yale
Francis Blossom (Yale)
1916
Oakmont, PA
Oakmont Country Club
Princeton
J. W. Hubbell (Harvard)
1917
No tournament
1918
No tournament due to World War I
1919
Haverford Township, PA
Merion Golf Club
Columbia
A. L. Walker, Jr. (Columbia )
1920
Glen Cove, NY
Nassau Country Club
Princeton
Jess Sweetser (Yale)
1921
Greenwich, CT
Greenwich Country Club
Dartmouth
Simpson Dean (Princeton)
1922
Garden City, NY
Garden City Golf Club
Princeton
Pollack Boyd (Dartmouth )
1923
Bronxville, NY
Siwanoy Country Club
Princeton
Dexter Cummings (Yale)
1924
Greenwich, CT
Greenwich Country Club
Yale
Dexter Cummings (Yale)
1925
Montclair, VA
Montclair Country Club
Yale
Fred Lamprecht (Tulane )
1926
Haverford Township, PA
Merion Golf Club
Yale
Fred Lamprecht (Tulane)
1927
Garden City, NY
Garden City Golf Club
Princeton
Watts Gunn (Georgia Tech )
1928
Rye, NY
Apawamis Golf Club
Princeton
Maurice McCarthy (Georgetown )
1929
Deal, NJ
Hollywood Golf Club
Princeton
Tom Aycock (Yale)
1930
Oakmont, PA
Oakmont Country Club
Princeton
George Dunlap (Princeton)
1931
Olympia Fields, IL
Olympia Fields Country Club
Yale
George Dunlap (Princeton)
1932
Hot Springs, VA
The Homestead
Yale
Johnny Fischer (Michigan )
1933
Williamsville, NY [ 8]
Country Club of Buffalo [ 9]
Yale
Walter Emery (Oklahoma )
1934
Cleveland, TN
Cleveland Country Club
Michigan
Charlie Yates (Georgia Tech)
1935
Bethesda, MD
Congressional Country Club
Michigan
Ed White (Texas )
1936
Glenview, IL
North Shore Country Club
Yale
Charles Kocsis (Michigan )
1937
Oakmont, PA
Oakmont Country Club
Princeton
Fred Haas (LSU )
1938
Louisville, KY
Louisville Country Club [ 10]
Stanford
John P. Burke (Georgetown)
NCAA era, match play (1939–1964)
Year
Site
Host course
Team championship
Individual champion
Champion
Score
Runner-up
Score
1939 Details
Des Moines, IA
Wakonda Club
Stanford
612
Northwestern Princeton
614
Vincent D'Antoni (Tulane )
1940 Details
Manchester, VT
Ekwanok Country Club
Princeton LSU
601
Dixon Brooke (Virginia )
1941 Details
Columbus, OH
Ohio State University Golf Club
Stanford
580
LSU
599
Earl Stewart (LSU)
1942 Details
South Bend, IN
South Bend Country Club
LSU Stanford
590
Frank Tatum (Stanford)
1943 Details
Olympia Fields, IL
Olympia Fields Country Club
Yale
614
Michigan
618
Wally Ulrich (Carleton )
1944 Details
Toledo, OH
Inverness Club
Notre Dame
311
Minnesota
312
Louis Lick (Minnesota)
1945 Details
Columbus, OH
Ohio State University Golf Club
Ohio State
602
Northwestern
621
John Lorms (Ohio State)
1946 Details
Princeton, NJ
Springdale Golf Club
Stanford
619
Michigan
624
George Hamer (Georgia )
1947 Details
Ann Arbor, MI
University of Michigan Golf Course
LSU
606
Duke
614
Dave Barclay (Michigan)
1948 Details
Stanford, CA
Stanford University Golf Course
San Jose State
579
LSU
588
Bob Harris (San Jose State)
1949 Details
Ames, IA
Veenker Memorial Golf Course
North Texas State
590
Purdue Texas
600
Harvie Ward (North Carolina )
1950 Details
Albuquerque, NM
Championship Golf Course at University of New Mexico
North Texas State
573
Purdue
577
Fred Wampler (Purdue )
1951 Details
Columbus, OH
Ohio State University Golf Club
North Texas State
588
Ohio State
589
Tom Nieporte (Ohio State)
1952 Details
West Lafayette, IN
Purdue University Golf Course
North Texas State
587
Michigan
593
Jim Vickers (Oklahoma )
1953 Details
Colorado Springs, CO
Broadmoor Golf Club
Stanford
578
North Carolina
580
Earl Moeller (Oklahoma A&M )
1954 Details
Houston, TX
Braeburn Country Club
SMU
572
North Texas State
573
Hillman Robbins (Memphis State )
1955 Details
Knoxville, TN
Holston Hills Country Club
LSU
574
North Texas State
583
Joe Campbell (Purdue)
1956 Details
Columbus, OH
Ohio State University Golf Club
Houston
601
North Texas State Purdue
602
Rick Jones (Ohio State)
1957 Details
Colorado Springs, CO
Broadmoor Golf Club
Houston
602
Stanford
603
Rex Baxter (Houston)
1958 Details
Williamstown, MA
Taconic Golf Club
Houston
570
Oklahoma State
582
Phil Rodgers (Houston)
1959 Details
Eugene, OR
Eugene Country Club
Houston
561
Purdue
571
Richard Crawford (Houston)
1960 Details
Colorado Springs, CO
Broadmoor Golf Club
Houston
603
Purdue
607
Richard Crawford (Houston)
1961 Details
West Lafayette, IN
Purdue University Golf Course
Purdue
584
Arizona State
595
Jack Nicklaus (Ohio State)
1962 Details
Durham, NC
Duke Golf Club
Houston
588
Oklahoma State
598
Kermit Zarley (Houston)
1963 Details
Wichita, KS
Wichita Country Club
Oklahoma State
581
Houston
582
R. H. Sikes (Arkansas )
1964 Details
Colorado Springs, CO
Broadmoor Golf Club
Houston
580
Oklahoma State
587
Terry Small (San Jose State)
NCAA era, stroke play (1965–2008)
Year
Site
Host course
Par
Team championship
Individual champion
Score
Champion
Score
Runner-up
Score
1965 Details
Knoxville, TN
Holston Hills Country Club
72 (288)
Houston
577
Cal State Los Angeles
587
Marty Fleckman (Houston)
281
1966 Details
Stanford, CA
Stanford University Golf Course
72 (288)
Houston
582
San Jose State
586
Bob Murphy (Florida )
283
1967 Details
Shawnee on Delaware, PA
Shawnee Golf Course
72 (288)
Houston
585
Florida
588
Hale Irwin (Colorado )
283 (−5)
1968 Details
Las Cruces, NM
NMSU Golf Course
71 (284)
Florida
1,154
Houston
1,156
Grier Jones (Oklahoma State)
276 (−8)
1969 Details
Colorado Springs, CO
Broadmoor Golf Club
70 (280)
Houston
1,223
Wake Forest
1,232
Bob Clark (Cal State Los Angeles)
298 (+18)
1970 Details
Columbus, OH
OSU Golf Course
72 (288)
Houston
1,172
Wake Forest
1,182
John Mahaffey (Houston)
284 (−4)
1971 Details
Tucson, AZ
Tucson National Golf Club
72 (288)
Texas
1,144
Houston
1,151
Ben Crenshaw (Texas)
273 (−15)
1972 Details
Cape Coral, FL
Cape Coral Golf Club
72 (288)
Texas
1,146
Houston
1,159
Ben Crenshaw &Tom Kite (Texas)
279 (−9)
1973 Details
Stillwater, OK
Stillwater Country Club
70 (280)
Florida
1,149
Oklahoma State
1,159
Ben Crenshaw (Texas)
282 (+2)
1974 Details
Santee, CA
Carlton Oaks Country Club
72 (288)
Wake Forest
1,158
Florida
1,160
Curtis Strange (Wake Forest)
282 (−6)
1975 Details
Columbus, OH
OSU Golf Course
72 (288)
Wake Forest
1,156
Oklahoma State
1,189
Jay Haas (Wake Forest)
282 (−2)
1976 Details
Albuquerque, NM
UNM Championship Golf Course
72 (288)
Oklahoma State
1,166
BYU
1,173
Scott Simpson (USC )
283 (−5)
1977 Details
Hamilton, NY
Seven Oaks Golf Course
72 (288)
Houston
1,197
Oklahoma State
1,205
Scott Simpson (USC)
289 (+1)
1978 Details
Eugene, OR
Eugene Country Club
72 (288)
Oklahoma State
1,140
Georgia
1,157
David Edwards (Oklahoma State)
209 (−7)
1979 Details
Winston-Salem, NC
Bermuda Run Country Club
72 (288)
Ohio State
1,189
Oklahoma State
1,191
Gary Hallberg (Wake Forest)
287 (−1)
1980 Details
Columbus, OH
OSU Golf Course
72 (288)
Oklahoma State
1,173
BYU
1,177
Jay Don Blake (Utah State )
283 (−5)
1981 Details
Stanford, CA
Stanford University Golf Course
71 (284)
BYU
1,161
Oral Roberts
1,163
Ron Commans (USC)
283 (−1)
1982 Details
Pinehurst, NC
Pinehurst Resort
72 (288)
Houston
1,141
Oklahoma State
1,151
Billy Ray Brown (Houston)
280 (−8)
1983 Details
Fresno, CA
San Joaquin Country Club
72 (288)
Oklahoma State
1,161
Texas
1,168
Jim Carter (Arizona State)
287 (−1)
1984 Details
Houston, TX
Bear Creek Golf World
72 (288)
Houston
1,145
Oklahoma State
1,146
John Inman (North Carolina)
271 (−1)
1985 Details
Haines City, FL
Grenelefe Country Club
72 (288)
Houston
1,172
Oklahoma State
1,175
Clark Burroughs (Ohio State)
285 (−3)
1986 Details
Winston-Salem, NC
Bermuda Run Country Club
72 (288)
Wake Forest
1,156
Oklahoma State
1,160
Scott Verplank (Oklahoma State)
282 (−6)
1987 Details
Columbus, OH
OSU Golf Course
72 (288)
Oklahoma State
1,160
Wake Forest
1,176
Brian Watts (Oklahoma State)
280 (−8)
1988 Details
Thousand Oaks, CA
North Ranch Country Club
71 (284)
UCLA
1,176
UTEP Oklahoma Oklahoma State
1,179
E. J. Pfister (Oklahoma State)
284 (E)
1989 Details
Edmond, OK
Oak Tree Country Club
70 (280)
Oklahoma
1,139
Texas
1,179
Phil Mickelson (Arizona State)
281 (+1)
1990 Details
Tarpon Springs, FL
Innisbrook Island Course
72 (288)
Arizona State
1,155
Florida
1,157
Phil Mickelson (Arizona State)
279 (−7)
1991 Details
Pebble Beach, CA
Poppy Hills Golf Course
72 (288)
Oklahoma State
1,161
North Carolina
1,168
Warren Schutte (UNLV )
283 (−5)
1992 Details
Albuquerque, NM
UNM Championship Golf Course
72 (288)
Arizona
1,129
Arizona State
1,136
Phil Mickelson (Arizona State)
271 (−17)
1993 Details
Lexington, KY
Champions Golf Course
72 (288)
Florida
1,145
Georgia Tech
1,146
Todd Demsey (Arizona State)
278 (−10)
1994 Details
McKinney, TX
Stonebridge Country Club
72 (288)
Stanford
1,129
Texas
1,133
Justin Leonard (Texas)
271 (−17)
1995 Details
Columbus, OH
OSU Golf Course
72 (288)
Oklahoma State
1,156§
Stanford
1,156
Chip Spratlin (Auburn )
283 (−5)
1996 Details
Ooltewah, TN
Honors Course
72 (288)
Arizona State
1,186
UNLV
1,189
Tiger Woods (Stanford)
285 (−3)
1997 Details
Lake Forest, IL
Conway Farms Golf Club
72 (288)
Pepperdine
1,148
Wake Forest
1,151
Charles Warren (Clemson )
279 (−9)§
1998 Details
Albuquerque, NM
UNM Championship Golf Course
72 (288)
UNLV
1,118
Clemson
1,121
James McLean (Minnesota)
271 (−17)
1999 Details
Chaska, MN
Hazeltine National Golf Club
72 (288)
Georgia
1,180
Oklahoma State
1,183
Luke Donald (Northwestern)
284 (−4)
2000 Details
Opelika, AL
Grand National
72 (288)
Oklahoma State
1,116§
Georgia Tech
1,116
Charles Howell III (Oklahoma State)
265 (−23)
2001 Details
Durham, NC
Duke Golf Club
72 (288)
Florida
1,126
Clemson
1,144
Nick Gilliam (Florida)
276 (−12)
2002 Details
Columbus, OH
OSU Golf Course
71 (284)
Minnesota
1,134
Georgia Tech
1,140
Troy Matteson (Georgia Tech)
276 (−8)
2003 Details
Stillwater, OK
Karsten Creek Golf Course
72 (288)
Clemson
1,191
Oklahoma State
1,193
Alejandro Cañizares (Arizona State)
287 (−1)
2004 Details
Hot Springs, VA
The Homestead
70 (280)
California
1,134
UCLA
1,140
Ryan Moore (UNLV)
267 (−13)
2005 Details
Owings Mills, MD
Caves Valley Golf Club
70 (280)
Georgia
1,135
Georgia Tech
1,146
James Lepp (Washington )
276 (−4)§
2006 Details
Sunriver, OR
Crosswater Club
72 (288)
Oklahoma State
1,143
Florida
1,146
Jonathan Moore (Oklahoma State)
276 (−12)§
2007 Details
Williamsburg, VA
Golden Horseshoe Golf Club
70 (280)
Stanford
1,109
Georgia
1,121
Jamie Lovemark (USC )
271 (−9)
2008 Details
West Lafayette, IN
Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex
72 (288)
UCLA
1,194
Stanford
1,195
Kevin Chappell (UCLA)
286 (−2)
NCAA era, stroke and match play (2009–present)
Year
Site
Host course
Par
Team championship
Individual champion
Score
Champion
Score
Runner-up
2009 Details
Toledo, OH
Inverness Club
71 (210)
Texas A&M
3–2
Arkansas
Matt Hill (NC State )
207 (−3)
2010 Details
Ooltewah, TN
Honors Course
72 (214)
Augusta State
31 ⁄2 –11 ⁄2
Oklahoma State
Scott Langley (Illinois )
206 (−8)
2011 Details
Stillwater, OK
Karsten Creek Golf Course
72 (214)
Augusta State
3–2
Georgia
John Peterson (LSU)
211 (−3)
2012 Details
Pacific Palisades, CA
Riviera Country Club
71 (212)
Texas
3–2
Alabama
Thomas Pieters (Illinois)
208 (−4)
2013 Details
Atlanta, GA
Capital City Club
70 (210)
Alabama
4–1
Illinois
Max Homa (California)
201 (−9)
2014 Details
Hutchinson, KS
Prairie Dunes Country Club
70 (210)
Alabama
4–1
Oklahoma State
Cameron Wilson (Stanford)
204 (−6)§
2015 Details
Bradenton, FL
The Concession Golf Club
72 (288)
LSU
4–1
Southern California
Bryson DeChambeau (SMU )
280 (−8)
2016 Details
Eugene, OR
Eugene Country Club
70 (280)
Oregon
3–2
Texas
Aaron Wise (Oregon)
275 (−5)
2017 Details
Sugar Grove, IL
Rich Harvest Farms
72 (288)
Oklahoma
31 ⁄2 –11 ⁄2
Oregon
Braden Thornberry (Mississippi )
277 (−11)
2018 Details
Stillwater, OK
Karsten Creek
72 (288)
Oklahoma State
5–0
Alabama
Broc Everett (Augusta )
281 (−7)§
2019 Details
Fayetteville, AR
Blessings Golf Club
72 (288)
Stanford
3–2
Texas
Matthew Wolff (Oklahoma State )
278 (−10)
2020
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Details
Scottsdale, AZ
Grayhawk Golf Club
70 (280)
Pepperdine
3–2
Oklahoma
Turk Pettit (Clemson )
273 (−7)
2022 Details
Texas
3–2
Arizona State
Gordon Sargent (Vanderbilt )
280 (E)§
2023 Details
Florida
3–1
Georgia Tech
Fred Biondi (Florida )
273 (−7)
2024Details
Carlsbad, CA
Omni La Costa Resort & Spa
72 (288)
Auburn
3–2
Florida State
Hiroshi 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.
Multiple winners
Individual champion
These men have won more than one individual championship:
Individual champion's school
These schools have produced more than one individual champion:
13 champions: Yale
10 champions: Oklahoma State
8 champions: Harvard, Houston
7 champions: Princeton
6 champions: Arizona State, Texas
5 champions: Ohio State
4 champions: Southern California
3 champions: Florida, Georgia Tech , LSU, Michigan, Stanford, Tulane , Wake Forest
2 champions: Clemson, Georgetown , Illinois , Minnesota , North Carolina , Oklahoma , Purdue , San Jose State , UNLV
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.
See also
References
^ a b "Division I Men's Golf" (PDF) . Retrieved May 1, 2013 .
^ a b c Kieran, John (June 24, 1940). "The Collegiate Touch on the Links" (PDF) . The New York Times . Retrieved 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.
^ "Golf Team Defeated" . The Crimson . May 6, 1898. Retrieved May 30, 2015 .
^ "Men's Championship Series #2: 1898" . March 6, 2023.
^ "Double Golf Victory. Yale and Columbia Defeated.--Finals Against Princeton Today" . The Crimson . October 22, 1902. Retrieved May 30, 2015 .
^ Wheelwright, William Bond; Goodridge, Arthur Minot, eds. (1899). Harvard Teams 1898-1899 . Cambridge, Massachusetts. p. 29. {{cite book }}
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^ "Intercollegiate Golf. Harvard Defeats Columbia and Princeton Defeats Yale" . The Crimson . October 25, 1899. Retrieved May 30, 2015 .
^ "Yale wins third golf crown in row; Michigan 2d" . Chicago Tribune . June 28, 1933. p. 24. Retrieved May 30, 2015 .
^ Laing, Jack (June 27, 1933). "Yale team takes impressive lead in college golf tourney. Kowal, Banks, Nittinger, Noyes notch 73 apiece to tie for singles lead" (PDF) . Buffalo Courier-Express . p. 15. Retrieved May 30, 2015 .
^ Ruby, Earl (June 30, 1938). "Turnesa and Barclay Star Pupils in Intercollegiate Class of 32" . No. Thursday Morning. Courier-Journal. Retrieved February 2, 2021 .
External links
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