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NCAA Division I men's golf championship

American collegiate golf competition

American collegiate golf competition

FieldValue
nameNCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
imageNCAA logo.svg
location2025: Carlsbad, California
establishment1939
course2025: Omni La Costa Resort & Spa
par2025: 72
yardage
format72-hole stroke play
8-team match play
month_playedMay
current_championTeam: Oklahoma State
Individual: Michael La Sasso (Ole Miss)
current2025 NCAA Division I men's golf championship

8-team match play | to-par = Individual: Michael La Sasso (Ole Miss) 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.

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.

  • Team scores, individual scores, and course pars are not kept in official NCAA records before 1939.
YearSiteHost courseTeam championIndividual champion
1897Ardsley-on-Hudson, NYArdsley ClubYaleLouis Bayard, Jr. (Princeton)
1898Ardsley ClubYale (spring)James Curtis (Harvard)
Ardsley ClubHarvard (fall)John Reid, Jr. (Yale)
1899Garden City, NYGarden City Golf ClubHarvardPercy 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 ClubA. L. White (Harvard)
1905Garden City, NYGarden City Golf ClubYaleRobert Abbott (Yale)
1906W. E. Clow, Jr. (Yale)
1907Glen Cove, NYNassau Country ClubEllis Knowles (Yale)
1908West Newton, MABrae Burn Country ClubH. H. Wilder (Harvard)
1909Rye, NYApawamis Golf ClubAlbert Seckel (Princeton)
1910West Orange, NJEssex County Country ClubRobert Hunter (Yale)
1911Springfield, NJBaltusrol Golf ClubGeorge Stanley (Yale)
1912Manchester, VTEkwanok Country ClubF. C. Davison (Harvard)
1913Huntingdon Valley, PAHuntingdon Valley Country ClubNathaniel 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 ClubDexter Cummings (Yale)
1924Greenwich, CTGreenwich Country ClubYale
1925Montclair, VAMontclair Country ClubFred Lamprecht (Tulane)
1926Haverford Township, PAMerion Golf Club
1927Garden City, NYGarden City Golf ClubPrincetonWatts Gunn (Georgia Tech)
1928Rye, NYApawamis Golf ClubMaurice McCarthy (Georgetown)
1929Deal, NJHollywood Golf ClubTom Aycock (Yale)
1930Oakmont, PAOakmont Country ClubGeorge Dunlap (Princeton)
1931Olympia Fields, ILOlympia Fields Country ClubYale
1932Hot Springs, VAThe HomesteadJohnny Fischer (Michigan)
1933Williamsville, NYCountry Club of BuffaloWalter Emery (Oklahoma)
1934Cleveland, TNCleveland Country ClubMichiganCharlie Yates (Georgia Tech)
1935Bethesda, MDCongressional Country ClubEd White (Texas)
1936Glenview, ILNorth Shore Country ClubYaleCharles Kocsis (Michigan)
1937Oakmont, PAOakmont Country ClubPrincetonFred Haas (LSU)
1938Louisville, KYLouisville Country ClubStanfordJohn P. Burke (Georgetown)

NCAA era, match play (1939–1964)

YearSiteHost courseTeam championshipIndividual championChampionScoreRunner-upScore
1939
DetailsDes Moines, IAWakonda ClubStanford612Northwestern
Princeton614Vincent D'Antoni (Tulane)
1940
DetailsManchester, VTEkwanok Country ClubPrinceton
LSU601Dixon Brooke (Virginia)
1941
DetailsColumbus, OHOhio State University Golf ClubStanford580LSU599Earl Stewart (LSU)
1942
DetailsSouth Bend, INSouth Bend Country ClubLSU
Stanford590Frank Tatum (Stanford)
1943
DetailsOlympia Fields, ILOlympia Fields Country ClubYale614Michigan618Wally Ulrich (Carleton)
1944
DetailsToledo, OHInverness ClubNotre Dame311Minnesota312Louis Lick (Minnesota)
1945
DetailsColumbus, OHOhio State University Golf ClubOhio State602Northwestern621John Lorms (Ohio State)
1946
DetailsPrinceton, NJSpringdale Golf ClubStanford619Michigan624George Hamer (Georgia)
1947
DetailsAnn Arbor, MIUniversity of Michigan Golf CourseLSU606Duke614Dave Barclay (Michigan)
1948
DetailsStanford, CAStanford University Golf CourseSan Jose State579LSU588Bob Harris (San Jose State)
1949
DetailsAmes, IAVeenker Memorial Golf CourseNorth Texas State590Purdue
Texas600Harvie Ward (North Carolina)
1950
DetailsAlbuquerque, NMChampionship Golf Course
at University of New Mexico573Purdue577Fred Wampler (Purdue)
1951
DetailsColumbus, OHOhio State University Golf Club588Ohio State589Tom Nieporte (Ohio State)
1952
DetailsWest Lafayette, INPurdue University Golf Course587Michigan593Jim Vickers (Oklahoma)
1953
DetailsColorado Springs, COBroadmoor Golf ClubStanford578North Carolina580Earl Moeller (Oklahoma A&M)
1954
DetailsHouston, TXBraeburn Country ClubSMU572North Texas State573Hillman Robbins (Memphis State)
1955
DetailsKnoxville, TNHolston Hills Country ClubLSU574North Texas State583Joe Campbell (Purdue)
1956
DetailsColumbus, OHOhio State University Golf ClubHouston601North Texas State
Purdue602Rick Jones (Ohio State)
1957
DetailsColorado Springs, COBroadmoor Golf Club602Stanford603Rex Baxter (Houston)
1958
DetailsWilliamstown, MATaconic Golf Club570Oklahoma State582Phil Rodgers (Houston)
1959
DetailsEugene, OREugene Country Club561Purdue571Richard Crawford (Houston)
1960
DetailsColorado Springs, COBroadmoor Golf Club603607
1961
DetailsWest Lafayette, INPurdue University Golf CoursePurdue584Arizona State595Jack Nicklaus (Ohio State)
1962
DetailsDurham, NCDuke Golf ClubHouston588Oklahoma State598Kermit Zarley (Houston)
1963
DetailsWichita, KSWichita Country ClubOklahoma State581Houston582R. H. Sikes (Arkansas)
1964
DetailsColorado Springs, COBroadmoor Golf ClubHouston580Oklahoma State587Terry Small (San Jose State)

NCAA era, stroke play (1965–2008)

YearSiteHost courseParTeam championshipIndividual championScoreChampionScoreRunner-upScore
1965
DetailsKnoxville, TNHolston Hills Country Club72
(288)Houston577Cal State Los Angeles587Marty Fleckman
(Houston)281
1966
DetailsStanford, CAStanford University Golf Course72
(288)582San Jose State586Bob Murphy
(Florida)283
1967
DetailsShawnee on Delaware, PAShawnee Golf Course72
(288)585Florida588Hale Irwin
(Colorado)283
(−5)
1968
DetailsLas Cruces, NMNMSU Golf Course71
(284)Florida1,154Houston1,156Grier Jones
(Oklahoma State)276
(−8)
1969
DetailsColorado Springs, COBroadmoor Golf Club70
(280)Houston1,223Wake Forest1,232Bob Clark
(Cal State Los Angeles)298
(+18)
1970
DetailsColumbus, OHOSU Golf Course72
(288)1,1721,182John Mahaffey
(Houston)284
(−4)
1971
DetailsTucson, AZTucson National Golf Club72
(288)Texas1,144Houston1,151Ben Crenshaw
(Texas)273
(−15)
1972
DetailsCape Coral, FLCape Coral Golf Club72
(288)1,1461,159Ben Crenshaw &
Tom Kite
(Texas)279
(−9)
1973
DetailsStillwater, OKStillwater Country Club70
(280)Florida1,149Oklahoma State1,159Ben Crenshaw
(Texas)282
(+2)
1974
DetailsSantee, CACarlton Oaks Country Club72
(288)Wake Forest1,158Florida1,160Curtis Strange
(Wake Forest)282
(−6)
1975
DetailsColumbus, OHOSU Golf Course72
(288)1,156Oklahoma State1,189Jay Haas
(Wake Forest)282
(−2)
1976
DetailsAlbuquerque, NMUNM Championship Golf Course72
(288)Oklahoma State1,166BYU1,173Scott Simpson
(USC)283
(−5)
1977
DetailsHamilton, NYSeven Oaks Golf Course72
(288)Houston1,197Oklahoma State1,205289
(+1)
1978
DetailsEugene, OREugene Country Club72
(288)Oklahoma State1,140Georgia1,157David Edwards
(Oklahoma State)209
(−7)
1979
DetailsWinston-Salem, NCBermuda Run Country Club72
(288)Ohio State1,189Oklahoma State1,191Gary Hallberg
(Wake Forest)287
(−1)
1980
DetailsColumbus, OHOSU Golf Course72
(288)Oklahoma State1,173BYU1,177Jay Don Blake
(Utah State)283
(−5)
1981
DetailsStanford, CAStanford University Golf Course71
(284)BYU1,161Oral Roberts1,163Ron Commans
(USC)283
(−1)
1982
DetailsPinehurst, NCPinehurst Resort72
(288)Houston1,141Oklahoma State1,151Billy Ray Brown
(Houston)280
(−8)
1983
DetailsFresno, CASan Joaquin Country Club72
(288)Oklahoma State1,161Texas1,168Jim Carter
(Arizona State)287
(−1)
1984
DetailsHouston, TXBear Creek Golf World72
(288)Houston1,145Oklahoma State1,146John Inman
(North Carolina)271
(−17)
1985
DetailsHaines City, FLGrenelefe Country Club72
(288)1,1721,175Clark Burroughs
(Ohio State)285
(−3)
1986
DetailsWinston-Salem, NCBermuda Run Country Club72
(288)Wake Forest1,1561,160Scott Verplank
(Oklahoma State)282
(−6)
1987
DetailsColumbus, OHOSU Golf Course72
(288)Oklahoma State1,160Wake Forest1,176Brian Watts
(Oklahoma State)280
(−8)
1988
DetailsThousand Oaks, CANorth Ranch Country Club71
(284)UCLA1,176UTEP
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State1,179E. J. Pfister
(Oklahoma State)284
(E)
1989
DetailsEdmond, OKOak Tree Country Club70
(280)Oklahoma1,139Texas1,179Phil Mickelson
(Arizona State)281
(+1)
1990
DetailsTarpon Springs, FLInnisbrook Island Course72
(288)Arizona State1,155Florida1,157279
(−7)
1991
DetailsPebble Beach, CAPoppy Hills Golf Course72
(288)Oklahoma State1,161North Carolina1,168Warren Schutte
(UNLV)283
(−5)
1992
DetailsAlbuquerque, NMUNM Championship Golf Course72
(288)Arizona1,129Arizona State1,136Phil Mickelson
(Arizona State)271
(−17)
1993
DetailsLexington, KYChampions Golf Course72
(288)Florida1,145Georgia Tech1,146Todd Demsey
(Arizona State)278
(−10)
1994
DetailsMcKinney, TXStonebridge Country Club72
(288)Stanford1,129Texas1,133Justin Leonard
(Texas)271
(−17)
1995
DetailsColumbus, OHOSU Golf Course72
(288)Oklahoma State1,156§Stanford1,156Chip Spratlin
(Auburn)283
(−5)
1996
DetailsOoltewah, TNHonors Course72
(288)Arizona State1,186UNLV1,189Tiger Woods
(Stanford)285
(−3)
1997
DetailsLake Forest, ILConway Farms Golf Club72
(288)Pepperdine1,148Wake Forest1,151Charles Warren
(Clemson)279
(−9)§
1998
DetailsAlbuquerque, NMUNM Championship Golf Course72
(288)UNLV1,118Clemson1,121James McLean
(Minnesota)271
(−17)
1999
DetailsChaska, MNHazeltine National Golf Club72
(288)Georgia1,180Oklahoma State1,183Luke Donald
(Northwestern)284
(−4)
2000
DetailsOpelika, ALGrand National72
(288)Oklahoma State1,116§Georgia Tech1,116Charles Howell III
(Oklahoma State)265
(−23)
2001
DetailsDurham, NCDuke Golf Club72
(288)Florida1,126Clemson1,144Nick Gilliam
(Florida)276
(−12)
2002
DetailsColumbus, OHOSU Golf Course71
(284)Minnesota1,134Georgia Tech1,140Troy Matteson
(Georgia Tech)276
(−8)
2003
DetailsStillwater, OKKarsten Creek Golf Course72
(288)Clemson1,191Oklahoma State1,193Alejandro Cañizares
(Arizona State)287
(−1)
2004
DetailsHot Springs, VAThe Homestead70
(280)California1,134UCLA1,140Ryan Moore
(UNLV)267
(−13)
2005
DetailsOwings Mills, MDCaves Valley Golf Club70
(280)Georgia1,135Georgia Tech1,146James Lepp
(Washington)276
(−4)§
2006
DetailsSunriver, ORCrosswater Club72
(288)Oklahoma State1,143Florida1,146Jonathan Moore
(Oklahoma State)276
(−12)§
2007
DetailsWilliamsburg, VAGolden Horseshoe Golf Club70
(280)Stanford1,109Georgia1,121Jamie Lovemark
(USC)271
(−9)
2008
DetailsWest Lafayette, INBirck Boilermaker Golf Complex72
(288)UCLA1,194Stanford1,195Kevin Chappell
(UCLA)286
(−2)

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

YearSiteHost courseParTeam championshipIndividual championScoreChampionScoreRunner-up
2009
DetailsToledo, OHInverness Club71
(210)Texas A&M3–2ArkansasMatt Hill
(NC State)207
(−3)
2010
DetailsOoltewah, TNHonors Course72
(214)Augusta State3–1Oklahoma StateScott Langley
(Illinois)206
(−8)
2011
DetailsStillwater, OKKarsten Creek Golf Course72
(214)3–2GeorgiaJohn Peterson
(LSU)211
(−3)
2012
DetailsPacific Palisades, CARiviera Country Club71
(212)Texas3–2AlabamaThomas Pieters
(Illinois)208
(−4)
2013
DetailsAtlanta, GACapital City Club70
(210)Alabama4–1IllinoisMax Homa
(California)201
(−9)
2014
DetailsHutchinson, KSPrairie Dunes Country Club70
(210)4–1Oklahoma StateCameron Wilson
(Stanford)204
(−6)§
2015
DetailsBradenton, FLThe Concession Golf Club72
(288)LSU4–1Southern CaliforniaBryson DeChambeau
(SMU)280
(−8)
2016
DetailsEugene, OREugene Country Club70
(280)Oregon3–2TexasAaron Wise
(Oregon)275
(−5)
2017
DetailsSugar Grove, ILRich Harvest Farms72
(288)Oklahoma3–1OregonBraden Thornberry
(Mississippi)277
(−11)
2018
DetailsStillwater, OKKarsten Creek72
(288)Oklahoma State5–0AlabamaBroc Everett
(Augusta)281
(−7)§
2019
DetailsFayetteville, ARBlessings Golf Club72
(288)Stanford3–2TexasMatthew Wolff
(Oklahoma State)278
(−10)
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021
DetailsScottsdale, AZGrayhawk Golf Club70
(280)Pepperdine3–2OklahomaTurk Pettit
(Clemson)273
(−7)
2022
DetailsTexas3–2Arizona StateGordon Sargent
(Vanderbilt)280
(E)§
2023
DetailsFlorida3–1Georgia TechFred Biondi
(Florida)273
(−7)
2024
DetailsCarlsbad, CAOmni La Costa Resort & Spa72
(288)Auburn3–2Florida StateHiroshi Tai
(Georgia Tech)285
(−3)
2025
DetailsOklahoma State4–1VirginiaMichael La Sasso
(Mississippi)277
(−11)
  • § Won via a playoff.

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.

Schools are listed by their current names, which do not necessarily match those used when schools won their titles.

Team# NIGA titles# NCAA titlesYears wonYaleHoustonOklahoma StatePrincetonStanfordHarvardLSUFloridaNorth TexasTexasWake ForestAlabamaArizona StateAugustaGeorgiaMichiganOhio StateOklahomaPepperdineUCLAArizonaBYUCaliforniaClemsonDartmouthMinnesotaNotre DameOregonPurdueSan Jose StateSMUTexas A&MAuburnUNLV
2011897, 1898, 1902, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1915, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1943
0161956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1985
0121963, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2000, 2006, 2018, 2025
1111914, 1916, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1937, 1940
181938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1953, 1994, 2007, 2019
601898, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904
051940, 1942, 1947, 1955, 2015
051968, 1973, 1993, 2001, 2023
041949, 1950, 1951, 1952
041971, 1972, 2012, 2022
031974, 1975, 1986
022013, 2014
021990, 1996
022010, 2011
021999, 2005
201934, 1935
021945, 1979
021989, 2017
021997, 2021
021988, 2008
011992
011981
012004
012003
101921
012002
011944
012016
011961
011948
011954
012009
012024
011998

Multiple winners

Individual champion

These men have won more than one individual championship:

  • 3: Ben Crenshaw, Phil Mickelson
  • 2: Richard Crawford, Dexter Cummings, George Dunlap, Fred Lamprecht, Scott Simpson

Individual champion's school

These schools have produced more than one individual champion:

  • 13 champions: Yale
  • 9 champions: Oklahoma State
  • 8 champions: Harvard, Houston
  • 7 champions: Princeton
  • 6 champions: Arizona State, Texas
  • 5 champions: Ohio State
  • 4 champions: Southern California, Georgia Tech
  • 3 champions: Florida, LSU, Michigan, Stanford, Tulane, Wake Forest
  • 2 champions: Clemson, Georgetown, Illinois, Minnesota, Mississippi, 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.

PlayerU.S. AmateurCollegiate
Bryson DeChambeau20152015
George Dunlap19331930, 1931
Chandler Egan1904, 19051902
Johnny Fischer19361932
Justin Leonard19921994
Phil Mickelson19901989, 1990, 1992
Ryan Moore20042004
Bob Murphy19651966
Jack Nicklaus1959, 19611961
Hillman Robbins19571954
Jess Sweetser19221920
Scott Verplank19841986
Harvie Ward1955, 19561949
Tiger Woods1994, 1995, 19961996

References

References

  1. "Division I Men's Golf".
  2. Kieran, John. (June 24, 1940). "The Collegiate Touch on the Links". The New York Times.
  3. (May 6, 1898). "Golf Team Defeated". The Crimson.
  4. (March 6, 2023). "Men's Championship Series #2: 1898".
  5. (October 22, 1902). "Double Golf Victory. Yale and Columbia Defeated.--Finals Against Princeton Today.". The Crimson.
  6. (1899). "Harvard Teams 1898-1899".
  7. (October 25, 1899). "Intercollegiate Golf. Harvard Defeats Columbia and Princeton Defeats Yale.". The Crimson.
  8. (June 28, 1933). "Yale wins third golf crown in row; Michigan 2d". Chicago Tribune.
  9. 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". Buffalo Courier-Express.
  10. (June 30, 1938). "Turnesa and Barclay Star Pupils in Intercollegiate Class of 32". Courier-Journal.
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