1944 NCAA golf championship

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The 1944 NCAA Golf Championship was the sixth annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate golf in the United States. The tournament was held at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio.

1944 NCAA Golf Championship
Tournament information
LocationToledo, Ohio, U.S.
Course(s)Inverness Club
Statistics
Field5 teams
Champion
Team: Notre Dame
Individual: Louis Lick (Minnesota)
Team: 311
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Notre Dame claimed the team title, the Fighting Irish's first national championship (at an NCAA-sponsored event). The individual title was won by Louis Lick from Minnesota.[1]

Contested during the midst of World War II, only five teams contested the 1944 tournament, a decrease of two from the seven teams that participated in the previous year's event.

Team results

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Rank Team Score
1 Notre Dame 311
2 Minnesota 312
3 Michigan 318
4 Ohio State 327
5 Michigan State College 344
  • Note: Defending champions Yale did not qualify.

References

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  1. ^ "NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved August 22, 2017.