NCAA Division III men's golf championship
The NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championships is the annual golf tournament, typically played in mid-May, to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate golf in the United States. It has been played annually since 1975, when it split-away from the NCAA College Division Men's Golf Championships when the NCAA split into its current three-division structure.
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Tournament information | |
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Location | 2024: Boulder City, Nevada |
Established | 1975 |
Course(s) | 2024: Boulder Creek Golf Club The Legacy Golf Club |
Par | 2024: 72 (both) |
Length | 2024: 7,377 yards (6,746 m) (Boulder) 7,077 yards (6,471 m) (Legacy) |
Format | Stroke play |
Month played | May |
Current champion | |
Team: Methodist Individual: Michael O'Sullivan (Oglethorpe) |
It is a stroke play team competition, but there is also an award for the lowest scoring individual competitor.[1]
Methodist is the most successful program, with 14 national titles and are the reigning national champions.
Results
editYear | Site (Host team) |
Par | Team championship | Individual championship | ||||||
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Champion | Score | Runner-up | Score | Champion | Score | |||||
1975 | Martin, TN (Tennessee–Martin) |
72 † | Wooster | 907 | Hampden–Sydney | 909 | Charles Baskervill (Hampden–Sydney) |
278 | ||
1976 | Springfield, OH (Wittenberg) |
72 (288) |
Stanislaus State | 1,221 | Ashland | 1,228 | Dan Lisle (Stanislaus State) |
298 | ||
1977 | Gambier, OH (Kenyon) |
72 (288) |
Stanislaus State | 1,222 | Southeastern Massachusetts | 1,225 | David Downing (Southeastern Massachusetts) |
296 | ||
1978 | Wooster, OH (Wooster) |
72 (288) |
Stanislaus State | 1,223 | Allegheny | 1,232 | Jim Quinn (Oswego State) |
299 | ||
1979 | Hampden Sydney, VA (Hampden–Sydney) |
72 (288) |
Stanislaus State | 1,269 | Slippery Rock | 1,318 | Mike Bender (Stanislaus State) |
312 | ||
1980 | Pella, IA (Central) |
72 (288) |
Stanislaus State | 1,156 | Ramapo | 1,177 | Mike Bender (Stanislaus State) |
286 | ||
1981 | Greensboro, NC (Greensboro) |
72 (288) |
Stanislaus State | 1,262 | Roanoke | 1,265 | Ryan Fox (UNC Greensboro) |
306 | ||
1982 | Springfield, OH (Wittenberg) |
72 (288) |
Ramapo | 1,200 | Stanislaus State | 1,201 | Cliff Smith (Stanislaus State) |
295 | ||
1983 | Wooster, OH (Wooster) |
72 (288) |
Allegheny | 1,229 | Ramapo | 1,231 | Matt Clarke (Allegheny) |
297 | ||
1984 | Oswego, NY (SUNY Oswego) |
72 (288) |
Stanislaus State | 1,210 | Methodist | 1,216 | Bob Osborne (Redlands) |
294 | ||
1985 | Rochester, NY (Rochester) |
72 (288) |
Stanislaus State | 1,211 | UC San Diego | 1,213 | Brian Goldsworthy (Central) |
297 | ||
1986 | Wilkes Barre, PA (King's) |
71 (284) |
Stanislaus State | 1,208 | UC San Diego | 1,217 | Eric Meerbach (WPI) |
296 | ||
1987 | Delaware, OH (Ohio Wesleyan) |
72 (288) |
Stanislaus State | 1,200 | UC San Diego | 1,214 | Pat Weishan (UC San Diego) |
289 | ||
1988 | Greensboro, NC (Greensboro) |
71 † (284) |
Stanislaus State | 888 | Greensboro | 914 | Glenn Andrade (Stanislaus State) |
218 | ||
1989 | Pella, IA (Central) |
72 (288) |
Stanislaus State | 1,202 | Methodist | 1,210 | John McCullough (Methodist) |
295 | ||
1990 | Atlanta, GA (Emory) |
72 (288) |
Methodist | 1,172 | Gustavus Adolphus Ohio Wesleyan |
1,202 | Rob Pilewski (Methodist) |
289 | ||
1991 | Lincoln, NE (Nebraska Wesleyan) |
72 (288) |
Methodist | 1,209 | Gustavus Adolphus | 1,224 | Lee Palms (Emory) |
300 | ||
1992 | Wooster, OH (Wooster) |
72 (288) |
Methodist | 1,200 | Gustavus Adolphus | 1,213 | Jon Lindquist (Gustavus Adolphus) |
283 | ||
1993 | San Diego, CA (San Diego) |
72 (288) |
UC San Diego | 1,190 | Ohio Wesleyan | 1,202 | Ryan Jenkins (Methodist) |
294 | ||
1994 | Fayetteville, NC (Methodist) |
72 (288) |
Methodist | 1,177 | UC San Diego | 1,201 | Scott Scovil (Christopher Newport) |
289 | ||
1995 | Terre Haute, IN (Rose–Hulman) |
72 † (216) |
Methodist | 899 | Otterbein | 917 | Ryan Jenkins (Methodist) |
218 | ||
1996 | Saratoga Springs, NY (Skidmore) |
72 (288) |
Methodist | 1,184 | Skidmore | 1,186 | Mike Adamson (Methodist) |
285 | ||
1997 | Westerville, OH (Otterbein) |
72 (288) |
Methodist | 1,191 | Greensboro | 1,226 | Brion McLaughlin (Methodist) |
297 | ||
1998 | Atlanta, GA (Emory) |
72 (288) |
Methodist | 1,143 | Otterbein | 1,179 | Chad Collins (Methodist) |
283 | ||
1999 | Williamstown, MA (Williams) |
72 (288) |
Methodist | 1,190 | UC San Diego | 1,217 | 284 | |||
2000 | Olivet, MI (Olivet) |
71 † (284) |
Greensboro | 881 | Methodist | 882 | Kevin O'Connell (Greensboro) |
211 | ||
2001 | St. Louis, MO (Maryville) |
71 (284) |
Wisconsin–Eau Claire | 1,162 | Guilford | 1,163 | Chad Collins (Methodist) |
281 | ||
2002 | Lincoln, NE (Nebraska Wesleyan) |
71 (284) |
Guilford | 1,212 | Greensboro | 1,218 | Chris Noll (Wesley) |
293 | ||
2003 | Delaware, OH (Ohio Wesleyan) |
71 (284) |
Averett | 1,175 | Wesley | 1,180 | Janne Mommo (Averett) |
281 | ||
2004 | Redlands, CA (Redlands) |
72 (288) |
Gustavus Adolphus | 1,178 | Redlands | 1,190 | Chad Poling (Ohio Wesleyan) |
282 | ||
2005 | Howey-in-the-Hills, FL | 72 (288) |
Guilford | 1,174 | Redlands | 1,199 | Colin Clark (Guilford) |
290P | ||
2006 | Lincoln, NE (Nebraska Wesleyan) |
71 (284) |
Nebraska Wesleyan | 1,193 | Redlands | 1,203 | Stephen Goodridge (Rochester) |
289 | ||
2007 | Anderson, IN (Anderson) |
72 (288) |
St. John's (MN) | 1,204 | La Verne | 1,216 | Scott Harris, Jr. (St. John Fisher) |
287 | ||
2008 | Atlanta, GA (Emory) |
71 (284) |
St. John's (MN) | 1,192 | Redlands | 1,195 | Clinton Dammann (Saint John's) |
285 | ||
2009 | Port St. Lucie, FL | 72 (288) |
Oglethorpe | 1,164 | La Verne | 1,168 | Olafur Loftsson (Oglethorpe) |
285P | ||
2010 | Hershey, PA | 71/72 (287) |
Methodist | 1,177 | Guilford | 1,178 | Tain Lee (Claremont–Mudd–Scripps) |
280 | ||
2011 | Greensboro, NC | 72 (288) |
Greensboro | 1,167 | Illinois Wesleyan | 1,173 | Chris Morris (Centre) |
274 | ||
2012 | Howey-in-the-Hills, FL | 72 (288) |
Oglethorpe | 1,171 | Transylvania | 1,191 | Anthony Maccaglia (Oglethorpe) |
282 | ||
2013 | Miramar Beach, FL | 71/72 (286) |
Texas–Tyler | 1,167 | Transylvania | 1,174 | Brad Shigezawa (Claremont–Mudd–Scripps) |
283 | ||
2014 | Greensboro, NC | 72 (288) |
Schreiner | 1,185 | Oglethorpe | 1,190 | Bobby Holden (Redlands) |
279 | ||
2015 | 72 (288) |
Methodist[2] | 1,173 | LaGrange | 1,176 | Kelby Scharmann (La Verne) |
279 | |||
2016 | Penfield, NY | 72/71 (287) |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 1,198 | Huntingdon | 1,204 | Evan Cox (Virginia Wesleyan) |
295P | ||
2017 | Howey-in-the-Hills, FL | 72 (288) |
Wittenberg | 1,180 | Guilford | 1,182 | Josh Gibson (Hope) |
287P | ||
2018 | Greensboro, NC | 72 (288) |
Methodist | 1,159 | Washington and Lee | 1,170 | Brian Peccie (Washington and Lee) |
285P | ||
2019 | Nicholasville, KY | 72 (288) |
Illinois Wesleyan | 1,174 | Huntingdon | 1,177 | Sam Goldenring (Williams) |
285 | ||
2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||
2021 | Wheeling, WV | 71/70 (283) |
Illinois Wesleyan | 1,155 | Methodist | 1,168 | Will Hocker (Webster) |
285 | ||
2022 | Howey-in-the-Hills, FL | 72/71 (287) |
Methodist | 1,168 | Hampden–Sydney | 1,176 | Andre Chi (Methodist) |
283 | ||
2023 | Nicholasville, KY | 72 (288) |
Carnegie Mellon | 1,151 | Piedmont | 1,157 | Josh Hebrink (Piedmont) |
281 | ||
2024 | Boulder City, NV | 72 (288) |
Methodist | 1,131 | Carnegie Mellon | 1,132 | Michael O'Sullivan (Oglethorpe) |
276 |
- † One of the four scheduled rounds was cancelled
- P Individual championship determined by playoff
Multiple winners
editTeam
editThe following schools have won more than one team championship:
- 14: Methodist
- 12: Cal State Stanislaus
- 2: Guilford, St. John's, Greensboro, Oglethorpe, Illinois Wesleyan
Individual
editThe following men have won more than one individual championship:
- 3: Chad Collins
- 2: Mike Bender, Ryan Jenkins
Individual champion's school
editThe following schools have produced more than one individual champion:
- 10: Methodist
- 5: Cal State Stanislaus
- 3: Oglethorpe
- 2: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, Redlands
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Division III Men's Golf Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
- ^ "Methodist overcomes five-shot deficit to win its 11th DIII national title". NCAA. Retrieved January 21, 2016.