The NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships get underway on Friday, May 28 at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz. and will feature 22 of the top 30 teams the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings, including all six of the regional top seeds set to vie for the national championship.
In addition, six individual competitors not affiliated with an advancing team from each regional will compete for the individual championship, which will be contested over 72 holes beginning on Friday.
The Format
Finals play consists of three days of stroke play on Friday, May 28 thru Sunday, May 30 (54 holes), after which the top 15 teams and nine individuals not on an advancing team will be determined. That is followed by a final day of 18 holes of stroke play on Monday, May 31 to determine the top eight teams that will advance to match play as well as the 72-hole individual champion. The team national champion will be determined by a match-play format that will consist of quarterfinals and semifinals conducted on Tuesday, June 1, followed by finals on Wednesday, June 2.
The Field (Seed)
Oklahoma (1); Florida State (2); Clemson (3); Oklahoma State (4); Pepperdine (5); Texas (6); North Carolina (7); Wake Forest (8); Arizona State (9); North Carolina State (10); Illinois (11); Georgia (12); Vanderbilt (13); Texas Tech (15); Tennessee (18); Liberty (19); SMU (20); Florida (21); Arkansas (22); San Francisco (24); San Diego State (25); Georgia Tech (26); Louisville (32); TCU (37); Alabama-Birmingham (38); East Tennessee State (45); Oregon State (48); Little Rock (54); San Diego (63); Sam Houston State (65).
Little Rock, San Francisco and Sam Houston State will be making their first ever appearance at nationals.
By Conference
Big 12: Oklahoma; Oklahoma State; Texas; Texas Tech; TCU
SEC: Georgia; Vanderbilt; Tennessee; Florida; Arkansas
ACC: Florida State; Clemson: North Carolina; Wake Forest; NC State; Georgia Tech; Louisville
Big Ten: Illinois
Pac-12: Arizona State; Oregon State
Sun Belt:: Little Rock
West Coast Conference: Pepperdine; San Francisco; San Diego
American Athletic Conference: SMU
ASUN: Liberty
Conference USA: UAB
Southland Conference: Sam Houston State
Southern Conference: East Tennessee State
Mountain West: San Diego State
Individual Competitors
Cole Bradley (Purdue); Ryan Hall (South Carolina); Tristan Mandur (Utah); AJ Ott (Colorado State); James Piot (Michigan State); Michael Sakane (Jacksonville).
Players to Watch
Eight of the top amateur players in the world in the Golfweek/AmateurGolf.com rankings are in the field, including world No. 1 Davis Thompson (Georgia), No. 2 Quade Cummins (Oklahoma); No. 3 John Pak (Florida State); No. 4 Pierceson Coody (Texas); No. 6 Ludvig Adberg (Texas Tech); No. 8 Trent Phillips (Georgia); No. 9 Austin Eckroat (Texas); and No. 10 Benjamin Shipp (North Carolina State).
Of the ten semifinalists for the 2021 Hogan Award, presented to the top men’s player in college golf, eight are in the field at Grayhawk, including Aberg (Texas Tech); Coody (Texas); Alex Fitzpatrick (Wake Forest); Mac Meissner (SMU); Pak (Florida State); David Puig (Arizona State); Garrett Reband (Okahoma); and Thompson (Georgia).
Coody, Pak and Thompson were part of the victorious United States team Walker Cup team, as were Cole Hammer (Texas), Ricky Castillo (Florida), Cummins (Oklahoma), Eckroat (Oklahoma State) and William Mouw (Pepperdine). Fitzpatrick and his Wake Forest teammate Mark Power were part of the Great Britain & Ireland squad.
Meissner, a native of San Antonio, Texas, was recently awarded the 2021 Byron Nelson Award.
The Venue
Grayhawk Golf Club (Raptor Course), a Tom Fazio-designed public course located in North Scottsdale, will serve as the host site for the 2021 NCAA Men’s and Women’s NCAA Golf Championships, along with the 2022 and ’23 championships.
GOLF Channel Live Coverage
Monday, May 31 – Individual National Championship (2-6 pm)
Tuesday, June 1 – Team Match Quarterfinals (9-11:30 am); Team Match Semifinals (2-6:00 pm)
Wednesday, June 2 – Team Match Play National Championship
ABOUT THE NCAA Division I Championship
30 teams and 6 individuals not on a qualifying
team make up the field for the championship of
NCAA
Division I women's golf.
After 72 holes of stroke play, the individual
champion is crowned, and the low 8 teams advance
to
match play to determine the team champion.
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