The 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship was a golf tournament contested from May 29–June 3 at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California. It was the 74th NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship. The team championship was won by the Texas Longhorns who won their third national championship by defeating the Alabama Crimson Tide in the championship match play round 3–2. The individual national championship was won by Thomas Pieters from the University of Illinois.
Regional qualifying tournaments Five teams qualified from each of the six regional tournaments held around the country from May 17 to May 19, 2012.
Regional name Golf course LocationSoutheast Regional University of Georgia Golf Course Athens, GeorgiaEast Regional Grandover Resort, East Course Greensboro, North CarolinaCentral Regional University of Michigan Golf Course Ann Arbor, MichiganSouth Central Regional The Club at Olde Stone Bowling Green, KentuckySouth Regional Jimmie Austin Oklahoma University Golf Club Norman, OklahomaWest Regional Stanford University Golf Course Stanford, California
Venue
This was the first NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship held at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California.
Team competition Leaderboard Par, single-round: 284 Par, total: 852
PlaceTeamRound 1Round 2Round 3Total1Alabama2852872878592UCLA2892872858613Texas290295284869T4California295289287871San Diego State2922952846Washington2962862908727Oregon291294288873T8Kent State293291291875Florida State29029029510Liberty295288293876 Kent State won the eighth place playoff tie-breaker with Florida State, +2 to +3. Remaining Teams: Oklahoma (877), Florida (878), North Florida (878), Texas A&M (879), Auburn (880), USC (880), Georgia (881), Chattanooga (884), UCF (885), Stanford (885), Illinois (887), Iowa (888), Virginia (888), Virginia Tech (890), Lamar (892), East Carolina (895), TCU (897), Memphis (901), UAB (902), Tulsa (918)
Match play bracket
Individual competition Par, single-round: 71 Par, total: 213
PlacePlayerUniversityScoreTo par1 Thomas Pieters Illinois 69-68-71=208 −5T2 Julien Brun TCU 72-72-67=211 −2Tyler McCumber Florida 68-71-72=211T4 Patrick Cantlay UCLA 74-72-66=212 −1Corey Conners Kent State 68-75-69=212Cory Whitsett Alabama 73-68-71=212T7 Blayne Barber Auburn 69-74-70=213 EJustin Thomas Alabama 70-70-73=213T9 Max Homa California 76-70-68=214 +1William Kropp Oklahoma 69-75-70=214Keith Mitchell Georgia 73-72-69=214Patrick Rodgers Stanford 69-72-73=214
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