The 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship was the 78th annual tournament to determine the national champions of NCAA Division I men's collegiate golf. It was contested from May 27 to June 1 at the Eugene Country Club in Eugene, Oregon. Host team Oregon won 3–2 over Texas and Aaron Wise of Oregon won the individual competition.
Qualifying The five teams with the lowest team scores qualified from each of the six regional tournaments for both the team and individual national championships. The lowest scoring individual not affiliated with one of the qualified teams in their regional also qualified for the individual national championship.
Regional tournaments Regional nameGolf courseLocationQualified teams Alabama Regional Ol' Colony Golf Complex Tuscaloosa, Alabama Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina Arizona Regional Gallery Golf Club Marana, Arizona UAB, California, Oregon, Stanford, Wake Forest Marquette Regional Blackwolf Run, Meadow Valleys Course Kohler, Wisconsin Arkansas, Baylor, Florida, Florida State, Illinois New Mexico Regional Championship Course at University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico Arizona State, South Florida, Southern California, TCU, San Diego State Oklahoma State Regional Karsten Creek Golf Club Stillwater, Oklahoma Clemson, Louisville, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Purdue Vanderbilt Regional Vanderbilt Legends Club Franklin, Tennessee Houston, LSU, Texas, Vanderbilt, Virginia
Team competition Leaderboard PlaceTeamRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4TotalTo par 1 Texas 289 281 277 287 1134 +14 2 Illinois 290 280 289 276 1135 +15 3 LSU 286 282 283 285 1136 +16T4 Southern California 283 282 285 287 1137 +17Vanderbilt 283 280 282 292 6 Oregon 291 277 284 287 1139 +19 7 South Carolina 287 285 293 277 1142 +22 8 Oklahoma 290 288 289 277 1144 +24 9 Arizona State 290 281 286 291 1148 +28T10 California 287 284 287 292 1150 +30Oklahoma State 285 289 285 291 12 Arkansas 282 284 289 298 1153 +33 13 Kentucky 289 286 288 294 1157 +37 14 Louisville 291 282 294 291 1158 +38 15 Florida 286 287 293 297 1163 +43 Remaining teams: Clemson (867), Georgia (867), TCU (867), Auburn (868), Florida State (868), Houston (868), Virginia (869), Alabama (871), Wake Forest (871), San Diego State (872), South Florida (876), Baylor (880), Stanford (884), Purdue (898), UAB (902).
After 54 holes, the field of 30 teams was cut to the top 15. Five teams were tied for 14th place and Louisville and Oklahoma advanced over Clemson, Georgia, and TCU based on fifth player scorecards, a new tie-break system.
Match play bracket The eight teams with the lowest total scores advanced to the match play bracket.
Source:
Individual competition PlacePlayer UniversityScoreTo par1 Aaron Wise Oregon 70-70-64-71=275 −52 Rico Hoey Southern California 70-69-69-69=277 −3T3 Jon Rahm Arizona State 71-68-69-71=279 −1 Matthias Schwab Vanderbilt 71-68-67-73=2795 Beau Hossler Texas 70-70-67-73=280 ET6 Lee McCoy Georgia 69-70-70-72=281 +1 Robby Shelton Alabama 70-66-72-73=281T8 Charlie Danielson Illinois 72-69-70-71=282 +2 Antoine Rozner Missouri - Kansas City 70-72-70-70=282T10 Thomas Detry Illinois 73-70-73-67=283 +3 Collin Morikawa California 73-69-70-71=283 Justin Suh Southern California 68-67-75-73=283
The field was cut after 54 holes to the top 15 teams and the top nine individuals not on a top 15 team. These 84 players competed for the individual championship.
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