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2016 NCAA Division I men's golf championship

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2016 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
Tournament information
DatesMay 27 – June 1, 2016
LocationEugene, Oregon, U.S.
Course(s)Eugene Country Club
(University of Oregon)
Statistics
Field156 players, 30 teams
Champion
Team: Oregon
Individual: Aaron Wise, Oregon
Team: 3–2 (def. Texas)
Individual: 275 (−5)
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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.[1] Host team Oregon won 3–2 over Texas and Aaron Wise of Oregon won the individual competition.

Qualifying

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  • The five teams with the lowest team scores qualified from each of the six regional tournaments for both the team and individual national championships.[2]
  • The lowest scoring individual not affiliated with one of the qualified teams in their regional also qualified for the individual national championship.

Regional tournaments

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Regional name Golf course Location Qualified 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

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Leaderboard

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Place Team Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total To par
1 Texas 289 281 277 287 1134 +14
2 Illinois 290 280 289 276 1135 +15
3 LSU 286 282 283 285 1136 +16
T4 Southern California 283 282 285 287 1137 +17
Vanderbilt 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 +28
T10 California 287 284 287 292 1150 +30
Oklahoma 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).[3]

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.[4]

Match play bracket

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  • The eight teams with the lowest total scores advanced to the match play bracket.
Quarterfinals
May 31, morning
Semifinals
May 31, afternoon
Final
June 1
         
1 Texas 4
8 Oklahoma 1
1 Texas 4
4 Southern California 1
4 Southern California 4
5 Vanderbilt 1
1 Texas 2
6 Oregon 3
3 LSU 1.5
6 Oregon 3.5
6 Oregon 3
2 Illinois 2
2 Illinois 4
7 South Carolina 1

Source:[5]

Individual competition

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Place Player University Score To par
1 Aaron Wise Oregon 70-70-64-71=275 −5
2 Rico Hoey Southern California 70-69-69-69=277 −3
T3 Jon Rahm Arizona State 71-68-69-71=279 −1
Matthias Schwab Vanderbilt 71-68-67-73=279
5 Beau Hossler Texas 70-70-67-73=280 E
T6 Lee McCoy Georgia 69-70-70-72=281 +1
Robby Shelton Alabama 70-66-72-73=281
T8 Charlie Danielson Illinois 72-69-70-71=282 +2
Antoine Rozner Missouri - Kansas City 70-72-70-70=282
T10 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.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "Teams, individuals named for 2016 Division I Men's Golf Championship". NCAA. May 9, 2016.
  2. ^ "2016 Division I Men's Golf Championships participants announced". NCAA. May 18, 2016.
  3. ^ "NCAA DI Men's Championship – Stroke". Golfweek. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
  4. ^ Lavner, Ryan (May 29, 2016). "Louisville, Oklahoma advance via new tiebreaker". Golf Channel. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
  5. ^ "NCAA DI Championship – Match: Quarterfinals". Retrieved May 31, 2016.
  6. ^ Johnson, Greg (September 15, 2014). "New format for men's and women's golf championships receives approval". NCAA.
  7. ^ "NCAA DI Championship − Stroke : Player Leaderboard". Retrieved May 31, 2016.