NCAA Men’s Golf Champions: Complete List of Individual and Team Winners (1897–2026)

The NCAA Men’s Golf Championship is one of the oldest collegiate national championships in the United States. While the NCAA officially began sponsoring the event in 1939, the tournament dates back to 1897 under the National Intercollegiate Golf Association (NIGA).

Key Records  Most Individual Titles:


Phil Mickelson & Ben Crenshaw (3 each)  

Most Team Titles (All-Time): Yale – 20 titles  

Most Team Titles (NCAA Era): Houston – 16 titles  

The championship has been broadcast on Golf Channel since 2014.

Individual Champions: NCAA Stroke & Match Play Era 



2026 — Preston Stout, Oklahoma State (274; Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, Carlsbad, CA)

2025 — Michael La Sasso, Ole Miss (277; Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, Carlsbad, CA)  

2024 — Hiroshi Tai, Georgia Tech (285; Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, Carlsbad, CA)  

2023 — Fred Biondi, Florida (273; Grayhawk Golf Club, Scottsdale, AZ)  

2022 — Gordon Sargent, Vanderbilt (280; Grayhawk Golf Club, Scottsdale, AZ)  

2021 — Turk Pettit, Clemson (273; Grayhawk Golf Club, Scottsdale, AZ)  

2020 — Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic  

2019 — Matthew Wolff, Oklahoma State (281; Blessings Golf Club, Fayetteville, AR)  

2018 — Broc Everett, Augusta (277; Karsten Creek Golf Club, Stillwater, OK)  

2017 — Braden Thornberry, Ole Miss (275; Rich Harvest Farms, Sugar Grove, IL)  

2016 — Aaron Wise, Oregon (275; Eugene Country Club, Eugene, OR)  

2015 — Bryson DeChambeau, SMU (209; The Concession Golf Club, Bradenton, FL)  

2014 — Cameron Wilson, Stanford (204*; Prairie Dunes Country Club, Hutchinson, KS)  

2013 — Max Homa, California (201; Capital City Club, Alpharetta, GA)  

2012 — Thomas Pieters, Illinois (208; Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, CA)  

2011 — John Peterson, LSU (211; Karsten Creek Golf Club, Stillwater, OK)  

2010 — Scott Langley, Illinois (206; Honors Course, Chattanooga, TN)

NCAA Stroke Play Era 


2009 — Matt Hill, NC State (207; Inverness Club, Toledo, OH)  

2008 — Kevin Chappell, UCLA (286; Birck Boilermaker Golf Club, West Lafayette, IN)  

2007 — Jamie Lovemark, USC (271; Golden Horseshoe Golf Club, Williamsburg, VA)  

2006 — Jonathan Moore, Oklahoma State (276; Crosswater Club, Sunriver, OR)  

2005 — James Lepp, Washington (276; Caves Valley Golf Club, Owings Mills, MD)  

2004 — Ryan Moore, UNLV (267; The Homestead, Hot Springs, VA)  

2003 — Alejandro Canizares, Arizona State (287; Karsten Creek Golf Club, Stillwater, OK)  

2002 — Troy Matteson, Georgia Tech (276; Ohio State University Golf Club, Columbus, OH)  

2001 — Nick Gilliam, Florida (276; Duke Golf Club, Durham, NC)  

2000 — Charles Howell III, Oklahoma State (265; Grand National, Opelika, AL)  

1999 — Luke Donald, Northwestern (284; Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, MN)  

1998 — James McLean, Minnesota (271; UNM Championship Golf Course, Albuquerque, NM)  

1997 — Charles Warren, Clemson (279; Conway Farms Golf Club, Lake Forest, IL)  

1996 — Tiger Woods, Stanford (285; Honors Course, Chattanooga, TN)  

1995 — Chip Spratlin, Auburn (283; Ohio State University Golf Club, Columbus, OH)  

1994 — Justin Leonard, Texas (271; Stonebridge Country Club, McKinney, TX)  

1993 — Todd Demsey, Arizona State (278; Champions Golf Course, Albuquerque, NM)  

1992 — Phil Mickelson, Arizona State (271)  

1991 — Warren Schutte, UNLV (283)  

1990 — Phil Mickelson, Arizona State (279)  

1989 — Phil Mickelson, Arizona State (281)  

1988 — E.J. Pfister, Oklahoma State (284)  

1987 — Brian Watts, Oklahoma State (280)  

1986 — Scott Verplank, Oklahoma State (282)  

1985 — Clark Burroughs, Ohio State (285)  

1984 — John Inman, North Carolina (271)  

1983 — Jim Carter, Arizona State (287)  

1982 — Billy Ray Brown, Houston (280)  

1981 — Ron Commans, USC (283)  

1980 — Jay Don Blake, Utah State (283)  

1979 — Gary Hallberg, Wake Forest (287)  

1978 — David Edwards, Oklahoma State (209)  

1977 — Scott Simpson, USC (289)  

1976 — Scott Simpson, USC (283)  

1975 — Jay Haas, Wake Forest (282)  

1974 — Curtis Strange, Wake Forest (282)  

1973 — Ben Crenshaw, Texas (282)  

1972 — Ben Crenshaw & Tom Kite, Texas (279)  

1971 — Ben Crenshaw, Texas (273)  

1970 — John Mahaffey, Houston (284)

NCAA Match Play Era (1939–1969) 


1969 — Bob Clark, Cal State Los Angeles  

1968 — Grier Jones, Oklahoma State  

1967 — Hale Irwin, Colorado  

1966 — Bob Murphy, Florida  

1965 — Marty Fleckman, Houston  

1964 — Terry Small, San Jose State  

1963 — R.H. Sikes, Arkansas  

1962 — Kermit Zarley, Houston  

1961 — Jack Nicklaus, Ohio State  

1960 — Dick Crawford, Houston  

1959 — Dick Crawford, Houston  

1958 — Phil Rodgers, Houston  

1957 — Rex Baxter, Houston  

1956 — Rick Jones, Ohio State  

1955 — Joe Campbell, Purdue  

1954 — Hillman Robbins, Memphis State  

1953 — Earl Moeller, Oklahoma A&M  

1952 — Jim Vickers, Oklahoma  

1951 — Tom Nieporte, Ohio State  

1950 — Fred Wampler, Purdue  

1949 — Harvie Ward, North Carolina  

1948 — Bob Harris, San Jose State  

1947 — Dave Barclay, Michigan  

1946 — George Hamer, Georgia  

1945 — John Lorms, Ohio State  

1944 — Louis Lick, Minnesota  

1943 — Wally Ulrich, Carleton  

1942 — Frank Tatum, Stanford  

1941 — Earl Stewart, LSU  

1940 — Dixon Brooke, Virginia  

1939 — Vincent D'Antoni, Tulane

Pre-NCAA (NIGA) Era – Individual Champions 



1938 — John Burke, Georgetown  

1937 — Fred Haas, LSU  

1936 — Charles Kocsis, Michigan  

1935 — Ed White, Texas  

1934 — Charlie Yates, Georgia Tech  

1933 — Walter Emery, Oklahoma  

1932 — Johnny Fischer, Michigan  

1931 — George Dunlap, Princeton  

1930 — George Dunlap, Princeton  

1929 — Tom Aycock, Yale  

1928 — Maurice McCarthy, Georgetown  

1927 — Watts Gunn, Georgia Tech  

1926 — Fred Lamprecht, Tulane  

1925 — Fred Lamprecht, Tulane  

1924 — Dexter Cummings, Yale  

1923 — Dexter Cummings, Yale  

1922 — Pollack Boyd, Dartmouth  

1921 — Simpson Dean, Princeton  

1920 — Jess Sweetser, Yale  

1919 — A. L. Walker, Jr., Columbia  

1916 — J.W. Hubbell, Harvard  

1915 — Francis Blossom, Yale  

1914 — Edward Allis, Harvard  

1913 — Nathaniel Wheeler, Yale  

1912 — F.C. Davidson, Harvard  

1911 — George Stanley, Yale  

1910 — Robert Hunter, Yale  

1909 — Albert Seckel, Princeton  

1908 — H.H. Wilder, Harvard  

1907 — Ellis Knowles, Yale  

1906 — W.E. Clow, Jr., Yale  

1905 — Robert Abbott, Yale  

1904 — A.L. White, Harvard  

1903 — (incomplete in records)  

1902 — Chandler Egan, Harvard / Charles Hitchcock Jr., Yale  

1901 — Halstead Lindsley, Harvard  

1899 — Percy Pyne, Princeton  

1898 — James Curtis, Harvard / John Reid Jr., Yale  

1897 — Louis Bayard Jr., Princeton (First national champion)

Team Champions Recent NCAA Team Champions 


2025 — Oklahoma State  

2024 — Auburn  

2023 — Florida  

2022 — Texas  

2021 — Pepperdine  

2019 — Stanford  

2018 — Oklahoma State  

2017 — Oklahoma  

2016 — Oregon  

2015 — LSU  

2014 — Alabama  

2013 — Alabama  

2012 — Texas

Full NCAA Team Champions (1939–Present) are available in the original data. Houston leads with 16 titles.Pre-NCAA / NIGA Team Champions

Yale and Princeton dominated the early years, with Yale securing a record 20 national team titles overall.



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