1946 NCAA golf championship

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1946 NCAA Golf Championship
Tournament information
Location Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
40°20′32″N74°39′32″W / 40.3421°N 74.6589°W / 40.3421; -74.6589
Course(s) Springdale Golf Club
Statistics
Field18 teams
Champion
Team: Stanford (4th title)
Individual: George Hamer (Georgia)
Team: 619
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  1945
1947  

The 1946 NCAA Golf Championship was the eighth annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate golf in the United States. [1]

This year's tournament was held at the Springdale Golf Club in Princeton, New Jersey.

Stanford won the team title, five strokes ahead of second-place Michigan. Coached by Eddie Twiggs, this was the Stanford's fourth NCAA golf title.

The individual championship was won by George Hamer of Georgia.

With the culmination of World War II, the field expanded from five to 18 teams.

Team results

RankTeamScore
1 Stanford 619
2 Michigan 624
3 Ohio State (DC)625
4 Princeton 628
5 LSU 629
6 Notre Dame 631
7 Iowa 634
8 Northwestern 639
9 Minnesota 640
10 Michigan State College 644

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References

  1. "NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved May 27, 2019.