1996 NCAA Division I men's golf championship

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1996 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
Tournament information
DatesMay 29 – June 1, 1996
Location Ooltewah, Tennessee, U.S.
Course(s) Honors Course
Statistics
Par72
Field84 players
15 teams
Champion
Team: Arizona State
Individual: Tiger Woods (Stanford)
Team: 1,186 (+34)
Individual: 285 (−3)
  1995
1997  

The 1996 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship was the 58th annual NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate golf. The tournament was held at the Honors Course in Ooltewah, Tennessee from May 29 to June 1, 1996.

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The team championship was won by the Arizona State Sun Devils who captured their second national championship by three strokes over the UNLV Rebels. The individual national championship was won by Tiger Woods from Stanford. [1] [2]

Venue

This was the first NCAA Division I men's golf championship hosted at the Honors Course in Ooltewah, Tennessee. The tournament would be played at Ooltewah again in 2010. This was the fourth NCAA golf championship played in Tennessee; the others were in 1934 (at the Cleveland Country Club in Cleveland, Tennessee), 1955 (at the Holston Hills Country Club in Knoxville, Tennessee), and 1965 (again in Knoxville).

Results

Team championship

RankTeamRound totalsTo par
1 Arizona State 286+300+295+305=1,186+34
2 UNLV 291+296+299+303=1,189+37
3 East Tennessee State 303+294+301+305=1,204+52
4 Stanford 292+304+303+306=1,205+53
5 Arizona 303+301+297+306=1,207+55
T6 Florida 296+300+312+304=1,212+60
New Mexico 300+304+302+306=1,212+60
8 Oklahoma State 298+308+299+310=1,215+63
9 USC 303+296+303+314=1,216+64
10 San Jose State 302+300+303+315=1,220+68

Individual championship

RankPlayerSchoolRound totalsTo par
1 Tiger Woods Stanford 69+67+69+80=285−3
2 Rory Sabbatini Arizona 70+70+74+75=289+1
T3 Mike Ruiz UNLV 71+74+74+72=291+3
Darren Angel Arizona State 72+74+69+76=291+3
T5 Tim Clark NC State 70+77+71+74=292+4
Brad Elder Texas 71+68+76+77=292+4
7 Lewis Chitengwa Virginia 77+72+68+76=293+5
8 Rob McMillan New Mexico 75+71+75+73=294+6
T9 Steve Scott Florida 75+73+77+70=295+7
Keith Nolan East Tennessee State 76+71+76+72=295+7
Arron Oberholser San Jose State 73+74+71+77=295+7
Joey Maxon Clemson 74+70+73+78=295+7
Ted Oh UNLV 72+74+70+79=295+7

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References

  1. "1996 NCAA Championship Results". Golf Week. 1996. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
  2. "NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved July 23, 2015.