1999 NCAA Division I men's golf championship

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1999 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
Tournament information
Location Chaska, Minnesota, U.S.
44°50′02″N93°35′28″W / 44.834°N 93.591°W / 44.834; -93.591
Course Hazeltine National Golf Club
Statistics
Field30 teams
Champion
Team: Georgia (1st title)
Individual: Luke Donald, Northwestern
Team: 1,180 (−3)
Individual: 284
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  1998
2000  

The 1999 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships were contested at the 61st annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament for determining the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate golf at the Division I level in the United States. [1]

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The tournament was held at the Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota from June 2 to 5, 1999.

Georgia won the team championship with a score of +28, the Bulldogs' first NCAA title. Second place was Oklahoma State with a score of +31 and third place was the University of Northwestern with a socre of +36. [2]

Luke Donald, from Northwestern, won the individual title with a final score of 284, which was four under par. This was a seven shot victory over Ryuji Imada of Georgia.

Other future pros who played in this years championship included Paul Casey, Jeff Quinney, Charles Howell III, Lucas Glover, Adam Scott and Charley Hoffman. [3]

Qualifying

The NCAA held three regional qualifying tournaments, with the top ten teams from each event qualifying for the national championship.

Regional nameGolf courseDates
East Regional Rhode Island Country Club
Providence, Rhode Island
May 20–22, 1999
Central Regional Ohio State University Golf Club
Columbus, Ohio
May 20–22, 1999
West Regional Tucson National Resort
Tucson, Arizona
May 20–22, 1999

Individual results

Individual champion

Team results

Finalists

RankTeamScore
1 Georgia 1,180
2 Oklahoma State 1,183
3 Northwestern 1,188
4 Washington 1,189
5 Arizona State 1,192
6 UNLV (DC)1,195
7 BYU 1,196
T8 Clemson 1,199
Houston
10 North Carolina 1,201
11 Minnesota 1,208
12 Florida 1,216
13 East Tennessee State 1,217
14 Nebraska 1,218
15 Illinois 1,219

Eliminated after 36 holes

RankTeamScore
T16 California 613
Toledo
T18 Duke 614
Oregon
T20 Arizona 615
South Carolina
22 Kansas 616
23 Colorado 617
T24 Arkansas 618
Colorado State
Ole Miss
27 Augusta State 625
28 Georgia Tech 626
29 San Diego State 628
30 Richmond 642

References

  1. "NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  2. "Georgia wins the NCAA Men's Golf Championships". University of Minnesota Athletics. June 8, 1999.
  3. "Historic Hazeltine: 1999 NCAA Division I Men's Championship". Hazeltine National Golf Club. June 13, 2018.