25th May 2022
The 2022 NCAA Division I Men’s National Championship starts on Friday 27th May at Greyhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona with Arizona State University hosting the competition.
Greyhawk staged the National Championships last year and has just finished hosting the 2022 NCAA Division I Women’s event. The course is 7,289 yards long and plays to a par of 70. With a tough set up always assured few players are understandably able to break par over the 72 holes.
Greyhawk Golf Club
30 5-man teams and 6 individuals not on those teams qualified to play through six Regional events played on 16th – 18th May. To learn more about the Regionals please read my earlier article – NCAA Division I Men’s Regionals – 2022 Preview & Results
At the National Championship 54 holes of stroke play will be played on 27th – 29th May. A cut will then take place which will see the top 15 teams and nine individuals not on those teams play a final 18 holes on 30 May. After 72 holes an Individual champion is crowned with the leading 8 teams progressing to a match play stage. Seeded match play will then take place on 31 May – 1 June and will be used determine the Team national champions.
Team scores in the stroke play stage are based on a best four from five players cumulative total.
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There are seven GB&I players competing this year – Dan BRADBURY (Florida State), Barclay BROWN (Stanford), Ben CARBERRY (East Tennessee State), Archie DAVIES (East Tennessee State), Alex FITZPATRICK (Wake Forest), Mark POWER (Wake Forest) and Calum SCOTT (Texas Tech).
Callum BRUCE (San Diego State) and Sandy SCOTT (Texas Tech) will start the week as No. 6 substitute players for their respective teams so may also see some action in due course. At the start of each stroke play and match play round reserves can be introduced by team coaches to cover for illness, injuries and / or loss of form.
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GolfStat Score Links
Click these links to view the – GOLFSTAT 2022 STROKE PLAY RESULTS – TEAM and INDIVIDUAL
Click this link to view the – GOLFSTAT 2022 MATCH PLAY RESULTS – TEAM
Here is a list of the competing teams and individuals, along with their current GolfStat 2021/22 Season Rankings and earlier Regional site results in brackets: –
TEAMS
Arizona 26 (Texas, 1st)
Arizona State 4 (California, 1st)
Arkansas 14 (Ohio, 4th)
Auburn 17 (Oklahoma, 2nd)
Brigham Young 41 (California, 3rd)
College of Charleston 49 (Florida, 5th)
East Tennessee State 30 (Ohio, 5th)
Florida 10 (Florida, 3rd)
Florida State 18 (Florida 2nd)
Georgia 15 (Texas, 5th)
Georgia Tech 11 (Ohio, T1)
Georgia Southern 44 (Connecticut, 5th)
Kansas 25 (Texas, 5th)
Liberty 38 (California, 5th)
North Carolina 5 (Connecticut, 2nd)
North Florida 33 (Connecticut, T3)
Ohio State University 32 (Ohio, 3rd)
Oklahoma 1 (Oklahoma, 1st)
Oklahoma State 2 (Ohio, T1)
Ole Miss 23 (Oklahoma, 3rd)
Oregon 27 (California, 4th)
Pepperdine 6 (Texas, 2nd)
South Florida 31 (Florida, 4th)
Stanford 13 (California, 2nd)
Texas 7 (Oklahoma, 4th)
Texas A&M 12 (Texas, 3rd)
Texas Tech 8 (Connecticut, T3)
Utah 47 (Oklahoma, 5th)
Vanderbilt 3 (Florida, 1st)
Wake Forest 16 (Connecticut, 1st)
INDIVIDUALS
Carson Barry – Oregon State (Texas)
Zach Byers – Gardner-Webb (Florida)
Thomas Giroux – Oakland (Ohio)
Evans Lewis – South Carolina (Oklahoma)
RJ Manke – Washington (California)
Adrian Vagberg – VCU (Connecticut)
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PGA TOUR University Velocity Global Ranking
The stroke play stage of the NCAA Championship is the final tournament for the 2022 PGA Tour University ranking.
Players finishing 1st-5th earn membership on the Korn Ferry Tour and players finishing 6th-15th secure membership on one of the PGA TOUR’s international tours.
The Current PGA TOUR University Velocity Global Ranking
Coody, McAllister and Bridgeman are already very likely to finish in the top 5 but any of the eight players ranked 4th-13th, shown above, who qualified for the Championships could still join them.
Using a target average points score of 1061 (which would be No. 5 in the current Ranking) the above table shows where each of the challenging players needs to finish to get one of the big prizes. From a GB&I perspective Alex FITZPATRICK (ENG) will need a minimum top 9 finish to secure a spot on the Korn Ferry Tour.
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Weather Forecast
Unsurprisingly the weather forecast for Scottsdale, Arizona is perfect for tournament week. Perhaps a little warm in the early days for the GB&I players.
Fri 27th May – Sunny / Wind 9 mph SW / Temp. Min. 25°C / Max. 40°C,
Sat 28th May – Sunny / Wind 12 mph SW / Temp. Min. 24°C / Max. 38°C
Sun 29th May – Sunny / Wind 15 mph SW / Temp. Min. 23°C / Max. 36°C
Mon 30th May – Sunny / Wind 16 mph SW / Temp. Min. 21°C / Max. 32°C
Tue 31st May – Sunny / Wind 16 mph SW / Temp. Min. 21°C / Max. 32°C
Wed 1st Jun – Sunny / Wind 15 mph W / Temp. Min. 21°C / Max. 34°C
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2021 Results
Pepperdine University beat Oklahoma University 3-2 at the Greyhawk Golf Club in Arizona to win the 2021 NCAA Division I Men’s National title.
It was the second time in their history that the Malibu, California based team had lifted the National Championship trophy. They previously won in 1997.
Pepperdine Team and Coaches (Photo: Pepperdine Men’s Golf Team)
The team consisted of Clay FEAGLER, a fifth year senior, junior Joe HIGHSMITH, sophomore Dylan MENANTE, sophomore William MOUW and senior Joey VRZICH.
Pepperdine finished 3rd in the stroke play stage of the competition whilst Oklahoma came in 4th.
Arizona State, Oklahoma State, Pepperdine, Oklahoma, Illinois, Florida State, Vanderbilt and North Carolina were the eight teams to advance to the match play stage.
With rounds of 68, 67, 68 and 70 (-7) Turk PETTIT of Clemson University won the NCAA Division I Men’s Individual Championship. He finished 1 shot ahead of Bo JIN who was representing Oklahoma State with Ryggs JOHNSTON from Arizona State a further shot back.
Turk Pettit (Photo: NCAA)
Alex FITZPATRICK (Wake Forest) was GB&I’s highest finisher. A final round 76 saw him have to settle for a +9 total and a tied 39th finish. After a poor opening round of 78 John MURPHY (Louisville) settled well. His final +11 total was good enough for a tied 52nd.
Click this link to view the – GOLFSTAT 2021 MATCH PLAY RESULTS – TEAM
Click these links to view the – GOLFSTAT 2021 STROKE PLAY RESULTS – TEAM and INDIVIDUAL
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