26th May 2026

The 2026 NCAA Division I Men’s National Golf Championship will be played at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California on 29th-3rd June 2026.

This is the third of three NCAA National Men’s and Women’s Golf Championships that will be staged at La Costa.

A former long time PGA Tour stop off the North Course was recently re-designed by Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner with the two 2024 NCAA Golf Championships marking its official re-opening.

The men’s course will play 7,538 yards with a par of 72.

30 5-man teams and 6 individuals not on those teams qualified to play through six Regional events played on 12th-14th May. To learn more about these Regionals please read my earlier article – NCAA Division I Men’s Regionals – 2026 Preview & Results

At the National Championships 54 holes of stroke play will be played on 29th-31st 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 1st June. Team scores in the stroke play stage are based on a best four from five players cumulative total. 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 2nd-3rd June to determine the Team national champions.

I will be providing daily reports on play when the Championship gets underway.

CLICK HERE FOR THE SCOREBOARD RESULTS – 2026 STROKE PLAY – TEAM and INDIVIDUAL

CLICK HERE FOR THE SCOREBOARD RESULTS – 2026 MATCH PLAY – TEAM

Here is a list of the teams and individuals along with their Regional site results in brackets.

There are 16 players, two of whom are expected to start as substitutes, from Great Britain & Ireland competing this year; they are highlighted in blue below.

TEAMS (30)

Arizona (Marana, 1st)

Arizona State (Columbus, 4th)

Arkansas (Corvallis, 3rd)

Arkansas State (Marana, Tied 4th) – MILAN REED (ENG), JAKE WALLIS (ENG)

Auburn (Athens, 3rd)

BYU (Athens, 4th)

Chattanooga (Bryan, 3rd)

Duke (Marana, Tied 4th) – OLLIE MUKHERJEE (SCO), SAM MUKHERJEE (SCO) SUB

Florida (Columbus, 1st) – LUKE POULTER (ENG)

Florida State (Columbus, 5th) – JACK BIGHAM (ENG), TYLER WEAVER (ENG), JACK WHALEY (ENG)

Georgia (Athens, 5th)

Louisville (Athens, 2nd) – ADAM BUCHANAN (IRL) SUB

LSU (Marana, 3rd) – MATTY DODD-BERRY (ENG), DAN HAYES (ENG)

Memphis (Columbus, 3rd) – CIAN O’CONNOR (IRL)

Mississippi State (Bermuda Run, 5th)

North Carolina (Bryan, 4th) – NIALL SHEILS DONEGAN (SCO)

Oklahoma (Corvallis, 1st)

Oklahoma State (Marana, 2nd)

Ole Miss (Bermuda Run, 3rd)

Pepperdine (Bermuda Run, 2nd)

Purdue (Corvallis, 4th) – SAM EASTERBROOK (ENG), JENSON FORRESTER (ENG)

San Diego (Corvallis, 5th after a play-off with Liberty)

Stanford (Columbus, 2nd)

Tennessee (Bryan, 5th) – JOSH HILL (ENG)

Texas (Bryan, 1st)

Texas A&M (Bryan, 2nd)

UCLA (Corvallis, 2nd)

USC (Bermuda Run, 4th)

Vanderbilt (Athens, 1st)

Virginia (Bermuda Run, 1st)

INDIVIDUALS

William Jennings – USA / Alabama (Marana, Tied 1st)

Jacob Lang – USA / Kentucky (Bermuda Run, Tied 5th)

Michael Lugiano – USA / Liberty (Corvallis, 1st)

Malan Potgieter – RSA / Louisiana (Athens, Tied 1st)

Jorge Martin Sampedro – ESP / UTRGV Bryan, 10th)

Steen Zeman – USA / Long Beach State – (Columbus, 5th)

SUB = Substitute / NS = Not Selected

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2025 Results

TEAM

OKLAHOMA STATE (4) won the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s National Championship at Omni La Costa, beating VIRGINIA (7) 4.0-1.0 in the Final.

This was The Cowboys 12th national title placing them tied 3rd alongside Princeton. Only Yale with 21 wins and Houston with 16 now lie ahead of them in the all-time list.

CLICK HERE FOR THE SCOREBOARD RESULTS – 2025 MATCH PLAY – TEAM

Oklahoma State (Photo: Oklahoma State Men’s Golf Team)

ARIZONA STATE earned medalist honours in the Stroke Play Qualifying Stage with a -14 total team score. The other seven Match Play spots were taken by AUBURN (-12) 2nd, FLORIDA (-9) 3rd, OKLAHOMA STATE (-1) 4th, OKLAHOMA (Ev) 5th, TEXAS (+5) 6th, VIRGINIA (+9) 7th and OLE MISS. (+11) 8th.

INDIVIDUAL

Junior Michael LA SASSO (USA / Ole Miss.) -11 won the NCAA Division I Individual National Championship title.

His victory earned him an exemption into the 2025 U.S. Open Championship and the 2026 Masters Invitational. He gave up the latter when he turned pro in early 2026 to join the LIV Golf League.

Michael La Sasso (Photo: PGA Tour University)

Phichaksn MAICHON (THA / Texas A&M) -9 finished 2nd, Preston STOUT (USA / Oklahoma State) -7 3rd and Jackson KOIVUN (USA / Auburn) & Josele  BALLESTER (ESP / Arizona State) -6 tied 4th.

Here are the final Individual scores / positions for all of the GB&I players who competed: –

CALUM SCOTT (SCO / TEXAS TECH) 77, 71, 71, 71 (+2) T27
LUKE POULTER (ENG / FLORIDA) 70, 70, 75, 76 (+3) T32
TYLER WEAVER (ENG / FLORIDA STATE) 74, 74, 72, 73 (+5) T44
CONNOR GRAHAM (SCO / TEXAS TECH) 72, 75, 73, 74 (+6) T50
JACK BIGHAM (ENG / FLORIDA STATE) 73, 72, 79, 77 (+13) T70

ZACH LITTLE (ENG / UNLV) 75, 71, 73 (+3) T36 MISSED CUT
OLIVER CAGE (ENG / NEW MEXICO) 74, 74, 79 (+11) T101 MISSED CUT
JOSH HILL (ENG / TENNESSEE) 78, 73, 77 (+12) T108 MISSED CUT
SAM EASTERBROOK (ENG / PURDUE) 82, 75, 77 (+18) T139 MISSED CUT
JENSON FORRESTER (ENG / PURDUE) 84, 71, 80 (+19) T144 MISSED CUT
SEAN KEELING (IRL / TEXAS TECH) SUB (N/A)

CLICK HERE FOR THE SCOREBOARD RESULTS – 2025 STROKE PLAY – TEAM and INDIVIDUAL

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