NCAA Men's Golf Championship Individual Winners
The NCAA Men's Division I Golf Championship is the tournament that crowns the individual champ of college golf in the United States. The NCAA, which governs collegiate sports in America, established the tournament in 1939. But the list below goes back farther than that, all the way to 1897, when the first college golf championship was played long before the NCAA existed.
2023 — Fred Biondi, Florida
2022 — Gordon Sargent, Vanderbilt
2021 — Turk Pettit, Clemson
2020 — Not played
2019 — Matthew Wolff, Oklahoma State
2018 — Broc Everett, Augusta
2017 — Braden Thornberry, Mississippi
2016 — Aaron Wise, Oregon
2015 — Bryson DeChambeau, Southern Methodist
2014 — Cameron Wilson, Stanford
2013 — Max Homa, Cal
2012 — Thomas Pieters, Illinois
2011 — John Peterson, LSU
2010 — Scott Langley, Illinois
2009 — Matt Hill, North Carolina State
2008 — Kevin Chappell, UCLA
2007 — Jamie Lovemark, Southern Cal
2006 — Jonathan Moore, Oklahoma State
2005 — James Lepp, Washington
2004 — Ryan Moore, UNLV
2003 — Alejandro Canizares, Arizona State
2002 — Troy Matteson, Georgia Tech
2001 — Nick Gilliam, Florida
2000 — Charles Howell III, Oklahoma State
1999 — Luke Donald, Northwestern
1998 — James McLean, Minnesota
1997 — Charles Warren, Clemson
1996 — Tiger Woods, Stanford
1995 — Chip Spratlin, Auburn
1994 — Justin Leonard, Texas
1993 — Todd Demsey, Arizona State
1992 — Phil Mickelson, Arizona State
1991 — Warren Schutte, UNLV
1990 — Phil Mickelson, Arizona State
1989 — Phil Mickelson, Arizona State
1988 — E.J. Pfister, Oklahoma State
1987 — Brian Watts, Oklahoma State
1986 — Scott Verplank, Oklahoma State
1985 — Clark Burroughs, Ohio State
1984 — John Inman, North Carolina
1983 — Jim Carter, Arizona State
1982 — Billy Ray Brown, Houston
1981 — Ron Commans, Southern Cal
1980 — Jay Don Blake, Utah State
1979 — Gary Hallberg, Wake Forest
1978 — David Edwards, Oklahoma State
1977 — Scott Simpson, Southern Cal
1976 — Scott Simpson, Southern Cal
1975 — Jay Haas, Wake Forest
1974 — Curtis Strange, Wake Forest
1973 — Ben Crenshaw, Texas
1972 — (tie) Ben Crenshaw, Texas, and Tom Kite Texas, Texas
1971 — Ben Crenshaw, Texas
1970 — John Mahaffey, Houston
1969 — Bob Clark, Cal State Los Angeles
1968 — Grier Jones, Oklahoma State
1967 — Hale Irwin, Colorado
1966 — Bob Murphy, Florida
1965 — Marty Fleckman, Houston
1964 — Terry Small, San Jose State
1963 — R.H. Sikes, Arkansas
1962 — Kermit Zarley, Houston
1961 — Jack Nicklaus, Ohio State
1960 — Dick Crawford, Houston
1959 — Dick Crawford, Houston
1958 — Phil Rodgers, Houston
1957 — Rex Baxter, Houston
1956 — Rick Jones, Ohio State
1955 — Joe Campbell, Purdue
1954 — Hillman Robbins, Memphis
1953 — Earl Moeller, Oklahoma State
1952 — Jim Vickers, Oklahoma
1951 — Tom Nieporte, Ohio State
1950 — Fred Wampler, Purdue
1949 — Harvie Ward, North Carolina
1948 — Bob Harris, San Jose State
1947 — Dave Barclay, Michigan
1946 — George Hamer, Georgia
1945 — John Lorms, Ohio State
1944 — Louis Lick, Minnesota
1943 — Wally Ulrich, Carleton
1942 — Frank Tatum, Stanford
1941 — Earl Stewart, LSU
1940 — Dixon Brooke, Virginia
1939 — Vincent D'Antoni, Tulane
1938 — John Burke, Georgetown
1937 — Fred Haas, LSU
1936 — Chuck Kocsis, Michigan
1935 — Ed White, Texas
1934 — Charlie Yates, Georgia Tech
1933 — Walter Emery, Oklahoma
1932 — Johnny Fischer, Michigan
1931 — George Dunlap, Princeton
1930 — George Dunlap, Princeton
1929 — Tommy Aycock, Yale
1928 — Maurice McCarthy, Georgetown
1927 — Watts Gunn, Georgia Tech
1926 — Fred Lamprecht, Tulane
1925 — Fred Lamprecht, Tulane
1924 — Dexter Cummings, Yale
1923 — Dexter Cummings, Yale
1922 — Pollack Boyd, Dartmouth
1921 — Simpson Dean, Princeton
1920 — Jess Sweetster, Yale
1919 — A.L. Walker Jr., Columbia
1918 — Not played
1917 — Not played
1916 — J.W. Hubbell, Harvard
1915 — Francis Blossom, Yale
1914 — Edward Allis, Harvard
1913 — Nathaniel Wheeler, Yale
1912 — F.C. Davison, Harvard
1911 — George Stanley, Yale
1910 — Robert Hunter, Yale
1909 — Albert Seckel, Princeton
1908 — H.H. Wilder, Harvard
1907 — Ellis Knowles, Yale
1906 — W.E. Clow Jr., Yale
1905 — Robert Abbott, Yale
1904 — A.L. White, Harvard
1903 — F.O. Reinhart, Princeton
1902 — (tie) Chandler Egan, Harvard, and Charles Hitchcock Jr., Yale
1901 — Halstead Lindsley, Harvard
1900 — Not played
1899 — Percy Pyne, Princeton
1898 — (tie) James Curtis, Harvard, and John Reid Jr., Yale
1897 — Louis Bayard Jr., Princeton
From its inception through 1964, the tournament used a match-play format. Beginning in 1965 and continuing to the present day, the individual tournament uses a stroke-play format.
You'll find plenty of big names on the list of winners below. Those include the only two golfers to win the NCAA Individual Championship three times, Ben Crenshaw and Phil Mickelson. Crenshaw won in 1971-73 (tied with Tom Kite in 1972); Mickelson won in 1989-90 and 1992.
Related: NCAA women's individual golf winners
The List: NCAA Men's Individual Golf Champions
2024 — Hiroshi Tai, Georgia Tech2023 — Fred Biondi, Florida
2022 — Gordon Sargent, Vanderbilt
2021 — Turk Pettit, Clemson
2020 — Not played
2019 — Matthew Wolff, Oklahoma State
2018 — Broc Everett, Augusta
2017 — Braden Thornberry, Mississippi
2016 — Aaron Wise, Oregon
2015 — Bryson DeChambeau, Southern Methodist
2014 — Cameron Wilson, Stanford
2013 — Max Homa, Cal
2012 — Thomas Pieters, Illinois
2011 — John Peterson, LSU
2010 — Scott Langley, Illinois
2009 — Matt Hill, North Carolina State
2008 — Kevin Chappell, UCLA
2007 — Jamie Lovemark, Southern Cal
2006 — Jonathan Moore, Oklahoma State
2005 — James Lepp, Washington
2004 — Ryan Moore, UNLV
2003 — Alejandro Canizares, Arizona State
2002 — Troy Matteson, Georgia Tech
2001 — Nick Gilliam, Florida
2000 — Charles Howell III, Oklahoma State
1999 — Luke Donald, Northwestern
1998 — James McLean, Minnesota
1997 — Charles Warren, Clemson
1996 — Tiger Woods, Stanford
1995 — Chip Spratlin, Auburn
1994 — Justin Leonard, Texas
1993 — Todd Demsey, Arizona State
1992 — Phil Mickelson, Arizona State
1991 — Warren Schutte, UNLV
1990 — Phil Mickelson, Arizona State
1989 — Phil Mickelson, Arizona State
1988 — E.J. Pfister, Oklahoma State
1987 — Brian Watts, Oklahoma State
1986 — Scott Verplank, Oklahoma State
1985 — Clark Burroughs, Ohio State
1984 — John Inman, North Carolina
1983 — Jim Carter, Arizona State
1982 — Billy Ray Brown, Houston
1981 — Ron Commans, Southern Cal
1980 — Jay Don Blake, Utah State
1979 — Gary Hallberg, Wake Forest
1978 — David Edwards, Oklahoma State
1977 — Scott Simpson, Southern Cal
1976 — Scott Simpson, Southern Cal
1975 — Jay Haas, Wake Forest
1974 — Curtis Strange, Wake Forest
1973 — Ben Crenshaw, Texas
1972 — (tie) Ben Crenshaw, Texas, and Tom Kite Texas, Texas
1971 — Ben Crenshaw, Texas
1970 — John Mahaffey, Houston
1969 — Bob Clark, Cal State Los Angeles
1968 — Grier Jones, Oklahoma State
1967 — Hale Irwin, Colorado
1966 — Bob Murphy, Florida
1965 — Marty Fleckman, Houston
1964 — Terry Small, San Jose State
1963 — R.H. Sikes, Arkansas
1962 — Kermit Zarley, Houston
1961 — Jack Nicklaus, Ohio State
1960 — Dick Crawford, Houston
1959 — Dick Crawford, Houston
1958 — Phil Rodgers, Houston
1957 — Rex Baxter, Houston
1956 — Rick Jones, Ohio State
1955 — Joe Campbell, Purdue
1954 — Hillman Robbins, Memphis
1953 — Earl Moeller, Oklahoma State
1952 — Jim Vickers, Oklahoma
1951 — Tom Nieporte, Ohio State
1950 — Fred Wampler, Purdue
1949 — Harvie Ward, North Carolina
1948 — Bob Harris, San Jose State
1947 — Dave Barclay, Michigan
1946 — George Hamer, Georgia
1945 — John Lorms, Ohio State
1944 — Louis Lick, Minnesota
1943 — Wally Ulrich, Carleton
1942 — Frank Tatum, Stanford
1941 — Earl Stewart, LSU
1940 — Dixon Brooke, Virginia
1939 — Vincent D'Antoni, Tulane
1938 — John Burke, Georgetown
1937 — Fred Haas, LSU
1936 — Chuck Kocsis, Michigan
1935 — Ed White, Texas
1934 — Charlie Yates, Georgia Tech
1933 — Walter Emery, Oklahoma
1932 — Johnny Fischer, Michigan
1931 — George Dunlap, Princeton
1930 — George Dunlap, Princeton
1929 — Tommy Aycock, Yale
1928 — Maurice McCarthy, Georgetown
1927 — Watts Gunn, Georgia Tech
1926 — Fred Lamprecht, Tulane
1925 — Fred Lamprecht, Tulane
1924 — Dexter Cummings, Yale
1923 — Dexter Cummings, Yale
1922 — Pollack Boyd, Dartmouth
1921 — Simpson Dean, Princeton
1920 — Jess Sweetster, Yale
1919 — A.L. Walker Jr., Columbia
1918 — Not played
1917 — Not played
1916 — J.W. Hubbell, Harvard
1915 — Francis Blossom, Yale
1914 — Edward Allis, Harvard
1913 — Nathaniel Wheeler, Yale
1912 — F.C. Davison, Harvard
1911 — George Stanley, Yale
1910 — Robert Hunter, Yale
1909 — Albert Seckel, Princeton
1908 — H.H. Wilder, Harvard
1907 — Ellis Knowles, Yale
1906 — W.E. Clow Jr., Yale
1905 — Robert Abbott, Yale
1904 — A.L. White, Harvard
1903 — F.O. Reinhart, Princeton
1902 — (tie) Chandler Egan, Harvard, and Charles Hitchcock Jr., Yale
1901 — Halstead Lindsley, Harvard
1900 — Not played
1899 — Percy Pyne, Princeton
1898 — (tie) James Curtis, Harvard, and John Reid Jr., Yale
1897 — Louis Bayard Jr., Princeton
