Golf tournament
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | May 28 – June 2, 2021 |
| Location | Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. 33°29′39″N 111°55′34″W / 33.4942°N 111.9261°W / 33.4942; -111.9261 |
| Course(s) | Grayhawk Golf Club |
| Organized by | NCAA |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 7,289 yards (6,665 m) |
| Field | 156 players, 30 teams |
| Champion | |
| Team: Pepperdine Individual: Turk Pettit (Clemson) | |
| Team: 3–2 (def. Oklahoma) Individual: 273 (−7) | |
| Location map | |
  Grayhawk GCLocation in Arizona | |
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The 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship was a golf tournament contested from May 28 – June 2 at the Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. It was the 82nd NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship. The team championship was won by the Pepperdine Waves who won their second national championship by defeating the Oklahoma Sooners in the championship match play round 3–2. The individual national championship was won by Turk Pettit from Clemson University.
Regional qualifying tournaments
- Five teams qualified from each of the six regional tournaments held around the country May 17–19, 2021.
- The lowest scoring individual not affiliated with one of the qualified teams in their regional also qualified for the individual national championship.
| Regional name | Golf course | Location | Host team | Teams advancing | Individual advancing (school) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noblesville Regional | The Sagamore Club | Noblesville, Indiana | Ball State | 1. Texas 2. North Carolina 3. Tennessee 4. Louisville 5. UAB |
Cole Bradley (Purdue) |
| Tallahassee Regional | Seminole Legacy Golf Club | Tallahassee, Florida | Florida State | 1. Florida State 2. Georgia 3. Georgia Tech 4. Liberty 5. TCU |
Michael Sakane (Jacksonville) |
| Stillwater Regional | Karsten Creek Golf Club | Stillwater, Oklahoma | Oklahoma State | 1. Oklahoma State 2. Illinois 3. SMU 4. Sam Houston 5. Little Rock |
AJ Ott (Colorado State) |
| Kingston Springs Regional | The Golf Club of Tennessee | Kingston Springs, Tennessee | Vanderbilt | 1. Vanderbilt 2. Arkansas 3. San Diego State 4. NC State 5. Clemson |
James Piot (Michigan State) |
| Albuquerque Regional | Championship Course at UNM | Albuquerque, New Mexico | New Mexico | 1. Texas Tech 2. Arizona State 3. Oregon State 4. Oklahoma 5. San Diego |
Ryan Hall (South Carolina) |
| Cle Elum Regional | Tumble Creek Golf & Country Club | Cle Elum, Washington | Washington | 1. East Tennessee State 2. San Francisco 3. Wake Forest 4. Pepperdine 5. Florida |
Tristan Mandur (Utah) |
Venue
This was the first NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship held at the Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. This would have been the second year of a planned three year stretch for Grayhawk hosting both men's and women's NCAA golf championships had the 2020 championship not been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In October, 2020, the NCAA announced that Grayhawk would host the 2023 NCAA Division I Women's and Men's Golf Championship.
Team competition
Leaderboard
- Par, single-round: 280
- Par, total: 1,120
- After 54 holes, the field of 30 teams was cut to the top 15.
| Place | Team | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona State | 284 | 278 | 280 | 275 | 1117 | −3 |
| 2 | Oklahoma State | 280 | 274 | 274 | 292 | 1120 | E |
| 3 | Pepperdine | 279 | 286 | 289 | 271 | 1125 | +5 |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 280 | 279 | 282 | 289 | 1130 | +10 |
| 5 | Illinois | 287 | 279 | 278 | 290 | 1134 | +14 |
| 6 | Florida State | 281 | 294 | 274 | 287 | 1136 | +16 |
| 7 | Vanderbilt | 293 | 280 | 280 | 291 | 1144 | +24 |
| 8 | North Carolina | 288 | 278 | 287 | 292 | 1145 | +25 |
| T9 | Louisville | 289 | 288 | 287 | 288 | 1152 | +32 |
| Sam Houston | 278 | 292 | 288 | 294 | |||
| T11 | Arkansas | 287 | 293 | 288 | 285 | 1153 | +33 |
| Texas Tech | 276 | 304 | 288 | 285 | |||
| T13 | Clemson | 287 | 284 | 285 | 300 | 1156 | +36 |
| Wake Forest | 287 | 284 | 282 | 303 | |||
| 15 | Georgia Tech | 289 | 288 | 295 | 297 | 1169 | +49 |
- Georgia Tech (+1) beat TCU (+4) in a one-hole playoff to advance to the final round of stroke play.
- Remaining teams: TCU (872), Tennessee (873), SMU (873), Georgia (873), NC State (876), Liberty (879), Florida (880), Oregon State (882), UAB (885), Texas (886), San Diego State (886), San Diego (887), East Tennessee State (893), San Francisco (896), Little Rock (905)
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Match play bracket
| Quarterfinal round June 1 | Semifinal round June 1 | Final round June 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Arizona State | 3.5 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | North Carolina | 1.5 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Arizona State | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Oklahoma | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Oklahoma | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Illinois | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Oklahoma | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Pepperdine | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Pepperdine | 3.5 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Florida State | 1.5 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Pepperdine | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Oklahoma State | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Oklahoma State | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Vanderbilt | 1 | ||||||||||||
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Individual competition
- Par, single-round: 70
- Par, total: 280
- The field was cut after 54 holes to the top 15 teams and the top nine individuals not on a top 15 team. These 84 players competed for the individual championship
| Place | Player | University | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turk Pettit | Clemson | 68-67-68-70=273 | −7 |
| 2 | Bo Jin | Oklahoma State | 67-65-69-73=274 | −6 |
| 3 | Ryggs Johnston | Arizona State | 72-63-71-69=275 | −5 |
| 4 | Michael Feagles | Illinois | 72-67-67-70=276 | −4 |
| 5 | John Pak | Florida State | 68-72-68-69=277 | −3 |
| T6 | Jonathan Brightwell | Oklahoma | 68-69-69-72=278 | −2 |
| Quade Cummins | Oklahoma | 69-68-68-73=278 | ||
| T8 | Ludvig Åberg | Texas Tech | 68-76-69-66=279 | −1 |
| Cameron Sisk | Arizona State | 70-73-67-69=279 | ||
| Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra | Oklahoma State | 70-69-68-72=279 | ||
| William Holcomb | Sam Houston | 67-71-69-72=279 |
- Spencer Tibbits (E, Oregon State) beat Benjamin Shipp (+1, NC State) in a one-hole playoff for the final individual spot to advance to the final round of stroke play.
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References
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