1979 NCAA Division I Golf Championship

The 1979 NCAA Division I Golf Championship was the 41st annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate golf at the University Division level in the United States.[1]

1979 NCAA Division I Golf Championship
Tournament information
LocationWinston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
36.003759°N 80.422124°W / 36.003759; -80.422124
Course(s)Bermuda Run Country Club
Statistics
Field28 teams
Champion
Team: Ohio State (2nd title)
Individual: Gary Hallberg, Wake Forest
Location Map
Bermuda Run is located in the United States
Bermuda Run
Bermuda Run
Location in the United States
Bermuda Run is located in North Carolina
Bermuda Run
Bermuda Run
Location in North Carolina

The tournament was held at the Bermuda Run Country Club in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, hosted by Wake Forest University.

Ohio State won the team championship, the Buckeyes' second NCAA title and first since 1945.

Gary Hallberg, from Wake Forest, won the individual title.

For the first time, teams needed to be in the top fifteen after three rounds of play to qualify for the fourth and final championship round; all other team were cut.

Individual results

Individual champion

Team results

RankTeamScore
1Ohio State1,189
2Oklahoma State (DC)1,191
3Wake Forest1,196
4BYU1,198
5New Mexico1,202
T6North Carolina1,206
Oral Roberts
8Arizona State1,213
T9Houston1,215
USC
11Georgia Southern1,226
12Fresno State1,229
13UCLA1,230
14San Jose State1,234
15Florida1,236

References

  1. "NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 25, 2020.


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