The 1996 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship was the 58th annual NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate golf. The tournament was held at the Honors Course in Ooltewah, Tennessee from May 29 to June 1, 1996.
The team championship was won by the Arizona State Sun Devils who captured their second national championship by three strokes over the UNLV Rebels. The individual national championship was won by Tiger Woods from Stanford.
Venue
This was the first NCAA Division I men's golf championship hosted at the Honors Course in Ooltewah, Tennessee. The tournament would be played at Ooltewah again in 2010. This was the fourth NCAA golf championship played in Tennessee; the others were in 1934 (at the Cleveland Country Club in Cleveland, Tennessee), 1955 (at the Holston Hills Country Club in Knoxville, Tennessee), and 1965 (again in Knoxville).
Regional qualifiers The regionals were played May 16–18.
RegionalnameGolf courseLocationQualified teams East Concord Resort,Monster Course Kiamesha Lake, New York NC State, Florida, Florida State, North Carolina, Wake Forest, South Carolina, East Tennessee State, Clemson, Alabama, Penn State, Tennessee Central Golf Course Ann Arbor, Michigan Texas A&M, SMU, Arkansas, Kansas, Texas, Indiana, Oklahoma State, Miami (OH), TCU, Oklahoma West Stanford UniversityGolf Course Stanford, California Stanford, Arizona State, UNLV, Pepperdine, Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, San Jose State, Pacific
Results Team championship Rank Team Round totals To par Arizona State 286-300-295-305=1,186 +34 UNLV 291-296-299-303=1,189 +37 East Tennessee State 303-294-301-305=1,204 +52 Stanford 292-304-303-306=1,205 +53 Arizona 303-301-297-306=1,207 +55 Florida 296-300-312-304=1,212 +60New Mexico 300-304-302-306=1,212 Oklahoma State 298-308-299-310=1,215 +63 Southern California 303-296-303-314=1,216 +64 10 San Jose State 302-300-303-315=1,220 +68 Other finishers: Arkansas (1,221), SMU (1,222), Texas (1,224), Clemson (1,227), Kansas (1,248) Eliminated at 36-hole cut: North Carolina (608), NC State (610), TCU (612), Wake Forest (612), Pacific (621), Texas A&M (614), South Carolina (616), Tennessee (617), Pepperdine (618), Miami (OH) (622), Oklahoma (622), Florida State (623), Alabama (627), Penn State (630), Indiana (636)
Individual championship Rank Player School Round totals To par Tiger Woods Stanford 69-67-69-80=285 −3 Rory Sabbatini Arizona 70-70-74-75=289 +1 Darren Angel Arizona State 72-74-69-76=291 +3Mike RuizUNLV 71-74-74-72=291 Tim Clark NC State 70-77-71-74=292 +4Brad ElderTexas 71-68-76-77=292 Lewis Chitengwa Virginia 77-72-68-76=293 +5 Rob McMillan New Mexico 75-71-75-73=294 +6 Joey Maxon Clemson 74-70-73-78=295 +7Keith Nolan East Tennessee State 76-71-76-72=295Arron Oberholser San Jose State 73-74-71-77=295Ted Oh UNLV 72-74-70-79=295Steve Scott Florida 75-73-77-70=295
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