| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. |
| Course(s) | Wakonda Country Club |
| Statistics | |
| Field | 23 teams |
| Champion | |
| Team: Stanford Individual: Vincent D'Antoni (Tulane) | |
| Team: 612 | |
The 1939 NCAA Golf Championship was the first annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate golf in the United States. The tournament was held at the Wakonda Country Club in Des Moines, Iowa.
Stanford captured in the inaugural team championship and Vincent D'Antoni, from Tulane, won the individual title.[1][2] The Indians were coached by Eddie Twiggs. The Indians had also won the last collegiate golf championship, held at Oakmont Country Club in 1938, before the beginning of NCAA sponsorship.
Sid Richardson of Northwestern, with a score of 144, was named the tournament's medalist.
Team results
| Rank | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanford | 612 |
| T2 | Northwestern | 614 |
| Princeton | ||
| 4 | Iowa Agricultural | 615 |
| T5 | Duke | 617 |
| LSU | ||
| 7 | Iowa | 623 |
| 8 | Michigan | 624 |
| 9 | Oklahoma | 627 |
| 10 | Georgetown | 630 |
- Note: Top 10 only
References
- ↑ "NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
- ↑ "1939 Stanford Men's Golf Team". Stanford Men's Golf Team. StanfordMensGolf.com. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
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