Men’s NCAA Division I The college golf season annually wraps up play with the NCAA Championships at the end of May. In the Men’s Division I, none of Michigan’s teams made it out of regional play. Although the MSU Spartans did not qualify for the championship, they were one of the six locations that hosted Men’s Division I Regional action. Eagle Eye Golf Club in Lansing hosted Georgia, Illinois, Oregon, Florida and Texas, who claimed the top five spots and moved on to the NCAA Championship at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. MSU finished seventh out of the 13 teams in the regional, to end their 2023 season. Luke O’Neill, from Kansas State, fired three rounds of 68-69-69 to take medalist honors. Austin OU Golf Club in Norman. Alabama, Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas Tech and Duke were the five teams that advanced. With a total of -14-under par, Ludvig Aberg, from Texas Tech, won medalist honors and Will King, from the University of Kansas, with a -9-under par effort advanced as the low individual score from the Oklahoma Region. The Cliffs at Keowee Falls in Salem, South Carolina hosted the final regional with Georgia Tech, Arkansas, North Carolina, New Mexico and Texas A&M getting the automatic bids. Furman’s Sam Lape fired 15-under for the three rounds to advance as an individual. Florida’s Fred Biondi finished at -7 under par to barely edge out Jackson Buchanan, from Illinois and Ross Steelman, from Georgia Tech, to grab medalist honors for the Individual portion of the NCAA Division I Men’s Championship. Steelman had held the 36-hole lead, but Biondi’s final round 67 moved him to the top of the leaderboard. 2023 Collegiate Golf Season Ends with NCAA Division I Regionals & Championship In the Auburn Regional, Auburn, Vanderbilt, Chattanooga, Ohio State and Colorado State claimed the top five spots and qualified for the National Championship. Drew Salyers was low medalist with scores of 72-68-72 and will play in the National Championship as an individual. Arizona, Stanford, Virginia, San Francisco and East Tennessee State qualified for the National Championship at Bear’s Best Golf Club in Las Vegas, hosted by UNLV. Oklahoma State’s Jonas Baumgartner carded three rounds of 70-68-63 to grab medalist honors. At the Institute Golf Club in Morgan Hill, California, Mississippi State, Brigham Young, Florida State, Baylor and Pepperdine were the five teams to advance to the National Championship. With three rounds of 71-72-69 Riley Lewis of Loyola Marymount was low medalist and will compete in the National Championship as an individual. The University of Oklahoma hosted a regional at the Jimmie Michigan Golf Journal
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