This was the fourth time, following the previous three years, that the men's and women's Division I golf tournaments were played at the same location; the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship was held in Stillwater after the women's championship from May 25–30.[2]
Regional qualifying tournaments
There were four regional sites that held the qualifying tournaments across the United States from May 5–7, 2018.
The six lowest scoring teams from each of the regional sites qualified to compete at the national championships as team and individual players.
An additional three individuals with the lowest score in their regional, whose teams did not qualify, qualified to compete for the individual title in the national championship.
Similar to 2015 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship, all teams competed for three days (54 holes) on a stroke-play basis from Friday until Sunday. On Monday, the lowest scoring player was awarded as the national champion for the individual title at the conclusion of the 72 holes stroke-play event. At the same time, the lowest scoring eight teams advanced to the match-play team event. The quarterfinals and semifinals of match-play event were played on Tuesday and the finals were played on Wednesday.[4]
Team competition
Leaderboard
(Par: 288, Total: 1152)
Place
Team
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Total
To par
T1
UCLA
294
279
297
291
1161
+9
Alabama
292
286
284
299
1161
3
Southern California
291
298
296
286
1168
+16
4
Northwestern
299
293
290
291
1173
+21
5
Stanford
308
291
291
290
1180
+28
6
Duke
298
298
293
293
1182
+30
7
Kent State
296
299
296
293
1184
+32
T8
Arizona
301
291
288
305
1185
+33
T8
Baylor
313
295
287
290
1185
+33
10
Arkansas
308
300
289
289
1186
+34
11
Furman
312
293
294
289
1188
+36
T12
Washington
303
300
299
290
1192
+40
Florida State
301
294
299
289
Texas
309
300
291
292
15
Louisville
301
300
302
296
1199
+47
Remaining teams: Auburn (903), Arizona State (903), Wake Forest (903), Colorado (904), Oklahoma (905), Florida (909), Virginia (914), Ohio State (926), Ole Miss (928).[5]
15 out of 24 teams proceeded to the final round after finishing 54 holes.[6]
Match-play bracket
The 8 teams with the lowest stroke play total advanced into the match-play event.
The remaining 84 players from the top 15 teams and the top 9 individuals outside of those teams competed for the individual championship title after the 54-hole cut.[10]