NCAA D-I men’s golf conference championship schedule, results for 2024

April 23, 2024

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Conference championship season is upon us in NCAA Division I men’s golf.

Thirty conferences will offer up automatic bids to their champions, beginning with the SWAC, which wrapped up play on April 17, and ending on April 30 with the Big West and Summit League.

The 81-team regional field will be split among six regional sites with 51 at-large selections being handed out, too.

Below, we’ll track the winners of each conference tournament that hands out an AQ bid, as they finish:

SWAC

April 15-17, The Refuge GC, Flowood, Mississippi

Full results

Team champion: Arkansas-Pine Bluff

Individual champion: Jose Berenguel, Arkansas-Pine Bluff

Potential at-large teams: None

Need to know: Pine Bluff successfully defended its SWAC title by nine shots over Florida A&M.

Big South

April 18-21, Fripp Island (South Carolina) Resort

Full results

Team champion: Winthrop

Individual champion: Fred Roberts IV, High Point

Potential at-large teams: None

Need to know: Winthrop beat Gardner-Webb, 4-1, in the final, which was marked by three lightning delays. It’s the first Big South title in program history as Eagles coach Kevin Pendley becomes the first person to win a Big South crown as a player and a coach.

240421 USF MGLF at AAC Championship — South Florida Bulls during Men’s golf AAC Championship on April 21, 2024. (Stephen Galvin/South Florida Golf)

American

April 19-21, Pelican GC, Belleair, Florida

Full results

Team champion: South Florida

Individual champion: Jake Peacock, South Florida

Potential at-large teams: SMU

Need to know: Peacock fired a 6-under 64 in the final round to win by five shots and lead the Bulls to their sixth American title, first since 2021.

Ivy League

April 19-21, Watchung Valley GC, Watchung, New Jersey

Full results

Team champion: Yale

Individual champion: Ben Carpenter, Yale

Potential at-large teams: None

Need to know: The Bulldogs, Ivy champs for the second time in three years, edged Princeton by three shots after starting the final round five shots back. Gabriel Ruiz sank a 30-foot eagle putt from the fringe on his final hole while Sam Davis added a birdie on the hole. Princeton’s counters played the 18th in 1 over.

MAAC

April 19-21, Walt Disney World Resort (Palm), Lake Buena Vista, Florida

Full results

Team champion: Siena

Individual champion: Ben Ortwein, Rider

Potential at-large teams: None

Need to know: The Saints are now back-to-back MAAC champs after their three-shot win over Fairfield.

ACC

April 19-21, Charlotte (North Carolina) CC

Full results

Team champion: North Carolina

Individual champions: Michael Brennan, Wake Forest, and Frederik Kjettrup, Florida State

Potential at-large teams: Florida State, Virginia, Georgia Tech, Duke, Wake Forest, Notre Dame, Louisville, Clemson

Need to know: North Carolina downed Florida State in the final, 3-1-1, after taking the stroke-play portion by six shots over Florida State, Georgia Tech and Wake Forest. It’s the Tar Heels’ first ACC team crown since 2006. Brennan and Kjettrup played five playoff holes before both were declared co-champions. It’s Brennan’s second straight ACC individual title. Clemson finished 10th as a team and dropped to No. 60 in the national rankings, putting them very close to the bubble; the Tigers, though, are at least eligible for regionals after finishing the regular season right at .500, at 76-76-1.