If you enjoyed the Women’s NCAA golf championship now you can follow the best male golfers in college as the top schools vie for the national championship.
The format for the men’s NCAA is the same as the women. First, three rounds of stroke play to get into the top 15 and on Monday, May 26 the final round of stroke play to determine the final eight teams moving on to match play.
Match play will be on Tuesday May 27 and the Final Match Play Wednesday May 28. Golf Channel will televise the NCAA on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Or you can follow the championship on the college scoreboard site.
Top teams competing include: #1 Auburn, #2 Oklahoma State, #3 Ole Mis, #4 Texas, #5 Arizona State. FSU is ranked #9 but they have one of the best players in college, Luke Clanton who has already earned his PGA Tour Card via the PGA University program. Clanton has deferred going to the PGA tour because he wants to win a national title with FSU. Although Clanton is a junior, he will turn pro after the NCAA championships.
Auburn is the number #1 ranked team in men’s college golf and the NCAA defending champion. Auburn has a stellar player in junior, Jackson Koivun named the 2025 SEC player of the year. Of course, Arizona State has their own star in Josele Ballester, the 2024 U.S. Amateur ( and recently famous for peeing in the woods at The Masters).
It’s hard not to predict Auburn as the winner but I am going to pick FSU because they lost to Auburn in 2024 in the finals and so I think (1) FSU has a chip on their shoulder and (2) It is very hard to win back-to-back National Championships and that is what Auburn is attempting to achieve this week.
Of course, like the women’s competition, you never know if another team will surprise everyone and come out on top.