The 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship was the 80th annual tournament to determine the national champions of NCAA Division I men's golf. It was contested from May 25 to 30 at the Karsten Creek in Stillwater, Oklahoma and hosted by Oklahoma State.

Oklahoma State won its 11th team championship, defeating Alabama 5–0 in the finals. Broc Everett of Augusta won the individual championship in a sudden-death playoff over Brandon Mancheno of Auburn.

Qualifying The five teams with the lowest team scores qualified from each of the six regional tournaments for both the team and individual national championships. The lowest scoring individual not affiliated with one of the qualified teams in their regional also qualified for the individual national championship.

Regional tournaments Regional nameGolf courseLocationQualified teams Additionally qualified Reunion Regional Reunion Resort, Watson Course Kissimmee, Florida UCF, Florida, Kent State, North Carolina, VanderbiltGeorge Cunningham, Arizona Raleigh Regional Lonnie Poole Golf Course Raleigh, North Carolina Augusta, Arizona State, Duke, NC State, TexasPontus Nyholm, Campbell Columbus Regional OSU Golf Club, Scarlet Course Columbus, Ohio Illinois, Northwestern, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, UNLVKyle Mueller, Michigan Norman Regional Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club Norman, Oklahoma Arkansas, Auburn, BYU, North Florida, OklahomaJoshua McCarthy, Pepperdine Pacific Regional The Reserve at Spanos Park Stockton, California Alabama, Iowa State, Kansas, Oregon, StanfordCharles Corner, UTEP Bryan Regional Traditions Club Bryan, Texas Baylor, Clemson, Kentucky, Texas A&M, UCLABraden Thornberry, Ole Miss

Team competition Leaderboard After 54 holes, the field of 30 teams was cut to the top 15.

PlaceTeamRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4TotalTo par 1 Oklahoma State 287 285 285 295 1152 E 2 Duke 291 287 276 306 1160 +8 3 Texas Tech 284 287 290 300 1161 +9 4 Oklahoma 285 293 290 295 1163 +11 5 Auburn 300 280 290 297 1167 +15 T6 Alabama 294 279 301 294 1168 +16 T6 Texas 289 291 295 293 1168 +16 8 Texas A&M 293 289 289 298 1169 +17 9 Vanderbilt 287 292 287 304 1170 +18 10 Kent State 288 291 293 299 1171 +19 11 Illinois 289 291 301 295 1176 +24 12 Arkansas 296 289 291 303 1179 +27 T13 Arizona State 296 289 295 302 1182 +30 T13 Clemson 285 294 299 304 1182 +30 15 North Carolina 296 289 297 305 1187 +35

Remaining teams: Northwestern (884), Stanford (884), Florida (886), Iowa State (891), UNLV (891), Kentucky (892), UCLA (892), Kansas (894), BYU (897), NC State (897), UCF (897), Oregon (899), North Florida (902), Augusta (904), Baylor (910).

Match play bracket The eight teams with the lowest total scores advanced to the match play bracket.

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Individual competition The field was cut after 54 holes to the top 15 teams and the top nine individuals not on a top 15 team. These 84 players competed for the individual championship.

PlacePlayer UniversityScoreTo par1 Broc Everett^ Augusta 70-70-70-71=281 −72 Brandon Mancheno Auburn 72-66-71-72=2813 Doug Ghim Texas 71-69-70-72=282 −6T4 Dylan Meyer Illinois 72-69-73-69=283 −5 Iván Ramírez Texas Tech 67-72-71-73=2836 Scottie Scheffler Texas 67-74-70-73=284 −4T7 Bryson Nimmer Clemson 64-75-68-78=285 −3 Matthew Wolff Oklahoma State 71-73-69-72=285T9 John Augenstein Vanderbilt 70-69-73-74=286 −2 Philip Knowles North Florida 73-73-68-72=286 ^ Everett won on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.

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