Illinois Wesleyan wins the 2021 DIII men's golf championship
Illinois Wesleyan wins back-to-back national championships
For the second consecutive year, Illinois Wesleyan wins the DIII men's golf national championship. The Titans' steady performance kept them atop the leaderboard throughout the tournament and ultimately led them to a 23-over par win, 13 strokes ahead of runner-up Methodist University.
This is Illinois Wesleyan's second title in program history. Click or tap here to view every national championship since 1975.
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Will Hocker of Webster wins the individual championship with an overall tournament score of 2-over, just two strokes between runner-ups Robb Kinder of Christopher Newport and Cooper Hrabak of Methodist. The final round began with Hocker, Denison's Marc Mitchell, Illinois Wesleyan's Jimmy Morton and Methodist's Andre Chi tied at first place.
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Here are the final round stats and leaderboard
The final round is here. The top 18 teams and the top six individuals not on those teams are competing today for a national championship. Follow along here for the latest updates.
Illinois Wesleyan enters today atop the leaderboard at 15-over, 15 shots ahead of Methodist University.
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Entering play today, the race is much closer on the individual side with four golfers tied for first at 2-over. Denison's Marc Mitchell, Illinois Wesleyan's Jimmy Morton, Webster's Will Hocker and Methodist University's Andre Chi are all neck-and-neck. Another six players are within five shots.
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Third round scores at the DIII men's golf championship
Illinois Wesleyan increased its lead after the third round of the DIII men's golf championship on Thursday, finishing 15-over for the tournament and 15 shots ahead of Methodist University. Thursday's rounds came after the field was cut to just the top 18 teams and the top six individuals not on those teams following Wednesday's action.
Illinois Wesleyan's 3-over round on Thursday topped the field.
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Four golfers are tied for first on the individual leaderboard at 2-over: Denison's Marc Mitchell, Illinois Wesleyan's Jimmy Morton, Webster's Will Hocker and Methodist University's Andre Chi. Another six players are within five shots.
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Results from Day 2 of the 2021 DIII men's golf championship
The second round of the 2021 DIII men's golf championship is over. Illinois Wesleyan remains in first place at 12-over. Methodist leapfrogged into second place with 17-over and Guilford takes third place with 24-over.
Methodist's Andre Chi takes over first place at 4-under, as three tie for second at even par — Nebraska Wesleyan's Alex Kubik, Illinois Wesleyan's Jimmy Morton and Webster's Will Hocker.
The team and individual champions will have up to 72 holes to compete for the national championship.
Team leaderboard
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Individual leaderboard
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Day 2 of the 2021 DIII Men's Golf Championship is on Wednesday
The first tee times for the second round of the DIII Men's Golf Championship are at 8:30 a.m. ET Wednesday and after the second round, the championship field will be cut to the top 18 teams and the top six individuals who aren't on one of those teams.
After Tuesday's opening round, Illinois Wesleyan has a three-stroke lead at six-over, with Huntingdon College (+9) in second. Click or tap here to view the team leaderboard.
After the first 18 holes, there's a three-way tie for the individual lead with Webster's Will Hocker, Illinois Wesleyan's Jimmy Morton and Glavine Schugel of St. John's tied at one-under, with four more golfers one stroke back at even par.
Results from Day 1 of the 2021 DIII men's golf championship
The first round of the 2021 DIII men's golf championship is complete. Illinois Wesleyan is in first place at +6 after the opening round. Three players are tied for first at 1-under: Will Hockey of Webster, Jimmy Morton of Illinois Wesleyan and Glavine Schugel of St. John's (MN).
The 2021 championship is being played at Speidel Golf Club at Oglebay Resort & Conference Center in Wheeling, West Virginia. The team and individual champions will have up to 72 holes to compete for the national championship.
After 36 holes, the championship field will be cut to the top 18 teams and the top six individuals (who aren't on one of those 18 teams).
The leaderboards after Day 1 can be found below.
Team leaderboard
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Individual leaderboard
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The DIII Men's Golf Championship starts today
Tuesday marks the first of four days of DIII Men's Golf Championship action at Speidel Golf Club at Oglebay Resort & Conference Center in Wheeling, West Virginia. The team and individual champions will have up to 72 holes to compete for the national championship, with the championship field getting cut to just the top 18 teams and the top six individuals (who aren't on one of those 18 teams) after 36 holes.
The championship started with 191 participants, with the first round starting at 7:30 a.m. EDT Tuesday on the Robert Trent Jones Sr. course.
You can follow live scores here (link opens in a new window).
Here are the selections for the DIII championship
The NCAA Division III Men's Golf Committee has announced the teams and individuals selected to participate in the 2021 NCAA Division III Men’s Golf Championships.
A total of 191 participants will compete at the 2021 championships. Thirty conferences were awarded an automatic qualification for the championships. Four teams were selected from Pool B, which consists of independent institutions and institutions that are members of conferences that do not meet the requirements for automatic qualification. The final three berths were reserved for Pool C, which are institutions from automatic-qualifying conferences that are not the conference champion and any remaining Pool B teams. The six individuals are selected from the remaining players who have not qualified with a team.
Conferences Receiving Automatic Qualification Berths (30)
Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference – Pennsylvania State Univ. Erie, The Behrend College
American Rivers Conference - Nebraska Wesleyan
American Southwest Conference – Mary Hardin-Baylor
Centennial Conference – Franklin & Marshall
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin - Illinois Wesleyan
Colonial States Athletic Conference - Rosemont
Commonwealth Coast Conference – Western New England
Empire 8 - Utica
Great Northeast Athletic Conference – Albertus Magnus
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Rose-Hulman
Landmark Conference - Catholic
Liberty League – Rensselaer Polytechnic
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association - Trine
Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth – York College (Pennsylvania)
Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom – Stevens Institute of Technology
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – St. John’s (Minnesota)
New England Small College Athletic Conference - Trinity (Connecticut)
North Atlantic Conference - Husson
North Coast Athletic Conference - Denison
North Eastern Athletic Conference – Pennsylvania College of Technology
Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference - Aurora
Northwest Conference - Willamette
Ohio Athletic Conference - Otterbein
Old Dominion Athletic Conference - Guilford
Presidents’ Athletic Conference – Westminster PA
Skyline Conference – Farmingdale State
Southern Athletic Association – South - Sewanee
St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - Webster
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference - Wisconsin-Superior
USA South Athletic Conference – Piedmont
Pool B Berths (4)
Emory
Trinity Texas
Carnegie Mellon
Christopher Newport
Pool C Berths (3)
Methodist
Huntingdon
St. Thomas Minnesota
Individuals (6)
Kevin Burris, Pfeiffer
Cameron Starr, LaGrange
Lane Roye, McMurry
Jacob Pedersen, Gustavus Adolphus
Declan Hickton, Rochester
Pierce Robinson, Washington & Lee
The DIII men's golf championship selections set for May 3
The 2021 NCAA Division III men's golf championship selections will be announced here on NCAA.com on Monday, May 3.
The championship is May 11-14 at Oglebay Resort & Conference Center in Wheeling, West Virginia.
NCAA DIII Men's Golf Championship history
Below is a list of past NCAA DIII Men's Golf champions.
| Year | Champion | Coach | Score | Runner-Up | Score | Host or Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Illinois Wesleyan | Jim Ott | 1,174 | Huntingdon College | 1,177 | Nicholasville, KY |
| 2018 | Methodist | Steve Conley | 1,159 | Washington & Lee | 1,170 | Greensboro, N.C. |
| 2017 | Wittenberg | Jeff Roope | 1,180 | Guilford | 1,182 | Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla. |
| 2016 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | Bim Jollymour | 1,198 | Huntingdon | 1,204 | Penfield, N.Y. |
| 2015 | Methodist | Steve Conley | 1,173 | LaGrange | 1,176 | Greensboro, N.C. |
| 2014 | Schreiner | Ron Macosko | 1,185 | Ogelthorpe | 1,190 | Greensboro, N.C. |
| 2013 | Texas-Tyler | King Campbell | 1,167 | Transylvania | 1,174 | Miramar Beach, Fla. |
| 2012 | Oglethorpe | Jim Owen | 1,171 | Transylvania | 1,191 | Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla. |
| 2011 | Greensboro | Dirk Fennie | 1,167 | Illinois Wesleyan | 1,173 | Greensboro, N.C. |
| 2010 | Methodist | Steve Conley | 1,177 | Guilford | 1,178 | Hershey, Pa. |
| 2009 | Oglethorpe | Jim Owen | 1,164 | La Verne | 1,168 | Port St. Lucie, Fla. |
| 2008 | St. John's (Minn.) | Bob Alpers | 1,192 | Redlands | 1,195 | Emory |
| 2007 | St. John's (Minn.) | Bob Alpers | 1,204 | La Verne | 1,216 | Anderson (Ind.) |
| 2006 | Nebraska Wesleyan | Brett Balak | 1,193 | Redlands | 1,203 | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| 2005 | Guilford | Jack Jensen | 1,174 | Redlands | 1,199 | Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla. |
| 2004 | Gustavus Adolphus | Scott Moe | 1,178 | Redlands | 1,190 | Redlands |
| 2003 | Averett | Jim Gourlay | 1,175 | Wesley | 1,180 | Ohio Wesleyan |
| 2002 | Guilford | Jack Jensen | 1,212 | Greensboro | 1,218 | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| 2001 | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | Todd Oehrlien | 1,162 | Guilford | 1,163 | Maryville (Mo.) |
| 2000 | Greensboro | Robert Linville | 881 | Methodist | 882 | Olivet |
| 1999 | Methodist | Steve Conley | 1,190 | UC San Diego | 1,217 | Williams |
| 1998 | Methodist | Steve Conley | 1,145 | Otterbein | 1,179 | Emory |
| 1997 | Methodist | Steve Conley | 1,191 | Greensboro | 1,226 | Otterbein |
| 1996 | Methodist | Steve Conley | 1,184 | Skidmore | 1,186 | Skidmore |
| 1995 | Methodist | Steve Conley | 899 | Otterbein | 917 | Rose-Hulman |
| 1994 | Methodist | Steve Conley | 1,177 | UC San Diego | 1,201 | Methodist |
| 1993 | UC San Diego | Mike Wydra | 1,190 | Ohio Wesleyan | 1,202 | UC San Diego |
| 1992 | Methodist | Steve Conley | 1,200 | Gustavus Adolphus | 1,213 | Wooster |
| 1991 | Methodist | Steve Conley | 1,209 | Gustavus Adolphus | 1,224 | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| 1990 | Methodist | Steve Conley | 1,172 | Ohio Wesleyan/Gustavus Adolphus | 1,202 | Emory |
| 1989 | Cal State Stanislaus | Jim Hanny | 1,202 | Methodist | 1,210 | Central (Iowa) |
| 1988 | Cal State Stanislaus | Jim Hanny | 888 | Greensboro | 914 | Greensboro |
| 1987 | Cal State Stanislaus | Jim Hanny | 1,200 | UC San Diego | 1,214 | Ohio Wesleyan |
| 1986 | Cal State Stanislaus | Jim Hanny | 108 | UC San Diego | 1,217 | King's (Pa.) |
| 1985 | Cal State Stanislaus | Jim Hanny | 111 | UC San Diego | 1,213 | Rochester (N.Y.) |
| 1984 | Cal State Stanislaus | Jim Hanny | 1,210 | Methodist | 1,216 | Oswego State |
| 1983 | Allegheny | Norm Sundstrom | 1,229 | Ramapo | 1,231 | Wooster |
| 1982 | Ramapo | Vince Nardiello | 1,200 | Cal State Stanislaus | 1,201 | Wittenberg |
| 1981 | Cal State Stanislaus | Jim Hanny | 1,262 | Roanoke | 1,265 | Greensboro |
| 1980 | Cal State Stanislaus | Jim Hanny | 1,156 | Ramapo | 1,177 | Central (Iowa) |
| 1979 | Cal State Stanislaus | Jim Hanny | 1,269 | Slippery Rock | 1,318 | Hampden-Sydney |
| 1978 | Cal State Stanislaus | Jim Hanny | 1,223 | Allegheny | 1,232 | Wooster |
| 1977 | Cal State Stanislaus | Jim Hanny | 1,222 | Mass-Dartmouth | 1,225 | Kenyon |
| 1976 | Cal State Stanislaus | Jim Hanny | 1,221 | Ashland | 1,228 | Wittenberg |
| 1975 | Wooster | Robert Nye | 907 | Hampden-Sydney | 909 | Tennessee-Martin |