1974 NCAA Division I Golf Championship

1974 NCAA Division I Golf Championship

Tournament information
Location	Santee, California, U.S. 32°50′34″N 117°00′35″W / 32.842824°N 117.009842°W / 32.842824; -117.009842
Course(s)
Statistics
Field	15 teams
Champion
Team: Wake Forest (1st title) Individual: Curtis Strange, Wake Forest
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The 1974 NCAA Division I Golf Championship was the 36th annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate golf at the University Division level in the United States.^[1]

The tournament was held at the in Santee, California, a suburb of San Diego.

Wake Forest won the team championship, the Demon Deacons' first NCAA title.

Curtis Strange, also from Wake Forest, won the individual title.

Wake Forest staged the largest comeback in NCAA Championship history and Curtis Strange won the title with one of the greatest shots in championship golf history. The Demon Deacons erased a 33-shot deficit after the second round to go into the final round only three shots out of the lead. On the 72nd and final hole, Strange teed off on a par-5 with Wake Forest tied for the team lead. On his second shot, he hit a one-iron to within three feet and rolled in the putt for a championship-clinching eagle.

Individual results[]

Individual champion[]

• Curtis Strange, Wake Forest

Team results[]

• DC = Defending champions
• Debut appearance

References[]

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