Drone flyover video of Omni La Costa North Course par-3 16th hole
Omni La Costa is hosting the NCAA mens and womens golf championships for a second year in a row. The North Course’s 16th hole is the final par-3.
The NCAA Championships are here.
The 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship gets underway Friday at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa’s North Course in Carlsbad, California. Thirty teams and six individuals not on those teams advanced from regional play last week to the national championship.
Stroke play will last four rounds, and the top-eight teams will advance to match play, with the championship match set for Wednesday, May 28. Auburn is the defending national champion, and Georgia Tech’s Hiroshi Tai won the individual title last May.
This is the second of five years at Omni La Costa for the NCAA Championship.
Here’s everything you need to know for the 2025 NCAA Men’s Golf Championship, including TV and ticket information.
NCAA Men’s Golf Championship format
The finals for both championships consist of three days of stroke play on Friday through Sunday (54 holes), after which the top 15 teams and top nine individuals not on an advancing team will be determined. That is followed by a final day of 18 holes of stroke play (Monday) to determine the top eight teams that will advance to match play as well as the 72-hole individual champion. The team national champion will be determined by a match-play format that will consist of quarterfinals and semifinals conducted on Tuesday, followed by the finals on Wednesday.
NCAA Men’s Golf Championship TV information
Golf Channel is the TV home for the NCAA Championships. All times ET
Monday, May 26
Live coverage – 6-10 p.m.
Tuesday, May 27
Live coverage – 1-3:30 p.m.
Live coverage – 6-10 p.m.
Wednesday, May 28
Live coverage – 6-10 p.m.
How many teams make match play at NCAA Men’s Golf Championship?
Eight. After Monday’s final round of stroke play, the top eight teams advance to match play, which begins Tuesday morning with the quarterfinals.
2025 NCAA Men’s Golf Championship field
Teams
- Arizona State
- Auburn
- Augusta
- BYU
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Florida State
- Georgia
- Georgia Tech
- Illinois
- New Mexico
- Oklahoma
- Oklahoma State
- Ole Miss
- Pepperdine
- Purdue
- San Diego
- South Carolina
- South Florida
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Texas A&M
- Texas Tech
- Troy
- UCLA
- UNLV
- Vanderbilt
- Virginia
- Wake Forest
Individuals
- Claes Borregaard, Kennesaw State
- Bryan Kim, Duke
- Jacob Modleski, Notre Dame
- Sakke Siltala, Texas State
- Hunter Thomson, Michigan
- Braxton Watts, Utah
NCAA Men’s Golf Championship tickets
Fans must have tickets to attend this year’s NCAA Golf Championships. Here’s how to buy them.
Omni La Costa course info
Omni La Costa will play as a par-72 layout measuring 6,330 yards. There was an extensive renovation by the architectural team of Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner, and the NCAA Championship was the first event on the layout before it opened for public play last year.
Hanse and Wagner implemented significant changes to the North layout. Among the renovations: A new drivable par-4 11th was built, the green of the par-3 16th was repositioned in a fashion reminiscent of Augusta National Golf Club’s No. 12, and the par-5 18th was stretched to more than 600 yards with water on both sides of the fairway.
The revised layout will feature six sets of tees that play from 4,500 to 7,500 yards. Other changes include transitioning irrigation lines that will continue to use reclaimed water, the removal of several man-made ponds and the reintroduction of natural barrancas that feature drought-tolerant and native species of plants.
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