Here’s everything you need to know about the 2026 DIII men’s golf championship.
The 2026 Division III men’s golf championship field was revealed via a selection release on NCAA.com on Monday, May 4. The tournament championship continues on Wednesday, May 13 and wraps up on Friday, May 15 at Mission Resort & Club in Howey-in-the-Hills, FL.
Forty-three teams and 10 individuals not on one of those teams were selected to participate in the championships. After 36 holes of competition, the field will be cut to the top 18 teams and top six individuals not on one of those teams. Thirty-four conferences will be awarded automatic qualification for the championships. The final nine berths are at-large selections for institutions from automatic-qualifying conferences that are not the conference champion and independent institutions.
👀 REWIND: Methodist wins the 2025 DIII men’s golf championship
2026 NCAA DIII men’s golf championship schedule
- Selection release: Monday, May 4 here on NCAA.com
- Championship: Tuesday, May 12 – Friday, May 15 | Live results
- Mission Resort & Club, Howey-in-the-Hills, FL
NCAA DIII men’s golf championship history
Methodist has taken home the crown the most with 15 national titles, having won three of the last four.
| Year | Champion | Coach | Score | Runner-Up | Score | Host or Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Methodist | Steve Conley | 1,175 | Illinois Wesleyan | 1,180 | Penfield, NY |
| 2024 | Methodist | Steve Conley | 1,131 | Carnegie Mellon | 1,132 | Boulder City, NV |
| 2023 | Carnegie Mellon | Dan Rodgers | 1,151 | Piedmont | 1,157 | Nicholasville, KY |
| 2022 | Methodist | Steve Conley | 1,168 | Hampden-Sydney | 1,176 | Howey-in-the-Hills, FL |
| 2021 | Illinois Wesleyan | Jim Ott | 1,155 | Methodist | 1,168 | Wheeling, WV |
| 2020 | Canceled due to Covid-19 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 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 |
