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1940 NCAA Golf Championship
Tournament information
LocationManchester, Vermont, U.S.
Course(s)Ekwanok Country Club
Statistics
Length6,082 yards
Field20 teams
Champion
Team: LSU and Princeton
Individual: Dixon Brooke (Virginia)
Team: 601
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The 1940 NCAA Golf Championship was the second annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate golf in the United States. The tournament was held at the Ekwanok Country Club in Manchester, Vermont.

LSU and Princeton shared the team championship, the first for both programs. Dixon Brooke from Virginia captured the individual title.[1] The Tigers from LSU were coached by Mike Donahue and the Tigers from Princeton by Walter Bourne.

John P. Burke (Georgetown), with a score of 143, was the tournament's medalist.

Team results

Rank Team Score
T1 LSU 601
Princeton
3 Georgetown 606
4 Duke 612
5 Illinois 616
T6 USC 617
Stanford
8 Iowa State A&M 618
9 Michigan State College 620
T10 Northwestern 621
Yale
  • Note: Top 10 only

References

  1. ^ "NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved June 25, 2017.