NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships
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| Location | United States |
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| Established | 1939 |
| Course(s) | 2016: Eugene Country Club, Eugene, Oregon |
| Par | 2016: 70 |
| Length | 2016: 7,014 yards (6,414 m) |
| Format | 72-hole stroke play 8-team match play |
| Month played | May/June |
| Team: Oregon Individual: Aaron Wise, Oregon |
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 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
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The NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships, played in late May or early June, is the top annual competition in U.S. men's collegiate golf.
The teams that win their respective Division I conference championshoips are given automatic spots in the regionals. A selection committee decides which other teams play in the regionals. The top teams in each regionals advance to the championship. In addition, the best player in each tournament from teams not qualified also advance to the next round as individual competitors.
It is a stroke play team competition, starting in 2009 the competition changed to a stroke play/match play competition with the top 8 teams after 54 holes of stroke play being seeded and concluding with an 8-team match play playoff. There is also an award for the lowest scoring individual competitor.
Many individual winners have gone on to have successful careers on the PGA Tour, including 1961 champion Jack Nicklaus, 1967 champion Hale Irwin, 1996 champion Tiger Woods, and three-time champions Ben Crenshaw and Phil Mickelson.
Americans had captured all of the titles from the tournament's inception, until James McLean of Australia won in 1998. Luke Donald of England won in 1999. Alejandro Cañizares of Spain won in 2003, followed by James Lepp (2005) and Matt Hill (2009), both from Canada, and Thomas Pieters of Belgium in 2012.
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