Claremont-Mudd-Scripps has won the 2026 DIII men's golf championship.
CMS won the title after besting Illinois Wesleyan in a sudden-death playoff. It marks the second championship in program history and the first since 2016. Sebi Aliaga also won the individual national championship for CMS.
The championship rounds took placeat 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. Thirty-four conferences were awarded automatic qualification for the championships. The final nine berths were at-large selections for institutions from automatic-qualifying conferences that are not the conference champion and independent institutions.
After 36 holes of competition, the field was cut to the top 18 teams and top six individuals not on one of those teams. The championship rounds took place at Mission Resort & Club in Howey-in-the-Hills, FL.
👀 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 krikya68.com
- Championship: Tuesday, May 12 - Friday, May 15 |
- 🏆 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps wins team title| Sebi Aliaga wins the individual title
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | Mitchell Fedorka | 1,135 | Illinois Wesleyan | 1,135 | Howey-in-the-Hills, FL |
| 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 |