NCAA Championship: Match play field, pairings set for 2022 men’s quarterfinals

Check out who’s teeing it up in match play for a shot at the national title.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The men’s individual national champion has been crowned, which means one thing: it’s time for match play.

Vanderbilt freshman Gordon Sargent won the individual national title at the 2022 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship on Monday evening, defeating Parker Coody (Texas), Ryan Burnett (North Carolina) and Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra (Oklahoma State) in a four-way playoff with a birdie on the 18th hole.

Three teams finished tied atop the team leaderboard at 14 over, with Vanderbilt winning the tie breaker over Oklahoma and North Carolina to earn the No. 1 seed and a match with No. 8 Texas Tech. No. 2 Oklahoma will square off against No. 7 Arizona State, with No. 3 North Carolina facing No. 6 Pepperdine. Big 12 rivals Texas and Oklahoma State will duke it out in the 4 vs. 5 matchup.

With the quarterfinals set to begin on Tuesday morning and the semifinals to follow, here’s a breakdown of the teams competing for the national championship (all times Eastern).

Scores: Team | Individual
Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings: Men’s team | Men’s individual