NCAA History Notre Dame has qualified for postseason competition 34 times and won the NCAA title in 1944, in addition to a runner-up showing in 1937, third-place finishes in 1931, ’33, ’36 and ’51 and 19 finishes in the top 10. In 1989, the NCAA introduced a regional format (27 teams at three sites), with the top 10 teams advancing to the 30-team NCAA Championship final. Year Host School 1930 1931 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 Drake 1940 Vermont 1941 Ohio State 1942 Notre Dame Chicago 1943 1944 Toledo 1945 Ohio State 1946 Princeton 1947 Michigan Ohio State 1951 1952 Purdue Colorado 1953 1956 Ohio State Colorado 1957 1958 Williams 1960 Colorado Purdue 1961 1962 Duke Wichita State 1963 1964 Colorado Tennessee 1965 1966 Stanford 2004 Purdue* 2005 Notre Dame* UCF** 2006 2008^ Ohio State* 2011 Florida# 2012 Michigan*
Site (location) Oakmont C.C. (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Olympia Fields C.C. (Chicago, Ill.) Buffalo C.C. (Buffalo, N.Y.) Cleveland C.C. (Cleveland, Ohio) Congressional C.C. (Washington, D.C.) North Shore C.C. (Chicago, Ill.) Oakmont C.C. (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Louisville C.C. (Louisville, Ky.) Wakonda C.C. (Des Moines, Iowa) Ewanok C.C. (Manchester, Vt.) Ohio State C.C. (Columbus, Ohio) South Bend C.C. (South Bend, Ind.) Olympia Fields C.C. (Chicago, Ill.) Inverness C.C. (Toledo, Ohio) Ohio State G.C. (Columbus, Ohio) Springdale G.C. (Princeton, N.J.) Michigan G.C. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) Ohio State G.C. (Columbus, Ohio) Purdue G.C. (Lafayette, Ind.) Broadmoor G.C. (Colorado Springs, Colo.) Ohio State G.C. (Columbus, Ohio) Broadmoor G.C. (Colorado Springs, Colo.) Taconic Club (Williamstown, Mass.) Broadmoor G.C. (Colorado Springs, Colo.) Purdue G.C. (Lafayette, Ind.) Duke G.C. (Durham, N.C.) Wichita C.C. (Wichita, Kan.) Broadmoor G.C. (Colorado Springs, Colo.) Holston Hills G.C. (Knoxville, Tenn.) Stanford G.C. (Stanford, Calif.) Kampen G.C. (West Lafayette, Ind.) Warren G.C. (Notre Dame, Ind.) Lake Nona G.& C.C. (Orlando, Fla.) Ohio State Scarlet G.C. (Columbus, Ohio) Golden Ocala G.C. (Ocala, Fla.) U-M Golf Course (Ann Arbor, Fla.)
ND Finish 4th 3rd 3rd 4th 7th 3rd 2nd 6th 10th 15th 8th 8th 7th 1st 4th 6th 12th 3rd 16th 7th 6th 14th 12th 11th 14th 17th 15th 4th 18th 11th 12th T-13th 17th — 9th T-6th
Score 767 627 624 623 642 630 649 620 633 644 617 612 656 311 633 621 635 604 631 591 607 632 623 620 611 638 606 600 610 608 914 877 897 — 865 859
* - NCAA Central Regional // ** - NCAA East Regional // # - NCAA Southeast Regional ^ - Notre Dame sent individual qualifier to regional (Josh Sandman 2008)
Bill Redmond advanced to the third round of the 1931 NCAA championship.
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Johnny Banks shared medalist honors at the 1933 NCAAs.
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Tom Grace advanced to the third round of the NCAAs in 1961 and 1962.