It was a season of firsts for Clemson in men's golf. The Tigers were ranked first during the entire season in the college golf rankings, and they finished first in their conference tournament and in their regional. To top it off, Clemson's first-place finish in the Division I Men's Golf Championships was the school's first. The Tigers are the first team to win their conference tournament, the NCAA regional and the championship in the same year.

The Tigers beat Oklahoma State by two strokes in the tournament played at the Cowboys' home course of Karsten Creek May 27-30. UCLA finished third and Wake Forest and Florida tied for fourth.

"It was probably the hardest round of golf I think we've ever had to play," said Clemson coach Larry Penley. "We shoot 15 over par and still win? It was extremely tough."

Clemson's final-round 303 was the Tigers' highest score of the season.

D.J. Trahan, who decided not to turn professional last year and returned as a senior to help his team win its first title, turned in Clemson's best round with a 74. Jack Ferguson clinched the team championship with a par on the 18th hole. Ferguson, playing in his first NCAA championship, finished 19th individually after a final round 77. Trahan finished 22nd, his fourth top-25 championship finish.

"I'm not going to kid you, it's a lot of pressure; it takes a lot of guts," Trahan said. "This is a tough golf course."

Clemson and Oklahoma State began the day separated by only one stroke. The Cowboys took the lead after three holes, but Clemson fired 6-under as a team on the eighth and ninth holes combined, turning a four-shot deficit into a four-shot lead. The two teams remained close until Clemson managed a six-shot advantage with just two holes to play.

The individual champion was Alejandro Canizares, Arizona State freshman and son of Champions Tour golfer Jose Maria Canizares. Canizares shot a 77 in the first round, but found his game with a 70 and 71 in rounds two and three, respectively, to compile a 287 total.

Canizares began the final day six shots behind Auburn's Lee Williams. Williams was the leader after each of the first three days, but was outdone by Canizares' outgoing 69.

"I was just keeping my game and concentrating and not looking at the leaderboard," Canizares said. "I didn't know my chances. It's a long tournament. I made a good comeback and played well the last three days."

Team results

1. Clemson, 299-302-287-303 -- 1,191; 2. Oklahoma St., 299-300-290-304 -- 1,193; 3. UCLA, 303-295-301-298 -- 1,197; 4. (tie) Wake Forest, 304-306-290-298 -- 1,198; and Florida, 302-300-297-299 -- 1,198; 6. Arizona St., 306-308-297-291 -- 1,202; 7. Augusta St., 311-306-294-302 -- 1,213; 8. Auburn, 299-303-301-312 -- 1,215; 9. (tie) North Carolina, 308-308-299-301 -- 1,216; and Texas, 306-314-299-297 -- 1,216; 11. (tie) Georgia Tech, 310-306-302-300 -- 1,218; and Washington, 314-300-301-303 -- 1,218; 13. UNLV, 313-300-295-312 -- 1,220; 14. Southern California, 300-311-298-312 -- 1,221; 15. North Carolina St., 299-317-296-312 -- 1,224; 16. Georgia, 315-306-297-308 -- 1,226; 17. Arizona, 307-308-303-311 -- 1,229; 18. Wichita St., 308-309-288-316 -- 1,232.

Eliminated after 54 holes:

19. (tie) Duke, 300-326-294 -- 920; and Minnesota, 305-309-306 -- 920; 21. Illinois, 304-320-297 -- 921; 22. Oregon, 323-300-301 -- 924; 23. Tennessee, 320-310-295 -- 925; 24. New Mexico, 309-314-305 -- 928; 25. Vanderbilt, 320-313-297 -- 930; 26. Kentucky, 309-323-310 -- 942; 27. Arkansas, 314-326-307 -- 947; 28. Southern Methodist, 316-319-318 -- 953; 29. South Carolina, 313-331-311 -- 955; 30. San Diego St., 323-327-315 -- 965.

Individual results

1. Alejandro Canizares, Arizona St., 77-70-71-69 -- 287; 2. Lee Williams, Auburn, 69-72-71-77 -- 289; 3. (tie) Matthew Rosenfeld, Texas, 71-76-71-72 -- 290; and Chris Stroud, Lamar, 70-77-70-73 -- 290; 5. Brock Mackenzie, Washington, 77-71-72-71 -- 291; 6. (tie) Ricky Barnes, Arizona, 75-74-70-73 -- 292; and Jason Hartwick, Texas, 77-70-72-73 -- 292; 8. Hunter Mahan, Oklahoma St., 73-71-73-76 -- 293; 9. Chez Reavie, Arizona St., 74-77-70-73 -- 294; 10. (tie) Andrew Dahl, 73-81-71-71 -- 295; and Jason Moon, North Carolina St., 72-73-75-75 -- 295; 12. (tie) David Denham, Georgia, 74-73-73-76 -- 296; Matt Every, Florida, 73-78-72-73 -- 296; Michael Putnam, Pepperdine, 78-75-71-72 -- 296; and Nicholas Thompson, Georgia Tech, 77-77-72-70 -- 296; 16. (tie) John Holmes, Kentucky, 72-76-69-80 -- 297; John Merrick, UCLA, 75-72-77-73 -- 297; and Camilo Villegas, Florida, 72-79-75-71 -- 297; 19. (tie) Jack Ferguson, Clemson, 73-76-72-77 -- 298; Travis Johnson, 74-74-74-76 -- 298; and Zack Robinson, Oklahoma St., 75-77-70-76-- 298; 22. (tie) Ryan Moore, UNLV, 76-71-75-77 -- 299; David Skinns, Tennessee, 76-79-68-76 -- 299; D.J. Trahan, Clemson, 75-78-72-74 -- 299; and Richard Treis, North Carolina, 75-74-80-70 -- 299.

26. (tie) Judd Easterling, Wichita St., 78-72-70-80 -- 300; Bill Haas, Wake Forest, 77-82-71-70 -- 300; Justin Walters, North Carolina St., 73-83-70-74 -- 300; Brent Wanner, Wake Forest, 75-75-71-79 -- 300; and Chad Wilfong, Wake Forest, 79-74-73-74 -- 300; 31. (tie) Steve Conway, UCLA, 78-76-70-77 -- 301; Roy Moon, UCLA, 76-73-80-72 -- 301; and Alex Noren, Oklahoma St., 80-72-74-75 -- 301; 34. Travis Whisman, UNLV, 77-81-71-73 -- 302; 35. (tie) Matt Hendrix, Clemson, 76-78-69-80 -- 303; Gregg Jones, Clemson, 75-75-78-75 -- 303; Chris Nallen, Arizona, 75-78-75-75 -- 303; and Taylor Wood, Southern California, 76-75-73-79 -- 303; 39. (tie) Chris Botsford, Southern California, 77-76-73-78 -- 304; Kalle Edberg, Augusta St., 77-73-74-80 -- 304; and Troy Matteson, Georgia Tech, 78-74-77-75 -- 304; 42. (tie) Ben Hayes, Southern California, 75-81-74-75 -- 305; James Heath, Augusta St., 81-75-76-73 -- 305; Kevin Kisner, Georgia, 86-76-68-75 -- 305; Richard Scott, Georgia, 78-77-74-76 -- 305; and Mike Sica, Oregon, 73-74-74-84 -- 305; 47. John May, Wichita St., 76-79-74-77 -- 306; 48. J.J. Wall, Texas, 75-82-74-76 -- 307; 49. (tie) Dustin Bray, North Carolina, 84-77-76-71 -- 308; Fernando Mechereffe, North Carolina St., 78-80-70-70 -- 308; and Chris Yoder, Wake Forest, 78-80-75-75 -- 308.

52. (tie) Nico Bollini, Southern California, 72-79-78-80 -- 309; Ben Duncan, Clemson, 85-73-74-77 -- 309; Brett Stegmaier, Florida, 83-76-73-77 -- 309; and Emmett Turner, Augusta St., 83-79-72-75 -- 309; 56. (tie) Jordan Code, Arizona, 81-71-77-81 -- 310; Jonathan Dismuke, Auburn, 74-77-77-82 -- 310; and Ryan Keeney, UNLV, 80-78-73-79 -- 310; 59. (tie) Ramon Bescansa, North Carolina, 76-85-71-79 -- 311; Tyler McKeever, Auburn, 81-78-71-81 -- 311; Jesse Mueller, Arizona St., 80-78-81-72 -- 311; and Oliver Wilson, Augusta St., 70-79-86-76 -- 311; 63. (tie) Thomas Jordan, Georgia Tech, 79-77-79-77 -- 312; Cortland Lowe, Wake Forest, 74-77-81-80 -- 312; Dan Potter, Washington, 90-75-73-74 -- 312; and John Roberston, Washington, 75-77-79-81 -- 312; 67. (tie) Kendall Critchfield, Arizona St., 75-83-75-80 -- 313; Kevin Silva, North Carolina, 79-75-78-81 -- 313; and Chan Wongluekiet, Georgia Tech, 77-82-76-78 -- 313; 70. Chris Clarke, Oklahoma St., 77-80-73-84 -- 314; 71. (tie) Brien Davis, UNLV, 81-75-76-83 -- 315; Par Nilsson, Oklahoma St., 74-85-79-77 -- 315; Jason Novascone, Witchita St., 72-84-78-81 -- 315; Julien Trudeau, Witchita St., 83-76-77-79 -- 315; and Brian Woolf, Arizona, 81-75-78-81 -- 315.

76. (tie) Derek Berg, Washington, 79-77-77-83 -- 316; and Scott Jamieson, Augusta St., 86-80-72-78 -- 316; 78. James Vargas, Florida, 76-75-88-78 -- 317; 79. Jeremy Elliott, North Carolina, 78-82-75-84 -- 319; 80. (tie) Andrew Medley, Arizona, 76-80-81-83 -- 320; and David Oh, Southern California, 78-83-79-80 -- 320; 82. J.C. Deacon, UNLV, 80-76-80-85 -- 321; 83. (tie) Sutton Barbery, North Carolina St., 76-81-81-84 -- 322; Adam Cranford, Georgia Tech, 78-78-77-89 -- 322; and Jay Mundy, Auburn, 87-76-82-77 -- 322; 86. (tie) Will Claxton, Auburn, 75-88-86-77 -- 326; Ty Cline, Wichita St., 82-82-82-80 -- 326; and John Poucher, UCLA, 80-78-84-84 -- 326; 89. Christo Greyling, Georgia, 79-83-84-81 -- 327; 90. Ryan Hybl, Georgia, 84-80-82-82 -- 328; 91. (tie) Rusty Kennedy, Texas, 85-87-82-76 -- 330; and Brady Stockton, Arizona St., 84-86-83-77 -- 330; 93. Conner Robbins, Washington, 83-90-84-77 -- 334; 94. Russell Surber, Texas, 83-86-83-86 -- 338; 95. Stephen Lewton, North Carolina St., 82-87-89-83 -- 341; WD-Reid Hatley, Arizona, WD-88-83-82.

Eliminated after 54 holes:

Justin Smith, Minnesota, 76-75-73 -- 224; Patrick Nagle, 81- 78-66 -- 225; Michael Letzig, New Mexico, 77-76-73 -- 226; Nathan Smith, Duke, 74-80-72 -- 226; Will Dodson, Southern Methodist, 80-76-72 -- 228; Leif Olson, Duke, 74-80-74-- 228; Brandt Snedeker, Vanderbilt, 81-74-73 -- 228; Eirik Johansen, South Carolina, 75-80-74 -- 229; David Morgan, Minnesota, 72-82-75 -- 229; Ryan Gildersleeve, South Ala., 76-77-77 -- 230; Seth Murphy, Arkansas, 78-79-73 -- 230; Stephen Sparolini, Southern Methodist, 77-78-75 -- 230; Jay Choi, New Mexico, 73-81-77 -- 231; Mark Donnell, Vanderbilt, 81-77-73 -- 231; Alex Hamilton, South Carolina, 79-80-72 -- 231; John Scott Rattan, Tennessee, 82-76-73 -- 231; Gregg LaVoie, Oregon, 86-75-71 -- 232; Brandon Waldrop, Kentucky, 77-78-77 -- 232; Mike Castleforte, Duke, 79-81-74 -- 234; James Lepp, Illinois, 72-83-79 -- 234; Simon Nash, Minnesota, 75-80-79 -- 234; Matt Anderson, Minnesota, 82-74-79 -- 235; Ian Medlock, New Mexico, 78-80-77 -- 235; Mike O'Neal, Illinois, 79-82-74 -- 235; Tony Giarratano, Denver, 87 -75-74 -- 236; Lance Goodson, Vanderbilt, 79-84-73 -- 236; John Lieber, San Diego St., 78-79-79 -- 236; Ted Brown, Va. Commonwealth, 78-78-81 -- 237; Geoff Lound, Illinois, 72-84-81 -- 237; Scott Abbott, Southern Methodist, 76-81-82 -- 239; Craig Dunlap, Vanderbilt, 83-78-78 -- 239; Mark Warman, San Diego St., 82-83-74 -- 239; Ryan Blaum, Duke, 73-87-80 -- 240; John Ellis, Oregon, 92-74-74 -- 240; Matt Kohn, Kentucky, 80-82-78 -- 240; Ian Parnaby, Tennessee, 78- 80-82 -- 240; Andrew Pratt, Tennessee, 84-75-81 -- 240; Brett Callas, Houston, 79-81-81 -- 241; Garrett Chaussard, Illinois, 86-77-78 -- 241; Tom Lefebvre, Duke, 82-85-74 -- 241; Madalitso Muthiya, New Mexico, 81-78-82 -- 241; Martin Rominger, South Carolina, 76-82-83 -- 241; Ross McGowan, Tennessee, 87-84-73 -- 244; Brian Miller, San Diego St., 83-83-78 -- 244; Jay Reynolds, New Mexico, 86-80-78 -- 244; Chris Carnahan, Oregon, 76-88-82 -- 246; Adam Wing, Arkansas, 82-85-79 -- 246; Paul Bradshaw, Arkansas, 81-82-85 -- 248; Andrew Scott, San Diego St., 81-83-84 -- 248; Ben McClung, Vanderbilt, 79-89-81 -- 249; Wilhelm Schauman, Minnesota, 86-80-84 -- 250; Lars Johansson, San Diego St., 82-82-87 -- 251; Kyle Johnson, Oregon, 88-77-86 -- 251; Mark Blakefield, Kentucky, 83-87-86 -- 256; Brock Mulder, Southern Methodist, 83-84-89 -- 256; Ryan Coyne, Kentucky, 80-90-87 -- 257; Nash Elliott, South Carolina, 83-89-86 -- 258; Josh Farrell, Arkansas, 83-84-92 -- 259; West Streib, South Carolina, 89-89-82 -- 260; Nicholas Loar, Southern Methodist, 87-88-WD.