Texas A&M senior Bronson Burgoon had lost four straight holes before coming to the 18th in the match-play final of the Division I Men’s Golf Championships on Saturday, but while approaching his second shot, Burgoon said something “seemed to click” for him.

That “click” would be a 125-yard wedge shot from the rough to within three inches of the cup at the famous Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio, to clinch his match against Arkansas’ Andrew Landry and win the Aggies’ first golf team title.

“Our assistant coach (Jonathan Dismuke) told me to hit it at this rail, and it just kept feeding right down to the hole,” Burgoon said. “Right when it cleared the hill, I knew it was going to go down pretty close to the hole.

“I was struggling the last four holes. I put more pressure on myself than I should have. I was more discouraged for the guys on the team than for myself. The last hole something happened for me and seemed to click. I couldn’t have drawn it up any better. To finish off my senior year with a national championship is incredible. I couldn’t be happier.”

Burgoon’s heroics finished a 3-2 victory for the Aggies, who won the division’s first title played under a match-play format. The first three rounds were conducted in stroke play, then the top eight teams in the three-round standings were seeded according to finish and pitted in a tournament-style, match-play affair.

Oklahoma State entered match play as the top seed after a blistering 54-hole total of 3-under-par 849, 13 shots ahead of Arizona State and 16 better than Southern California, Arkansas and Washington. Michigan, Texas A&M and Georgia rounded out the top eight and also advanced to match play.

Eighth-seeded Georgia took out the Cowboys, though, with a 3-2 decision in the match-play quarterfinals when senior Brian Harman birdied the 18th hole to defeat the Cowboys’ Rickie Fowler, 1-up.

“That was unbelievable theater,” Georgia coach Chris Haack said of Harman’s putt in the quarterfinal round, which came moments after Fowler’s birdie attempt barely missed. “That was two of the best players in college golf. On the 18th tee box, Brian turned to me and said, ‘I’m not ready to go home yet.’ That was one of the gutsiest performances I’ve ever seen.”

In the semifinals, though, Georgia dropped a 3-1-1 decision to Southeastern Conference rival Arkansas, while Texas A&M took out Michigan by the same count.

After Burgoon’s dramatic approach shot in the final, Arkansas’ Landry conceded the birdie and then tried to convert his own 35-footer from the front edge of the green. Burgoon’s teammates began high-fiving each other when it became apparent that Landry’s putt was veering to the left.

“Bronson dominated his matches and played great golf all week,” said Texas A&M coach J.T. Higgins. “He told me earlier this week that he wanted to be on 18 with a chance to win the national championships coming up the last fairway. What a way to come through. That’s all I said to him on 18. I wouldn’t rather have anybody else playing this hole than you right now even after losing four straight. I knew he was a clutch performer. I knew he’d come through and he did. I’m so proud of him.”

Other match winners for the Aggies were John Hurley and Andrea Pavan. Texas A&M had never finished better than fourth (in 1982), despite having qualified for the national tournament 24 times. It was the Aggies’ first NCAA title in any sport since the softball team won in 1987.

Jamie Marshall and Jason Cuthbertson won matches for the Razorbacks, who also were chasing their first title.

The tournament’s medalist was determined at the end of the three-round stroke play. North Carolina State sophomore Matt Hill won the honors after firing 2-under-par 69 in all three rounds, the only golfer in the field to shoot sub-70 rounds each day of the event.

“I am pretty excited about this win, maybe a little bit more than I have been in the past,” said Hill, who has won five consecutive collegiate tournaments and eight of the last nine tournaments he has entered. “I usually don’t show a whole lot of emotion, but I am definitely going to celebrate this one. Winning a national championship is pretty hard to describe.”

Hill won by two shots over Clemson’s Kyle Stanley and by three over Fowler from Oklahoma State, Tom Glissmeyer of Southern California and Tom Hoge of TCU.

North Carolina State coach Richard Sykes praised Hill’s consistency.

“He played the way he has played all year long,” Sykes said. “He did not try shots he could not make. He did not get himself into trouble. When he had to make big shots, he made them. He got his confidence early this year and he has never lost it.”

Hill is the seventh Atlantic Coast Conference golfer to win the NCAA championship and the sixth player from a North Carolina school to win the title. Wake Forest’s Curtis Strange, Jay Haas and Gary Hallberg won individual titles in the 1970s, while North Carolina’s Harvie Ward (1949) and John Inman (1984) also won individual crowns. Hill is also the first Canadian golfer to win the NCAA title since James Lepp of University of Washington took home top honors in 2005.

Team results (three-round totals)

1. Oklahoma St., 288-280-281 -- 849; 2. Arizona St., 294-281-287 -- 862; 3. (tie) Southern California, 305-281-279 -- 865; Arkansas, 297-283-285 -- 865; and Washington, 293-286-286 -- 865; 6. Michigan, 296-285-287 -- 868; 7. (tie) Texas A&M, 298-276-295 -- 869; and Georgia, 288-285-296 -- 869; 9. TCU, 299-285-289 -- 873; 10. (tie) Georgia Tech, 301-285-288 -- 874; and UCF, 300-283-291 -- 874; 12. Tennessee, 294-289-292 -- 875; 13. San Diego, 293-293-291 -- 877; 14. Duke, 297-285-296 -- 878; 15. Alabama, 298-288-293 -- 879; 16. South Carolina, 305-286-294 -- 885; 17. Iowa, 301-296-290 -- 887; 18. Chattanooga, 292-297-299 -- 888; 19. Florida, 310-287-292 -- 889; 20. Stanford, 305-298-288 -- 891; 21. Illinois, 299-291-302 -- 892; 22. Oregon, 306-293-298 -- 897; 23. (tie) Texas Tech, 303-292-305 -- 900; and UCLA, 306-295-299 -- 900; 25. Ohio St., 294-310-297 -- 901; 26. Texas, 308-300-295 -- 903; 27. (tie) Wake Forest, 302-304-298 -- 904; and Virginia, 306-297-301 -- 904; 29. Northwestern, 298-304-306 -- 908; 30. Arizona, 310-302-297 -- 909.

Quarterfinals

Georgia def. Oklahoma St., 3-2; Arkansas def. Washington, 3-2; Texas A&M def. Arizona St., 3-1-1; Michigan def. Southern California, 3-2.

Semifinals

Arkansas def. Georgia, 3-1-1; Texas A&M def. Michigan, 3-1-1.

Championship

Texas A&M def. Arkansas, 3-2.

No. 5 Jamie Marshall (Arkansas) def. No. 5 Conrad Shindler (Texas A&M), 3 and 2; No. 4 Jason Cuthbertson (Arkansas) def. No. 4 Matt Van Zandt (Texas A&M), 3 and 1; No. 3 John Hurley (Texas A&M) def. No. 3 Ethan Tracy (Arkansas), 6 and 4; No. 2 Andrea Pavan (Texas A&M) def. No. 2 David Lingmerth (Arkansas), 7 and 6; No. 1 Bronson Burgoon (Texas A&M) def. No. 1 Andrew Landry (Arkansas), 1-up.

Individual results (three-round totals)

1. Matt Hill, North Carolina St., 69-69-69 -- 207; 2. Kyle Stanley, Clemson, 72-71-66 -- 209; 3. (tie) Rickie Fowler, Oklahoma St., 72-70-68 -- 210; Tom Glissmeyer, Southern California, 74-70-66 -- 210; and Tom Hoge, TCU, 70-70-70 -- 210; 6. Alexander Sitompul, Michigan, 72-69-70 -- 211; 7. (tie) Blayne Barber, UCF, 75-69-68 -- 212; and Morgan Hoffmann, Oklahoma St., 72-69-71 -- 212; 9. (tie) Brian Harman, Georgia, 71-71-71 -- 213; Russell Henley, Georgia, 71-67-75 -- 213; Jesper Kennegard, Arizona St., 72-69-72 -- 213; and Nick Taylor, Washington, 70-70-73 -- 213; 13. (tie) Alex Ching, San Diego, 70-68-76 -- 214; David Holmes, Tennessee, 70-71-73 -- 214; Lion Kim, Michigan, 72-68-74 -- 214; Scott Pinckney, Arizona St., 73-67-74 -- 214; and Conrad Shindler, Texas A&M, 75-68-71 -- 214; 18. (tie) Bronson Burgoon, Texas A&M, 72-67-76 -- 215; Scott Langley, Illinois, 69-74-72 -- 215; Mark Silvers, South Carolina, 74-69-72 -- 215; Cameron Tringale, Georgia Tech, 74-67-74 -- 215; and Peter Uihlein, Oklahoma St., 73-72-70 -- 215; 23. (tie) Chan Kim, Arizona St., 75-71-70 -- 216; Richard Lee, Washington, 76-71-69 -- 216; David Lingmerth, Arkansas, 75-72-69 -- 216; and Darren Wallace, Washington, 72-72-72 -- 216; 27. (tie) Billy Horschel, Florida, 76-68-73 -- 217; Ethan Tracy, Arkansas, 76-68-73 -- 217; and Kevin Tway, Oklahoma St., 74-71-72 -- 217; 30. (tie) Matthew Giles, Southern California, 74-70-74 -- 218; John Hurley, Texas A&M, 75-69-74 -- 218; Clark Klaasen, Duke, 72-75-71 -- 218; Michael Quagliano, Duke, 73-67-78 -- 218; James Sacheck, TCU, 75-73-70 -- 218; and Steve Ziegler, Stanford, 73-69-76 -- 218; 36. (tie) Wesley Bryan, South Carolina, 76-70-73 -- 219; David Dragoo, Georgia Tech, 79-72-68 -- 219; Vince India, Iowa, 74-72-73 -- 219; Andrew Landry, Arkansas, 75-70-74 -- 219; Trent Leon, Oklahoma St., 71-70-78 -- 219; Daniel Miernicki, Oregon, 75-71-73 -- 219; Corey Nagy, Charlotte, 71-76-72 -- 219; Tim Sluiter, Southern California, 79-70-70 -- 219; Matthew Swan, Alabama, 73-71-75 -- 219; Matt Thompson, Michigan, 75-74-70 -- 219; and Blake Trimble, San Diego, 75-73-71 -- 219; 47. (tie) Chesson Hadley, Georgia Tech, 72-72-76 -- 220; David Johnson, UCF, 78-72-70 -- 220; Chris Killmer, Washington, 75-73-72 -- 220; Adam Long, Duke, 73-75-72 -- 220; Jamie Marshall, Arkansas, 71-78-71 -- 220; Chris Paisley, Tennessee, 75-73-72 -- 220; and Cody Paladino, Baylor, 76-75-69 -- 220; 54. (tie) Matt Hughes, Alabama, 77-71-73 -- 221; Hugues Joannes, Lamar, 72-74-75 -- 221; Ryan Linton, Southern California, 81-71-69 -- 221; Gregor Main, UCLA, 77-73-71 -- 221; Darren Renwick, Tennessee, 76-73-72 -- 221; and Robin Wingardh, Tennessee, 73-72-76 -- 221; 60. (tie) Spencer Cole, Alabama, 75-74-73 -- 222; Jason Cuthbertson, Arkansas, 77-73-72 -- 222; Erik Flores, UCLA, 80-69-73 -- 222; John Tyler Griffin, Georgia Tech, 76-74-72 -- 222; Stephan Jaeger, Chattanooga, 74-75-73 -- 222; Dodge Kemmer, Stanford, 76-79-67 -- 222; Lance Lopez, Texas, 74-72-76 -- 222; Andrea Pavan, Texas A&M, 76-72-74 -- 222; Fredrik Qvicker, Chattanooga, 71-76-75 -- 222; and Chris Ward, Texas Tech, 75-70-77 -- 222; 70. (tie) Chris DeForest, Illinois, 77-70-76 -- 223; Harris English, Georgia, 73-74-76 -- 223; Dylan Frittelli, Texas, 77-73-73 -- 223; Brad Hopfinger, Iowa, 77-71-75 -- 223; Barrett Kelpin, Iowa, 76-76-71 -- 223; Daniel Meggs, Wake Forest, 73-75-75 -- 223; Vaughn Snyder, Ohio St., 72-82-69 -- 223; Gunner Wiebe, San Diego, 78-76-69 -- 223; and Brad Wright, Ohio St., 72-77-74 -- 223; 79. (tie) Tyson Alexander, Florida, 77-75-72 -- 224; Knut Borsheim, Arizona St., 74-79-71 -- 224; Eric Chun, Northwestern, 75-74-75 -- 224; Philip Francis, UCLA, 70-77-77 -- 224; Steve Lim, Southern California, 78-72-74 -- 224; Cole Peevler, Iowa, 74-79-71 -- 224; Bill Rankin, Michigan, 77-74-73 -- 224; Derek Rende, Chattanooga, 73-77-74 -- 224; Brad Schneider, UCF, 77-67-80 -- 224; and Simon Ward, UCF, 71-78-75 -- 224; 89. (tie) Jonathan Bowers, Northwestern, 69-80-76 -- 225; George Bryan IV, South Carolina, 76-72-77 -- 225; Johan de Beer, TCU, 77-71-77 -- 225; Jonathan Khan, Arizona, 79-74-72 -- 225; Tim McKenney, Florida, 80-72-73 -- 225; Jason Shano, San Diego, 74-76-75 -- 225; and Eugene Wong, Oregon, 75-72-78 -- 225; 96. (tie) Will Collins, Virginia, 77-76-73 -- 226; Nils Floren, Texas Tech, 76-75-75 -- 226; Brady Johnson, BYU, 78-72-76 -- 226; Tarquin MacManus, Arizona, 77-75-74 -- 226; Garrett Merrell, Texas Tech, 76-75-75 -- 226; Ben Rickett, Chattanooga, 78-71-77 -- 226; Will Strickler, Florida, 79-72-75 -- 226; and Hudson Swafford, Georgia, 73-78-75 -- 226; 104. (tie) Donald Constable, Texas, 78-77-72 -- 227; Brendan Gielow, Wake Forest, 77-78-72 -- 227; Luke Guthrie, Illinois, 76-75-76 -- 227; Adam Mitchell, Georgia, 79-73-75 -- 227; Scott Roudebush, TCU, 82-73-72 -- 227; Rich Saferian, Arizona, 74-76-77 -- 227; Kyle Stough, Virginia, 77-74-76 -- 227; Andrew Vijarro, Oregon, 78-75-74 -- 227; and Travis Woolf, TCU, 77-71-79 -- 227; 113. (tie) Dustin Groves, Wake Forest, 77-75-76 -- 228; Matt Hoffman, Illinois, 77-73-78 -- 228; Sihwan Kim, Stanford, 77-79-72 -- 228; Matthew Pierce, Duke, 79-70-79 -- 228; Santiago Rivas, Texas Tech, 78-72-78 -- 228; Isaiah Telles, Oregon, 80-75-73 -- 228; and Conrad von Borsig, Virginia, 80-72-76 -- 228; 120. (tie) Tze Huang Choo, Washington, 77-76-76 -- 229; Stephan Gross, Arizona St., 76-74-79 -- 229; Bo Hoag, Ohio St., 77-75-77 -- 229; Jonathan Hodge, Chattanooga, 74-75-80 -- 229; Wes Roach, Duke, 81-73-75 -- 229; Matt Van Zandt, Texas A&M, 76-76-77 -- 229; and Travis Wadkins, Wake Forest, 77-77-75 -- 229; 127. (tie) Patrick Rada, South Carolina, 79-77-74 -- 230; Devin Spies, UCF, 77-75-78 -- 230; James White, Georgia Tech, 79-77-74 -- 230; and Bruce Woodall, Virginia, 77-77-76 -- 230; 131. (tie) Lee Bedford, Wake Forest, 75-77-79 -- 231; Bud Cauley, Alabama, 87-72-72 -- 231; Michael Cress, Ohio St., 74-80-77 -- 231; Josh Dupont, Northwestern, 75-80-76 -- 231; and Brad Smith, Ohio St., 76-78-77 -- 231; 136. (tie) David Chung, Stanford, 81-78-73 -- 232; Ian Coffman, San Diego, 74-78-80 -- 232; Hunter Hamrick, Alabama, 73-76-83 -- 232; Ben Kohles, Virginia, 75-75-82 -- 232; and Toby Ragland, Florida, 78-80-74 -- 232; 141. (tie) Zach Barlow, Illinois, 81-74-78 -- 233; and Robbie Ziegler, Oregon, 78-77-78 -- 233; 143. (tie) Sam Braver, South Carolina, 84-75-75 -- 234; Bobby Hudson, Texas, 79-78-77 -- 234; Daniel Lim, Stanford, 79-72-83 -- 234; Tyler Neal, Arizona, 80-80-74 -- 234; and Garrick Porteous, Tennessee, 77-82-75 -- 234; 148. (tie) Sam Chien, Northwestern, 81-72-82 -- 235; Alex Kim, UCLA, 81-76-78 -- 235; and Brian Scherer, Texas Tech, 76-75-84 -- 235; 151. (tie) Philip Bagdade, Arizona, 81-77-78 -- 236; and David Lipsky, Northwestern, 79-78-79 -- 236; 153. (tie) Chris Brant, Iowa, 80-77-80 -- 237; Connor Driscoll, UCLA, 79-80-78 -- 237; and Nick Pumford, Michigan, 81-75-81 -- 237; 156. Charlie Holland, Texas, 87-81-74 -- 242