Strictly by the numbers Oregon’s Men’s Golf team should have been an entrant to the 2022 NCAA Championships held last weekend at the Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. While only 30 teams qualify for the Championships, Oregon was ranked #27 nationally and so would be “in” if that’s how teams qualified. But they don’t go by rankings - the Ducks needed a 4th place or higher finish in the tough Stockton NCAA Regional ten days ago to qualify and got there with a second-day surge into the top 3 before ultimately finishing 4th.
Oregon has not been to an NCAA Tournament since 2018, but the Ducks showed no sign of hesitancy at Grayhawk, starting out hot, fading a bit, and ultimately finishing the tournament in 15th place out of the 30 that participated - 12 spots above their ranking.