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season.

“We are thrilled that the NCAA Men’s
and Women’s Golf Championships
will return to California in 2024,” said
Connie Hurlbut, senior associate
commissioner at the West Coast
Conference and chair of the NCAA
Division I men’s golf committee.
“The collegiate golf community is
excited about the opportunity to
play La Costa as a neutral site for
the championships and we have
complete confidence that it will
prove to be a unique and challenging
Carlsbad, Calif. – The NCAA Division I Championship was last played in the
championship experience for all.”
Men’s and Women’s Golf Committees region (at Riviera Country Club in

has selected Omni La Costa Resort & Pacific Palisades) in 2012.
Touched by fresh ocean breezes and
Spa, Southern California’s premier
set within a captivating 400-acre
golf and luxury resort destination, The Men’s and Women’s
Spanish Mission-style village, Omni
as the host site for the 2024, 2025 Championships will be contested
La Costa Resort & Spa, is home to 36
and 2026 Division I Men’s and over consecutive weeks starting in
holes of award-winning golf on the
Women’s Golf Championships. Play 2024, the first year each culminating
Champions and Legends Courses
will be conducted on the resort’s national championship will be played
along with a host of luxurious
famed Champions Course following in combination at a neutral site.
recreation and leisure amenities.
a planned 2022 renovation by While the University of Texas will
acclaimed golf course architect Gil serve as the official host institution
Omni La Costa boasts a rich history of
Hanse. for all three sets of championships,
stars and professional golf events. In
The event’s debut at Omni La Costa no players – outside of those teams
1965, shortly after La Costa opened,
will mark the Division I Women’s and individuals who advance each
the original Dick Wilson designed
Golf Championship’s return, after year to the championship – will be
course hosted the made-for-TV
a 28-year absence, to Southern permitted to play Omni La Costa’s
CBS Golf Classic. The PGA TOUR’s
California. The Division I Men’s Golf Champions Course during that
Tournament of Champions (later
called the Mercedes Championship
and the Sentry Tournament of
Champions) was hosted from 1969
until 1998 with a parade of Hall of
Famers, including Jack Nicklaus,
Gary Player, Tom Watson, Lee
Trevino, Phil Mickelson and Tiger
Woods further cementing their
winning legacies at Omni La Costa. In
1999, the WGC Andersen Consulting
World Match Play Championship was
played on the original course layout.

“Omni La Costa is one of 12
exceptional golf resorts within the
Omni portfolio and is well known for

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