125 Years Ago: America's First Collegiate Championships Were Played

With the NCAA men’s and women’s championships upon us, it’s been 125 years since the original college golf championships.

From May 12-14, 1897, Louis P Bayard Jr. won the first day individual title at Ardsley Casino in Dobbs Ferry, New York.

Day two consisted of semi-final team matches between Yale and Princeton and Harvard and Columbia.

Yale beat Harvard for its first of 21 championships by a score of 24 to 4.

Thanks to Yale’s Colin Sheehan for providing these cool clips looking back when they wore real joggers and played the ball down!