Five participating teams have previously won a national title

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The 59th Annual NAIA Men's Golf National Championships are set to tee off Tuesday at Deere Run in Silvis, Ill. First and second round play will tee off from No. 1 at 7 a.m. CDT, followed by a 7:30 a.m. start from No. 10. The afternoon will begin from No. 1 at 12 p.m. and No. 10 at 12:30 p.m. on both days. Following 54 holes of play, the field will be reduced to the top 17-teams and top-40 individuals (including ties) for the final round on Friday.

The 156-player championship field is comprised of 21 automatic qualifying teams from NAIA affiliated conferences/unaffiliated groupings and seven at-large selections, which were determined using the final Top 25 rating released on April 30. Saint Ambrose (Iowa) qualified as the host institution.

Nine individuals earned a spot in the event through automatic qualification and two, Lucas Bogdan of Northwood (Texas) and Shorter's (Ga.) Arvid Bengtsson, were at-large selections. Oklahoma Baptist's Chase Lindsey earned a spot in the event as a returning All-Tournament Team member from 2009.

Seventeen of this year's 29 qualifying teams played in the event a year ago, including defending national champion Oklahoma Christian. The Eagles captured their first men's golf title by carding a 291-298-293-299-1181 to finish four strokes ahead of Texas Wesleyan (299-296-293-297-1185).

Johnson & Wales (Fla.), Malone (Ohio), Oklahoma City and Texas Wesleyan join Oklahoma Christian as previous national champions. Both Oklahoma City and Texas Wesleyan have won six titles, which is the most among any program. All six of the Stars' championship seasons have recently occurred, winning four in-a-row from 2001-2004 and back-to-back titles in 2006 and 2007. Texas Wesleyan's last title came in 1999. Malone won in 2000 and Johnson & Wales finished first in 2005.

In the event's 59-year history, 36 different programs produced the event's individual medalist, led by Texas Wesleyan with nine. Despite nine individuals claiming victory, it has been 11 years since the last Ram national champion with Chris Gaines winning it all in 1998.

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