Golf Channel to Showcase Golf's Future Stars with the 2018 NCAA Women's and Men's Golf National Championships

Golf Channel will shine a spotlight on college golf across the next two weeks at the 2018 NCAA Division I Women's and Men's Golf National Championships. With more than 60 hours of live tournament and news coverage on-site from Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater Oklahoma (May 21-23; May 28-30), Golf Channel's coverage connects 18 straight days of live tournament golf.

"Through our new long-term partnership, the NCAA and Golf Channel are successfully raising the profile of college golf by focusing on the game's future stars and the passion these programs have in competing for national championships," said Molly Solomon, Golf Channel executive vice president of content and executive producer. "With the past eight national CHAMPIONS and each of the top-10 programs in the country headlining the NCAA Women's Golf Championships, the field brings together some of the best rivalries in college sports."

Stifel and Buick Sign on as Co-Presenting Sponsors for Golf Channel's NCAA Golf Championships Tournament Coverage: New for 2018, Stifel Financial Corp. and Buick have signed on as co-presenting sponsors for Golf Channel's tournament coverage of the 2018 NCAA Women's and Men's Golf Championships. In addition, Stifel has extended its partnership with the Fred Haskins Commission, Golf Channel and Golfweek as presenting sponsor of the Fred Haskins Award, given annually to nation's outstanding male collegiate golfer. The 2018 Fred Haskins Award presented by Stifel winner will be announced on GOLF CENTRAL on Wednesday, June 6.

NCAA Women's Golf Championships Coverage: Golf Channel's live tournament coverage of the NCAA Women's Golf Championships begins on Monday, May 21 to crown the individual national champion and tracking the teams attempting to qualify for the eight-team match play championship. Golf Channel's coverage on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 22-23 will include all three rounds of the team match play, ultimately crowning a team national champion. The following week (May 28-30) the same programming schedule will take place for the NCAA Men's Golf National Championships.