NCAA

Regular-season tournaments: typically 54-72 hole stroke play; team scoring; Conference championship: same stroke-play format, with conference-defined scoring; NCAA Championship: 4-day stroke play (72 holes) reduces to top 8 teams + top individuals; the top 8 teams advance to match play bracket

NCAA pace-of-play policy similar to USGA: each group has a timing par; bad-time accumulation triggers stroke penalties

Conforming clubs (USGA/R&A list); Conforming golf balls (USGA/R&A list); 14-club limit per stipulated round (Rule 4.1b)

Tournament course set up by NCAA Championship Committee with the host club; Daily hole locations published before each round; OB by white stakes/lines; penalty areas yellow/red; GUR white lines

NCAA team: 5 players per team in stroke play; lowest 4 scores count per round; NCAA Championship match play: 5-player team; 5 individual matches per dual contest; Caddies: NCAA-specific accommodation rules (some venues / divisions allow caddies; others do not)

Regular-season tournaments: typically 54-72 hole stroke play; team scoring; Conference championship: same stroke-play format, with conference-defined scoring; NCAA Championship: 4-day stroke play (72 holes) reduces to top 8 teams + top individuals; the top 8 teams advance to match play bracket

Stroke play: lowest cumulative score wins individual; team score = sum of best 4 of 5 individual scores per round; Match play: holes won determines match outcome; team match = best of 5 individual matches; Tiebreakers: aggregate strokes; sudden-death playoff at championship

Standard Rules of Golf penalties (1 stroke, 2 strokes, loss of hole, DQ); One-Ball Rule breach: 2 strokes per hole, max 4 strokes/round; 14-club limit breach: 2 strokes per hole, max 4 strokes/round

Lightning detection halts outdoor play; 30-30 rule supplemented by professional detection. WBGT-based heat thresholds; mandatory water/cooling stations on course.

1-tone air horn: normal suspension; 3-tone: immediate suspension (lightning); short+steady: resumption