INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Committee has selected the teams and individuals to participate in the regional rounds of the 2026 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships.
Six 54-hole regional tournaments will be conducted May 18-20. Thirteen teams and 10 individuals not on those teams will compete at each of three regionals while the other three regionals will have 14 teams and five individuals not on those teams. The top five teams and the low individual not on those teams from each regional will advance to the finals.
Team and individual medalist titles will be decided May 29-June 3 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California. Texas is the host institution for the 2026 championships.
Twenty-nine conferences have been granted automatic qualification for the 2026 regionals. Listed below are the teams and individuals selected to participate in the championships. Teams winning automatic qualification are designated by their conferences in parentheses.
UGA Golf Course – Athens, Georgia
Hosted by Georgia
Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. Auburn
2. Illinois
3. Vanderbilt
4. BYU
5. Georgia
6. Louisville
7. Kansas
8. Northwestern
9. College of Charleston
10. Rice
11. Southern Mississippi
12. Harvard [The Ivy League]
13. Howard [Northeast Conference]
Individuals (seeded in the following order):
1. Malan Potgieter, Louisiana
2. Hugo Thyr, South Alabama
3. Max Bengtsson, Coastal Carolina [Sun Belt Conference]
4. Drew Sykes, Coastal Carolina
5. Erik Olin, UAB
6. Matthis Lefevre, Stetson
7. Andrew Ferworn, North Alabama
8. Shaun Cook, Kennesaw State
9. Rasmus Ditzinger, Fairfield [Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference]
10. Vicente Rodriguez, Alabama A&M [Southwestern Athletic Conference]
Traditions Club – Bryan, Texas
Hosted by Texas A&M
Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. Texas
2. North Carolina
3. Tennessee
4. New Mexico
5. Texas A&M
6. TCU
7. UNCW [Coastal Athletic Association]
8. UNLV [Mountain West Conference]
9. Colorado
10. Cincinnati
11. Chattanooga [Southern Conference]
12. Miami (Ohio) [Mid-American Conference]
13. UTRGV [Southland Conference]
14. Arkansas-Pine Bluff [Southwestern Athletic Conference]
Individuals (seeded in the following order):
1. William Sides, SMU
2. Ben Steinmann, SMU
3. Jonas Appel, Baylor
4. Arth Sinha, UT Arlington [Western Athletic Conference]
5. Joel Talusen, UIW [Southland Conference]
OSU Golf Club – Columbus, Ohio
Hosted by Ohio State
Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. Florida
2. Arizona State
3. Stanford
4. Long Beach State [Big West Conference]
5. Florida State
6. Utah
7. South Carolina
8. California
9. South Florida
10. Memphis
11. Oregon
12. Illinois State [Missouri Valley Conference]
13. Wright State [Horizon League]
Individuals (seeded in the following order):
1. Riccardo Fantinelli, Princeton
2. Ryan Shellberg, Iowa
3. Paul Beauvy, Iowa State
4. Chun-Ta Wu, Minnesota
5. Caleb Bond, Michigan State
6. Ashton McCulloch, Michigan State
7. Lucas Politano, Rutgers
8. Carter Maneth, Middle Tennessee
9. Zachary May, Iowa State
10. Arjun Singh Bhatia, LIU [Northeast Conference]
Trysting Tree Golf Club – Corvallis, Oregon
Hosted by Oregon State
Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. Arkansas
2. Texas Tech
3. Oklahoma
4. Charlotte [American Athletic Conference]
5. UCLA [Big Ten Conference]
6. Notre Dame
7. San Diego
8. Purdue
9. Georgia Southern
10. Oregon State
11. Liberty [Conference USA]
12. Xavier [Big East Conference]
13. Sacramento State [Big Sky Conference]
Individuals (seeded in the following order):
1. Sam Renner, Washington State
2. Avinash Iyer, San Jose State
3. Finn Koelle, Washington
4. Jacob Goode, Washington
5. Emil Borrestuen Herstad, Washington
6. Keshav Mungali, San Jose State
7. Ivan Barahona, San Jose State
8. Alex Lindstrom, Kansas State
9. Dylan Boenning, Washington State
10. Gustav Liljeberg, Oral Roberts [The Summit League]
Gallery Golf Club – Marana, Arizona
Hosted by Arizona
Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. Oklahoma State [Big 12 Conference]
2. LSU
3. Arizona
4. Alabama
5. Duke
6. Clemson
7. San Diego State
8. Arkansas State [Sun Belt Conference]
9. West Virginia
10. Florida Gulf Coast [ASUN Conference]
11. St. Mary’s (California)
12. Tarleton State [Western Athletic Conference]
13. North Dakota State [The Summit League]
14. Iona [Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference]
Individuals (seeded in the following order):
1. Rudy Sautron, Nebraska
2. Dylan Teeter, UTEP
3. Trevor Algya, LMU
4. Veikka Viskari, Missouri
5. Javier Delgadillo, New Mexico State [Conference USA]
Bermuda Run Country Club – Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Hosted by Wake Forest
Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. Virginia [Atlantic Coast Conference]
2. Ole Miss [Southeastern Conference]
3. Pepperdine [West Coast Conference]
4. Georgia Tech
5. Southern California
6. Wake Forest
7. Mississippi State
8. Little Rock [Ohio Valley Conference]
9. NC State
10. Kentucky
11. Houston
12. Richmond [Atlantic 10 Conference]
13. Navy [Patriot League]
14. Presbyterian [Big South Conference]
Individuals (seeded in the following order):
1. Emil Riegger, Maryland
2. Tyler Jones, Western Carolina
3. Harris Barth, Furman
4. Kelvin Hernandez, UNC Greensboro [Southern Conference]
5. Dewi John, Charleston Southern [Big South Conference]
Oklahoma State is the defending national champion after claiming its 12th NCAA Division I Men’s Golf national championship in school history, and first since 2018. The Cowboys defeated Virginia, 3-1 in the 2025 national championship match at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa.
