The 2026 NCAA Men’s Golf Championship is underway.
The best teams in men’s college golf are at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa’s North Course for the third straight year battling it out for a national title. Oklahoma State is the defending national champion, but Auburn is the No. 1 team in the field this week. Play started Friday morning, kicking off four rounds of stroke play.
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Follow along below for live updates from the opening round of the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship:
NCAA Men’s Golf Championship live leaderboard
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NCAA Men’s Golf Championship first-round tee times
All times EDT
1st Tee
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9:52 AM – Matt Moloney (Georgia); Carson Brewer (Florida State); Raghav Gulati (USC)
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10:03 AM – James Earle (Georgia); Wilmer Edero (Florida State); Jack Buchanan (USC)
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10:14 AM – JD Culbreth (Georgia); Jack Whaley (Florida State); Jose Antonio Safa (USC)
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10:25 AM – Grayson Wood (Georgia); Jack Bigham (Florida State); Jaden Dumdumaya (USC)
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10:36 AM – Carter Loflin (Georgia); Tyler Weaver (Florida State); Nicolas Dominguez (USC)
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10:47 AM – Drew Wilson (Mississippi State); Jake Lile (Arkansas State); Jenson Forrester (Purdue)
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10:58 AM – Ugo Malcor (Mississippi State); Cole Kirby (Arkansas State); Supapon Amornchaichan (Purdue)
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11:09 AM – Jackson Skinner (Mississippi State); Milan Reed (Arkansas State); Kentaro Nanayama (Purdue)
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11:20 AM – Dain Richie (Mississippi State); Jake Wallis (Arkansas State); Will Harvey (Purdue)
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11:31 AM – Garrett Endicott (Mississippi State); Thomas Schmidt (Arkansas State); Sam Easterbrook (Purdue)
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11:42 AM – Steen Zeman (CSU Long Beach – IND); Jorge Martin Sampedro (UTRGV – IND); Jacob Lang (Kentucky – IND)
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3:12 PM – Josh Duangmanee (Virginia); Filip Fahlberg-Johnsson (Oklahoma State); Thomas Curry (Arkansas)
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3:23 PM – Michael Lee (Virginia); Gaven Lane (Oklahoma State); Cam Smith (Arkansas)
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3:34 PM – Bryan Lee (Virginia); Eric Lee (Oklahoma State); John Daly II (Arkansas)
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3:45 PM – Paul Chang (Virginia); Ethan Fang (Oklahoma State); Erich Fortlage (Arkansas)
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3:56 PM – Ben James (Virginia); Preston Stout (Oklahoma State); Gerardo Gomez (Arkansas)
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4:07 PM – Michael Riebe (Vanderbilt); Tianyi Xiong (Arizona); Boston Bracken (Arizona State)
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4:18 PM – Will Hartman (Vanderbilt); William Wistrand (Arizona); Michael Mjaaseth (Arizona State)
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4:29 PM – Jon Ed Steed (Vanderbilt); Zach Pollo (Arizona); Pongsapak Laopakdee (Arizona State)
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4:40 PM – Ryan Downes (Vanderbilt); Taishi Moto (Arizona); Bowen Mauss (Arizona State)
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4:51 PM – Wells Williams (Vanderbilt); Filip Jakubcik (Arizona); Connor Williams (Arizona State)
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5:02 PM – William Jennings (Alabama – IND); Malan Potgieter (Louisiana – IND); Michael Lugiano (Liberty – IND)
10th Tee
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9:30 AM – Bruce Murphy (Tennessee); Kris Kuvaas (Texas A&M); Parker Bunn (BYU)
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9:41 AM – Jackson Herrington (Tennessee); Jaime Montojo (Texas A&M); Tyson Shelley (BYU)
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9:52 AM – Chase Kyes (Tennessee); Shiv Parmar (Texas A&M); Peter Kim (BYU)
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10:03 AM – Josh Hill (Tennessee); Wheaton Ennis (Texas A&M); Simon Kwon (BYU)
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10:14 AM – Lance Simpson (Tennessee); Aaron Pounds (Texas A&M); Kihei Akina (BYU)
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10:25 AM – Daniel Choi (Duke); Alex Papayoanou (UCLA); Andrew Tan (Louisville)
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10:36 AM – Oliver Mukherjee (Duke); Kyle An (UCLA); Easton Johnson (Louisville)
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10:47 AM – Ethan Evans (Duke); Tyler Loree (UCLA); Brady Smith (Louisville)
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10:58 AM – William Love (Duke); Baylor Larrabee (UCLA); Warren Thomis (Louisville)
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11:09 AM – Bryan Kim (Duke); Josh Kim (UCLA); Cooper Claycomb (Louisville)
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11:20 AM – Reid Piron (San Diego); Griffin Law (Chattanooga); Tobey Kim (Memphis)
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11:31 AM – Cooper Humphreys (San Diego); Ethan Whitaker (Chattanooga); Christian Morneau (Memphis)
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11:42 AM – You Seong Choi (San Diego); Ward Harris (Chattanooga); Cian O’Connor (Memphis)
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11:53 AM – Reed Arnaldo (San Diego); Evan Rogers (Chattanooga); Diego Do Patrocinio Lourenco (Memphis)
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12:04 PM – Ian Maspat (San Diego); Camden Braidech (Chattanooga); Yixiang Wang (Memphis)
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2:50 PM – Logan Reilly (Auburn); Parker Sands (Florida); Matt Comegys (Texas)
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3:01 PM – Jake Albert (Auburn); Zack Swanwick (Florida); Daniel Bennett (Texas)
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3:12 PM – Cayden Pope (Auburn); Matthew Kress (Florida); Tommy Morrison (Texas)
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3:23 PM – Josiah Gilbert (Auburn); Jack Turner (Florida); Christiaan Maas (Texas)
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3:34 PM – Jackson Koivun (Auburn); Luke Poulter (Florida); Luke Potter (Texas)
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3:45 PM – Matthew Dodd-Berry (LSU); Finn Meister (Ole Miss); Andrew Riley (UNC)
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3:56 PM – Gunnlaugur Arni Sveinsson (LSU); Collins Trolio (Ole Miss); Sihan Sandhu (UNC)
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4:07 PM – Dan Hayes (LSU); Cohen Trolio (Ole Miss); Grant Roscich (UNC)
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4:18 PM – Jay Mendell (LSU); Tom Fischer (Ole Miss); Carson Bertagnole (UNC)
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4:29 PM – Noah McWilliams (LSU); Cameron Tankersley (Ole Miss); Niall Sheils Donegan (UNC)
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4:40 PM – Carson Kim (Pepperdine); Ethan Gao (Stanford); Matthew Troutman (Oklahoma)
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4:51 PM – Byungho Lee (Pepperdine); Edan Cui (Stanford); Clark Van Gaalen (Oklahoma)
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5:02 PM – Brady Siravo (Pepperdine); Jay Leng (Stanford); PJ Maybank III (Oklahoma)
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5:13 PM – Willy Walsh (Pepperdine); Nathan Wang (Stanford); Ryder Cowan (Oklahoma)
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5:24 PM – Mahanth Chirravuri (Pepperdine); Dean Greyserman (Stanford); Jase Summy (Oklahoma)
NCAA Men’s Golf Championship TV information
Golf Channel is the TV home for the NCAA Championships. All times ET.
NCAA Men’s Golf Championship format
Finals play for both championships consist of three days of stroke play on Friday thru Sunday (54 holes), after which the top-15 teams and nine individuals not on an advancing team will be determined. That is followed by a final day of 18 holes of stroke play (Monday) to determine the top eight teams that will advance to match play as well as the 72-hole individual champion. The team national champion will be determined by a match-play format that will consist of quarterfinals and semifinals conducted on Tuesday, followed by the finals on Wednesday.
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This article originally appeared on Golfweek: NCAA Men’s Golf live updates: Scores, results for 2026 first round
