With wins in each of its last five tournaments, including an SEC Championship victory for its first conference title since 2018, Auburn is No. 1 for the third time in the last four Bushnell/Golfweek Division I Coaches Poll. The Tigers received 18 first-place votes and 496 points on May 3.  Vanderbilt (one first-place vote), Arizona State (one first-place vote), North Carolina, and Tennessee rounded out the top five, while Florida State, Ole Miss, Arkansas, Washington, and Alabama completed the top 10. Meanwhile, North Georgia remains on top of the D-II poll, where it has remained the enti ..read more

It’s back. And in its second year, its only going to be better. The field for the 2024 Women’s National Golf Invitational is locked in. The postseason collegiate event entering its second season is scheduled May 9-12 at Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club in Maricopa, Arizona. Presented in partnership with Golfweek, the 2024 Women’s National Golf Invitational will feature 10 college teams competing in a 54-hole stroke-play tournament. There are two returning teams from the 2023 field, Mercer and Santa Clara, with eight newcomers hoping for a chance to claim a postseason title. Think of the NGI a ..read more

The 2024 NCAA Division I men’s golf regional fields were announced Wednesday. At the six regional sites, there will be 13 or 14 teams featured alongside individuals not on those teams competing for a chance to earn their place at the NCAA Championship. Regionals will be played May 13-15 at the following sites: Austin Regional: University of Texas Golf Club, Austin, Texas (Host: Texas); Baton Rouge Regional: University Club, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Host: LSU); Chapel Hill Regional: UNC Finley Golf Course, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Host: North Carolina); Rancho Santa Fe Regional: The Farms G ..read more

The 2024 NCAA Division I women’s golf regional fields were announced Wednesday. At the six regional sites, a dozen teams will be featured along with six individuals not on those teams. Regionals will be played May 6-8 at the following sites:] Cle Elum Regional: Tumble Creek Club, Cle Elum, Washington (Host: Washington); Auburn Regional: Auburn Golf Club, Auburn Alabama (Host: Auburn); Bermuda Run Regional: Bermuda Run Country Club (East), Bermuda Run, North Carolina (Host: Wake Forest); Las Vegas Regional: Spanish Trail Country Club, Las Vegas, Nevada; Bryan Regional: Traditions Club, Bryan ..read more

The Auburn men’s golf team has never had a golfer like Jackson Koivun. Although he’s only a freshman and hasn’t even completed his inaugural season in college, Koivun is making his mark as one of the best Tigers in program history. He had one of the best regular seasons in team history, and he’s prepared to lead the top-ranked Tigers into the SEC Championship and NCAA postseason. All he has to do is continue to play like he has in his first 10 events. Look no further than the Auburn record books, which is going to need plenty of updating after this season. Just in Auburn’s 10 regular-season ev ..read more

As conference championship season has arrived in college golf, that means the postseason is here and awards are right around the corner. While the Haskins Award is given to the Player of the Year in college golf, the Phil Mickelson Award is also one of the notorious awards given out at the end of the year. The Phil Mickelson Award is given to the nation’s best freshman every year. Last year, it was Virginia’s Ben James taking home the title. This year, there have been a few notable freshmen to play well, including one who set a new 54-hole college golf scoring record. Who are the top candidat ..read more

Professional golf is going to have to wait a bit longer to see one of the game’s premier amateur players take his next step. Gordon Sargent announced Thursday he was returning to Vanderbilt for his senior year. The news may come as a surprise to some, considering Sargent has a PGA Tour card secured thanks to PGA Tour University Accelerated, but he’ll defer his status until next summer, meaning the amateur game gets another year with one of its best players. “It’s been an honor to represent this university alongside my teammates and coaches, and I look forward to continuing to compete – and fur ..read more

Emma Bunch has played against 463 golfers this spring. She hasn’t lost to a single one. Bunch, a sophomore at New Mexico State, has been dominant since the calendar turned to 2024. She has played in five tournaments and won all five, including her latest win Wednesday in the Conference USA Championship, winning by a shot over Sam Houston’s Jennifer Herbst at High Meadow Ranch Golf Club in Magnolia, Texas.  No other Division I women’s college golfer has more than four victories this year. Bunch is in a world of her own. She started the spring with a win at the GCU Invitational, shooting 14 ..read more

There’s a reason Auburn is the top-ranked team in men’s college golf. The Tigers won the Mossy Oak Collegiate on Tuesday by 34 shots, shooting 46 under to win at Mossy Oak Golf Course in West Point, Mississippi. It’s Auburn’s fourth consecutive win and the seventh of the season, but perhaps more impressive is how the Tigers finished on the individual leaderboard. The five players in Auburn’s lineup finished T-1, T-1, 3, 4 and 5. That’s right. The Tigers swept the top-five spots in the individual competition. And their individual placed T-7. J.M. Butler and Brendan Valdes shared medalist honors ..read more

Conference championship season is underway in men’s college golf, with all roads leading to the NCAA Championship at Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California, in May. Teams that win their conference titles score an Automatic Qualifying spot in NCAA Regionals, which is a big deal for any team that might find itself on the bubble for an at-large postseason selection. A win earns a postseason bid, one step closer to a spot in the NCAA Championship. Thirty men’s teams will make it to La Costa, which is in the first of three years hosting nationals. College golf: Best practice faciliti ..read more