No. 1 males’s golf prepared for stacked subject at Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational – Auburn Tigers

AUBURN, Ala. – Newly appointed because the nation’s high workforce, No. 1 Auburn males’s golf eyes its first {hardware} of the season, competing within the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational introduced by Charles Schwab at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. 

The match is ready for Sept. 29-30 and features a subject of 15 groups, 13 of that are ranked inside the highest 25.

“Tournaments like these are why you choose to play at Auburn,” head coach Nick Clinard mentioned. “The 15 teams playing this week very well could be the final 15 teams left standing at La Costa come May. When the field is this good, you’ve got no choice but to sink or swim. It’ll be a tight race that very well could come down to a single shot when it’s all said and done.”

Alongside No. 1 Auburn, the sector consists of No. 2 Arizona State, No. 5 Texas, No. 6 Vanderbilt, No. 7 Oklahoma, No. 8 Virginia, No. 11 Alabama, No. 14 North Carolina, No. 16 Texas A&M, No. 18 Georgia Tech, No. 19 Texas Tech, No. 20 Pepperdine, No. 21 Georgia, RV Stanford and TCU. 

A shotgun begin on Monday at 8 a.m. CT kickstarts the competitors at Colonial. All groups will try to finish 36 holes on the primary day. 

In the lineup for the Tigers are juniors Josiah Gilbert, Jackson Koivun and Cayden Pope, sophomore Billy Davis and freshman Jake Albert. It’s Koivun’s first outing of his junior season after lacking the Honors Course Invitational to play within the Procore Championship, the place he completed tied for fourth place. 

Without Koivun on the Honors Course, the Tigers nonetheless managed a second-place end, 5 pictures again of workforce champion, No. 2 Ole Miss. Gilbert shot 6-under to earn co-medalist with the Rebels’ Cameron Tankersly. Davis and Pope additionally completed within the high 15, taking pictures 2-under and 1-over, respectively. 

This week marks Auburn’s second straight 12 months competing within the Hogan Collegiate after making its debut on the occasion within the fall of 2024. Last season, the Tigers shot 4-under to complete third behind Texas (-6) and winner Oklahoma (-10). Auburn’s high man was Brendan Valdes, who went 6-under to earn particular person runner-up. Davis completed tied for third at 5-under. Gilbert was simply inside the highest 15 at 2-over. 

Live scoring for the 2025 Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational introduced by Charles Schwab will be discovered at scoreboard.clippd.com.