Males’s Golf Central: Invitational at The Honors Course

OOLTEWAH, Tenn. – The No. 13/14 Tennessee males’s golf staff is ready to participate within the inaugural Invitational at The Honors Course, hosted by Chattanooga. 

The occasion opens with 36 holes of steady play on Monday with the ultimate 18 holes being performed Tuesday. 

The Invitational on the Honors course included a 12-team area that options seven top-15 groups based on Golf Channel’s preseason rankings. 

Established in 1983, The Honors Course is a non-public golf membership positioned simply northeast of Chattanooga, Tennessee, in a neighborhood referred to as Ooltewah. The Pete Dye-designed membership is targeted on novice golf and has hosted many novice championships together with 5 USGA championship occasions together with the twenty eighth Curtis Cup in 1994. 

The Vols are coming off a scorching begin to the 2025-26 season after profitable the Visit Knoxville Collegiate as a staff whereas Reed Lotter was the person co-champion. UT shot 19-under general all through the occasion and had 5 golfers place inside the highest 10. The staff win marked the twelfth of the Brennan Webb period, which locations him third all-time in head teaching wins in program historical past. Additionally, Lotter turned the eighth Vol underneath Webb to win a minimum of one particular person title. 

THE VOLS’ LINEUP

Lance Simpson

Simpson, who has grow to be a mainstay and probably the most constant forces in program historical past, is coming off a top-five end on the Visit Knoxville Collegiate the place he shot 5-under general to tie for fourth. Simpson logged a round-one 66 and final-round 68 to assist safe UT’s staff win. 

Jackson Herrington

Herrington, the 2025 U.S. Amateur runner-up, additionally secured a top-five end to open his sophomore campeigh. The Dickson, Tennessee, native shot a three-round whole of 4-under with every spherical within the 60s. 

Reed Lotter

Fresh off his first profession particular person win in his Big Orange debut, Lotter is ready to make his first lineup look for the Vols. The Savannah, Georgia, native competed within the Visit Knoxville Collegiate as a person. After beginning the match at 1-over, Lotter rallied with a pair of 66s within the second and third rounds to climb the leaderboard and safe the win. 

Josh Hill

The senior secured a top-10 displaying on the Visit Knoxville Collegiate with a 54-hole whole of 208 (-2). Hill supplied Tennessee with a 67 and 69 in rounds one and two of the match. 

Bruce Murphy

Murphy additionally logged a top-10 end in his first match of the season with a 2-under rating. The Johns Creek, Georgia, native carded a 66 and 67 within the first two rounds. 

THE VOLS’ INDIVIDUAL 

Chase Kyes

The freshman completed simply exterior the top-25 in his collegiate debut on the Visit Knoxville Collegiate. He got here up clutch in his first profession spherical after carding a 4-under 66. 

THE FIELD (rankings based on Golf Channel’s preseason rankings) 

No. 3 Auburn, No. 5 Oklahoma, No. 6 Virginia, No. 7 Ole Miss, No. 10 Vanderbilt, No. 13 Tennessee, No. 15 Pepperdine, Clemson, Chattanooga, Marquette, Duke, College of Charleston

TEE TIMES 

Monday, Sept. 15 (36 holes of steady play) 

7:40 a.m. ET – Bruce Murphy 

7:50 a.m. ET – Josh Hill

8:00 a.m. ET – Reed Lotter

8:10 a.m. ET – Jackson Herrington 

8:20 a.m. ET – Lance Simpson

9:30 a.m. ET – Chase Kyes (Individual)