CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Six Atlantic Coast Conference teams are part of the 30-team field at the 2026 NCAA Men’s Golf Championship set for May 28-June 3 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California.
Duke, Florida State, Louisville, North Carolina, Stanford and Virginia all finished in the top five of their respective regionals to secure spots in this year’s NCAA Championship. The six teams are the second-most sent by one conference and the most the ACC has sent since 2024 when the league sent a league-record seven teams.
The 30-team field will play 54 holes before being cut to 15 teams for the final round of stroke play. The top eight teams will advance to match play. Babygrande Golf will provide coverage of the first three days of stroke play, while Golf Channel will broadcast the final three days of the NCAA Championship.
Virginia, which captured its second consecutive ACC title in April, was the only ACC team to win a regional, as the Cavaliers shared the Winston-Salem Regional title with Pepperdine. Senior Ben James captured medalist honors by three shots, finishing at 19-under-par for the three-day tournament to win his second regional title. Virginia will make its fourth consecutive NCAA Championship appearance, a program record.
Duke placed fourth in the Marana Regional and earned a spot in its 26th NCAA Championship and second in the last four seasons. The fourth-place finish was the program’s best finish since the 2019 season. Junior Bryan Kim carded a 7-under-par 65 in the final round to set a Duke NCAA Regional 54-hole record at 11-under-par (72-68-65=205). Kim finished tied for sixth individually.
Florida State advanced to its sixth straight and 31st overall NCAA Championship following a fifth-place finish at the Columbus Regional. Junior Jack Whaley paced the Seminoles, tying for seventh in the individual standings, capped off by a 1-under 70, as he was just one of four golfers to finish under par for the final round.
Louisville was the lowest seeded ACC team to advance to the NCAA Championship, after being seeded sixth, but finished as the runner-up in the Athens Regional. The second-place finish was the best in program history, as the Cardinals return to the NCAA Championship for the first time since 2021.
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