October 31, 2025 • by David Tenneson / Images courtesy of East Lake Cup, Kaanapali Classic and Athletics Departments
Virginia and Stanford underline their #1 credentials, Florida and Oregon capture the East Lake Cup for the first time, while Auburn and Oklahoma men bag first wins of the Fall.
Number #1 ranked became the first team to win the three times, finishing 15 strokes ahead of Duke.
The Cavaliers placed four players inside the top 10 but it was (main image) who carded rounds of 65, 69 and 71 to claim his second individual title of the Fall. Birdies on final two holes edged Kim clear of Pepperdine's and three ahead of Virginia’s , current #1 in the individual rankings. Kim moves up to #2 in the country.
At the weather-interrupted , Virginia’s claimed the Charles R Yates Trophy as individual winner, with of Northwestern (above) winning the Alexa Sterling Trophy for topping the women’s stroke play tournament. Both tournaments were contested over nine holes due to rain.
(above) defeated Virginia in the men’s match play final, giving the Gators a second consecutive victory and their first East Lake Cup success. also lifted the East Lake Cup for the first time, downing Northwestern 4-1 in the final to give Head Coach Derek Radley the 12th team title of his Oregon career.
(below) won at Southern Hills CC, giving Coach Nick Clinard the 60th win in 17 years leading the Tigers. clinched his second individual title of the Fall season after winning the Honors Course Invitational earlier this month.
The Tigers finished six shots better than 2025 National Champion Oklahoma State. The Cowboys, who were back to full strength with three players returning from the World Amateur Team Championship, moved up 10 places to 7th in the rankings. Gilbert (below) shot rounds of 72, 64 and 71 to lock in his third career win.
The wrapped up their Fall season in style in Hawaii in record-breaking fashion with a fifth consecutive win at the Ka’anapali Classic by OUTRIGGER. Coach Ryan Hybl’s men delivered the 50th win of his tenure.
The Sooners followed up a 21-under-par first round total with a 26-under second round to set multiple program records. Oklahoma also posted the fifth-lowest 54-hole score to par in NCAA history — 789 (63 under par) — at Royal Ka’anapali GC, setting another program record by making 85 birdies in the tournament.
To complete a perfect week, (above) earned his first collegiate win for OU, tying the program record with his first round 62 (-9), setting a new school record at 16 under par thru 36 holes, and becoming only the third Oklahoma player after Chris Gotterup and Quade Cummins to finish a tournament at 20 under par.
finished 12 shots back in second place, posting a 51-under-par total that’s the best score since the Horned Frogs began keeping records in the 1993-94 season. It will be some consolation that such a total would have won in any of the previous three editions of the tournament.
On day two, got in on the low-scoring action by firing a 62 (-9), a record score by a Wyoming player. It helped the team shoot the second lowest team score in program history with 267 (-17). of Florida Gulf Coast then shot 28, nine under par, on the front nine of his final round, setting what could well be a new NCAA record.
The low round of the tournament, however, belonged to Georgia freshman who broke the Georgia program record with his 11-birdie 61 (-10), which tied the course record.
There were more fireworks on the women’s side on the Big Island in Hawaii. , the #1 team in the nation, fired a program record-tying final round 269 (23 under par) to capture another team title at the , finishing 19 shots clear of .
The Cardinal finished 44 under par, setting a new program record on the par-73 course. Of the nine players that finished T5 or better, five of them were Stanford players, led by .
The Swedish sophomore began the final round seven shots back but closed with a 66 to get into a three-way tie for medalist honors with of Texas and of Auburn, who collected her second (co-)medalist honors in a row and the fifth of her college career.
closed the Fall season with a runaway 20-shot victory at the . The Rams finished at 30 under par, the third lowest-to-par score in school history. It gave second-year Head Coach Tyler Schmutz his first tournament win.
Freshman won the individual tournament on his 19th birthday, finishing three shots ahead of teammate after rounds of 70, 66 and 7 (10 under).
The were victorious at the in Wilmington, finishing five shots ahead of UCF. According to UNC social media, it was the sixth team title with in the lineup, the most since Donna Andrews, Suzy McGuire and Katie Peterson all achieved the same feat between 1985 and 1989.
of Kent State (above) was the individual medalist for the second event in a row, shooting a program record 13-under-par 203 to win by seven shots. The Czech international joins five other women in Kent State history with at least five individual wins in their collegiate career and is up to #5 in the individual rankings.