TEXARKANA, Ark. — The No. 68 Kennesaw State men’s golf team is set to compete in its first Conference USA Championship on Apr. 21-24.
Play begins at 9 a.m. EST at the Texarkana Country Club on Monday morning, beginning 54 holes of stroke play. The top four teams after play concludes on Wednesday will advance to two rounds of match play on Thursday.
Following semifinal match play during the morning on Thursday, the final two teams will square off in another round of match play Thursday afternoon with the victor claiming the 2025 CUSA Men’s Golf Championship title. The championship round will be broadcast on ESPN+.
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KSU is looking to carry over momentum off of a third-place finish at the Tar Heel Intercollegiate in which they picked up head-to-head wins over No. 16 Duke and No. 68 Michigan State.
TOURNAMENT FIELD (7) (No.) = Current Scoreboard / Clippd ranking
No. 1 seed New Mexico State (No. 61), No. 2 seed Kennesaw State (No. 68), No. 3 seed Sam Houston (No. 71), No. 4 seed UTEP (No. 100), No. 5 seed Liberty (No. 101), No. 6 seed Middle Tennessee (No. 120), No. 5 seed Louisiana Tech (No. 128), No. 6 seed Jacksonville State (No. 129), No. 7 seed Western Kentucky (No. 179)
LINEUP (Scoring Average)
1. Claes Borregaard (70.80)
2. Shaun Cook (72.00)
3. Luca Gallingani (72.33)
4. Kyle Bachkosky (73.30)
5. Hunter Gillard (73.50)
Alternate: Joshua Todd (76.00)
KSU Team / Individual Notes
- KSU is the second highest rated team in the field at No. 68 nationally.
- The Owls will be looking to capture their first CUSA team title.
- KSU won the ASUN Conference Tournament title in 2011, 2016, 2017.
- KSU has placed in the top 5 as a team in six of 10 tournaments this season.
- As a team, KSU has a 287.10 scoring average, and the players have combined to play 54 rounds at par or better this season.
- KSU has placed in the top 5 as a team in six of 10 tournaments this season.
- Jeff Karlsson is the only Owl in program history to have brought home an individual conference title. He won the ASUN Championship in 2011.
- Claes Borregaard is the highest ranked player in the field at No. 98 in this week’s Scorboard/Clippd rankings.
- Borregaard has six top 10 finishes and two victories in 10 events.
- Borregaard was named CUSA Golfer of the Week five times this season.
- He was also named to the Arnold Palmer Cup watchlist earlier this spring.
Next Up
The winning team of the 2025 Conference USA Championship receives an automatic berth in the 2025 NCAA Men’s Golf Championships Regionals on May 12-14. Other teams and individuals will have to wait and fin out their regional fate during the tournament selection show on Wednesday, April 30 at 1 p.m.