KY Golf Magazine

College golf · Oct 18–20, 2026 · Wilmington, N.C. · Posted Oct 18, 2026

Kentucky men's golf closes its fall season at the Williams Cup in Wilmington

Cole Stockard, Jacob Lang, Cameron Phillips, Gavin Clutts and Gabriel Hull tee off Sunday morning at Eagle Point Golf Club with Louisville and North Florida, in a 14-team field that includes seven ranked teams.

By Richard K. Marshall

WILMINGTON, N.C.: Kentucky's men's golf team plays its last event of the fall this week at the Williams Cup presented by STITCH Golf, a 54-hole tournament hosted by North Carolina at Eagle Point Golf Club from Sunday, Oct. 18, through Tuesday, Oct. 20. The course is set up as a par 72 at 7,353 yards.

The Wildcats arrive off their best result of the season, a fourth-place finish at 3-over in their own Cullan Brown Collegiate at Lexington Country Club on Oct. 6. It is their second straight trip to Eagle Point: a year ago Kentucky placed 11th at 25-over (302-294-293, 889).

Kentucky's five and Sunday's tee times

UK Athletics announced the lineup on Saturday. It is the second time this fall the Cats have used this exact five. All five start Sunday on the par-3 10th hole, playing in groups with North Florida and Louisville.

PlayerYearHometownRound 1 (No. 10, ET)
Cole StockardSo.Dalton, Ga.9:05 a.m.
Jacob LangJr.Alvaton, Ky.8:55 a.m.
Cameron PhillipsSo.Portsmouth, Ohio8:45 a.m.
Gavin CluttsJr.Hazard, Ky.8:35 a.m.
Gabriel HullSo.South Daytona, Fla.8:25 a.m.
  • Gavin Clutts of Hazard was Kentucky's low finisher at the Cullan Brown, tied for 12th at 1-under while playing as an individual. He moves back into the five.
  • Jacob Lang of Alvaton has two straight top-20 finishes: a tie for sixth at the Windon Memorial Classic and a tie for 18th at the Cullan Brown.
  • Cole Stockard and Cameron Phillips share the team's best scoring average this season, 71.00. Stockard's score has counted in all 12 of Kentucky's team rounds.
  • Gabriel Hull, a transfer from Emmanuel, owns Kentucky's three lowest rounds of the fall against par, led by a 65 at the Bearcat Invitational.

Clutts, Stockard and Lang all played here last year, finishing tied for 32nd, 37th and 51st.

An all-Kentucky pairing on Sunday

Each of Kentucky's five players goes off Sunday with a Louisville player. The Cardinals tied host North Carolina for third here last year at 9-over, helped by Brady Smith's closing 67. Smith is back in Louisville's lineup with Warren Thomis, Barron Mundy, Will Judd and Tyler Bruneau.

The field

Seven of the 14 teams are ranked in the season's first Clippd Scoreboard rankings, released Oct. 14: No. 2 Auburn, No. 10 Florida, No. 11 Notre Dame, No. 13 Vanderbilt, No. 16 North Carolina, No. 18 Oklahoma and No. 23 Arizona State. Augusta, Kentucky, Louisville, NC State, North Florida, UNLV and Utah complete the field.

Oklahoma's Ryder Cowan, No. 1 in Clippd's individual rankings, plays in the Sooners' top spot. He tied for 27th here a year ago. Vanderbilt's Carlos Astiazaran, who shared medalist honors at the Cullan Brown in Lexington, is also in the field.

Florida is the defending champion. The Gators led from start to finish last year and won by 12 shots over Texas at 15-under. Notre Dame's Nate Stevens took the individual title at 7-under 209 (70-67-72). North Carolina won each of the first four Williams Cups, and the Tar Heels' David Ford is the only player to win it twice (2023 and 2024). Carolina's Ethan Paschal comes in off a third-place finish at the Elon Phoenix Invitational, where he closed with back-to-back 63s.

How to follow

UK Athletics links to the Clippd Scoreboard leaderboard for scores. As of Saturday night, Clippd said results would appear once the host posts them. Tee times for the second and third rounds are set from the standings after each day.

Sources

Checked Oct. 17, 2026, 10 p.m. ET.

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