CARLSBAD, Calif. \u2014 Making its first NCAA Championships appearance since 2019, the USC Men’s Golf Team heads south to square off with the nation’s best teams at the national championships, held at The Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, located in Carlsbad, Calif. from May 29-June 3.<\/p>\n
For the third consecutive year, the national championships will be played at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa at the par-72, 7,538-yard course. USC is making its 59th all-time NCAA Championships appearance and its first under Head Coach Mark Hankins<\/a>, who has guided a team with talented underclassmen and proven veterans to four wins this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n The 30 teams and six individual qualifiers will play 18 holes of stroke play every day from May 29-31 before the first cut is made. Then the top 15 teams and the top nine individuals not on an advancing team will play 18 more holes of stroke play on June 1 to determine the national individual champion and the top\u00a0eight teams for match play.<\/p>\n From there, the final eight teams will play the match play quarterfinals and semifinals on June 2, before the national championship match will be held on June 3.<\/p>\n The first three days will be livestreamed exclusively via Babygrande Golf. The GOLF Channel will provide live coverage for the final round of stroke play, plus all three rounds of match play. All pertinent links can be found on ncaa.com or the men’s golf team’s schedule page on usctrojans.com.<\/p>\n Led by star sophomores Jaden Dumdumaya<\/a> and Jack Buchanan<\/a>, the Trojans are peaking at the right time heading into NCAAs. The Trojans have won two of their last four events and have placed no lower than fifth in that span. USC punched its ticket to NCAAs by placing fourth at the Winston-Salem Regional, which saw the Trojans fire a season-best 268 (-16) \u2014 which tied the fifth-lowest round in program history \u2014 in the final round. Several players either set or matched their best career performances at the Winston-Salem Regional. Junior Nicolas Dominguez<\/a> tied his best tournament score with a 206, while freshman Raghav Gulati<\/a> subbed in on the final round and fired a collegiate-best 66 (-5).\u00a0<\/p>\n USC’s best finish at the national championships was in 2015, when the Trojans fell to LSU 4-1 in the national title match. The Trojans have made match play four times since the match play format was adopted in 2009. Individually, the Trojans boast four national champions, which rank sixth among Division I schools: Scott Simpson (1976 and 1977),\u00a0 Ron Commans (1981) and Jamie Lovemark (2007). THE LINEUP:
THE FIELD: SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: Saturday, May 30, 2026 Sunday, May 31, 2026 Monday, June 1, 2026 Tuesday, June 2, 2026 Wednesday, June 3, 2026 HEAR FROM THE LINEUP: Junior Nicolas Dominguez<\/a>: “I think tee shots are really important on this course and hitting greens. There’s going to be some tucked pins. The greens are about 2-3 meters above the ground, so you just gotta put it on the green.”<\/p>\n Freshman Raghav Gulati<\/a>:\u00a0“At regionals, we knew where we were to start the day and what we kind of needed to do to qualify. But it was good to put a good round together and finally see some stuff working. I just trusted my putter and it worked out well for me. It feels great to be at NCAAs for the first time in seven years. It’s been a good season so far, but we’re all excited to see how we can fare against the best in the country.”<\/p>\n
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\nEVENT INFO:
\nThe Omni at La Costa Resort & Spa | Carlsbad, Calif.
\nDistance: 7,538 yards\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nPar: 72
\nFormat: 5 count 4
\nLive Scoring will be available via Scoreboard (Clippd)<\/a><\/p>\n
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\n\tNicolas Dominguez<\/a>
\n\tJaden Dumdumaya<\/a>
\n\tAntonio Safa<\/a>
\n\tJack Buchanan<\/a>
\n\tRaghav Gulati<\/a>
\n\tLuke Stock<\/a> (substitute)
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\nNo. 28 USC
\nNo. 1 Auburn
\nNo. 2 Florida
\nNo. 3 Texas
\nNo. 4 Virginia
\nNo. 5 Oklahoma State
\nNo. 6 Arkansas
\nNo. 7 LSU
\nNo. 9 Ole Miss
\nNo. 10 North Carolina
\nNo. 11 Vanderbilt
\nNo. 12 Arizona
\nNo. 13 Arizona State
\nNo. 14 Pepperdine
\nNo. 15 Stanford
\nNo. 18 Tennessee
\nNo. 20 Texas A&M
\nNo. 22 BYU
\nNo. 23 Georgia
\nArkansas State
\nChattanooga
\nDuke
\nFlorida State
\nLouisville
\nMemphis
\nMississippi State
\nOklahoma
\nPurdue
\nSan Diego
\nUCLA<\/p>\n
\nFriday, May 29, 2026
\n6:30 a.m. PT \u2014 Round 1 tee times begin<\/p>\n
\n6:30 a.m. PT \u2014 Round 2 tee times begin<\/p>\n
\n6:30 a.m. PT \u2014 Round 3 tee times begin<\/p>\n
\n10:30 a.m. PT \u2014 Round 4 tee times begin (awards to follow)<\/p>\n
\n6:50 a.m.-7:40 a.m. PT \u2014 Quarterfinal matches
\n1:15 p.m.-2:05 p.m. PT \u2014 Semifinal matches<\/p>\n
\n2:25 p.m. PT Championship match (awards to follow)<\/p>\n
\nSophomore Jack Buchanan<\/a>: “We know that we can make it in the match play portion of it, but in order to get there, we’ve just got to hit fairways, hit greens and just play decent golf. A lot of other teams are at a disadvantage coming in from the East Coast for the national championships, so it definitely benefits us slightly that the course is somewhat similar to a couple of our home courses. We know that it’s going to be tough, but we have to try and manage that as well as we can.”<\/p>\n