ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. – The No. 11/10-ranked Vanderbilt men’s golf team opens the championship portion of its season this week, as the Commodores are set to make their annual trek to St. Simons Island, Georgia, for the 2026 SEC Men’s Golf Championship. Play takes place Wednesday through Sunday at the Sea Island Golf Club.
Tournament Format
The 2026 SEC Men’s Golf Championship takes place April 22-26 on the Seaside Course at Sea Island Golf Club. Teams will play in a 54-hole stroke-play tournament over the first three days, with one 18-hole round being played per day. The top eight finishing teams from stroke play advance to match play.
Match play opens on Saturday, with the quarterfinals in the morning and the semifinals that afternoon. Saturday’s semifinal matches will stream live on SEC Network+ starting at 2 p.m. CT.
The championship match will be held on Sunday and airs live at 7 a.m. CT on SEC Network.
Tee Times and Pairings
The first three days of the 2025 SEC Men’s Golf Championship get underway at 7 a.m. CT. The final regular-season rankings on clippd determine pairings for the first round. Tee times for the second and third rounds will be based on the previous round’s score.
Saturday’s quarterfinal matches begin at 6:30 a.m. CT, with the semifinal matches taking place at noon that same day.
The 2026 SEC Men’s Golf Championship match tees off Sunday at 7 a.m. CT.
Vanderbilt Lineup
1) Wells Williams, Sr.
2) Jon Ed Steed, Fr.
3) Chase Nevins, Jr.
4) Ryan Downes, So.
5) Will Hartman, Fr.
Sub) Michael Riebe, Fr.
Course Information
The SEC Men’s Golf Championship will once again be played at Sea Island Golf Club in St Simons Island, Georgia. The Seaside Course is 7,005 yards and plays as a par 70. This marks the 25th year for the Southeastern Conference Championship to be contested at Sea Island Golf Club.
Live Results
Fans can follow all of the action on Scoreboard via clippd.
Fan can click the link here for this weekend’s match play live scoring.
Live Coverage
SEC Network+ will stream the semifinal matches on Saturday starting at 2 p.m. CT.
Sunday’s championship match airs live on SEC Network starting at 7 a.m. CT.
The Field
A loaded field will be on St. Simons Island for the 2026 SEC Men’s Golf Championship, as 11 of the 16 SEC teams are ranked inside the top 25 in both the clippd rankings and the Bushnell/Golfweek GCAA DI Coaches Poll. No. 11/10-ranked Vanderbilt is one of six top-10 schools competing in the SEC Championship, as No. 1 Auburn, No. 3 Texas, No. 4 Florida, No. 5 Arkansas, and No. 7 LSU will also be in attendance.
Scott Limbaugh, Thomas F. Roush, M.D. and Family Men’s Golf Head Coach on the 2026 SEC Men’s Golf Championship
“This is certainly one of the best weeks of the year, and our conference is as strong as it’s ever been this year. I know our team is excited for the opportunity we have in front of us. We have worked all year to build the right habits, and I want to see our guys go play free and loose so those habits plus their talent can take over. Courage is contagious all the time, but especially this time of year. Each one of these guys has stepped up and delivered for the team this season, which should give them confidence. The expectation is that each player will give their best and play with passion.”
Vanderbilt at the SEC Men’s Golf Championship
The Commodores have won the SEC Championship three times. Vanderbilt captured its first title in 2017, then won back-to-back titles in 2021 and 2022. The Dores have advanced to the SEC Championship match in each of the last four seasons.
Vandy looks to get back to match play at the SEC Championship after missing last season. The Commodores placed 13th at the 2025 SEC Championship with a score of 4-over 844. The Dores have advanced to match play seven times since the SEC moved to that format in 2016-17.
The Last Time Out
Vanderbilt men’s golf team had four golfers post a top-20 finish at the 2026 Mossy Oak Collegiate, as the Commodores wrapped up their final regular-season tournament in third place with a 54-hole total of 10-under 854.
Vandy carded under par in all three rounds at the Mossy Oak Collegiate. Senior Wells Williams, who was playing in his hometown for the first time at the collegiate level, led the Dores in his homecoming, as he tied for seventh with a 54-hole score of 4-under 212. It is the senior’s seventh top-10 finish of the season. Junior Chase Nevins posted his second top-15 finish of the 2025-26 campaign, as he tied for 11th. The Great Falls, Virginia, native went 3-under 213, as he scored 1-under 71 in all three rounds.
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