KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The College of Charleston men's golf team will start the 2025-26 at the Visit Knoxville Collegiate hosted by the University of Tennessee September 5-7 at the Tennessee National Club.
The Cougars are coming off a seventh-place finish at the 2025 NCAA Auburn Regional, the tenth overall regional appearance for the program. Charleston ended the 2024-2025 season ranked No. 62 in the country, making back-to-back regional appearances for the first time since 2021 and 2022 and the program's first-ever at-large appearance in the NCAA Regionals.
Nevill Ruiter,
Loran Appel, and
Miles Eubanks return from the 2024-25 squad and are joined by newcomers
Johan Bredenkamp,
Michael Gavin,
Marno Lange, and
William Brun Solum. Bredenkamp and Solum will join the returners in the opening lineup in Knoxville.
This will mark the second straight season the Cougars have opened play in Knoxville, finishing in tenth place a year ago at Tennessee National. Ruiter (-2), Appel (+7), and Eubanks (+8) all competed in the lineup.
Charleston will play the opening round with Virginia Tech and North Florida, teeing off at 9:48 a.m.
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Dates: Friday, September 5 – Sunday, September 7
Location: Tennessee National GC – Loudon, Tenn.
Course Information: Par 70 – 7,201
Format: 54-Hole Tournament (18 on Friday, 18 on Saturday, 18 on Sunday)
Live Tournament Scoring: https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/239153/scoring/participants
COUGAR LINEUP
- Nevill Ruiter
- Loran Appel
- Miles Eubanks
- Johan Bredenkamp
- William Brun Solum
TOURNAMENT FIELD: Charleston, Ole Miss, Toledo, Chattanooga, Augusta, NC State, LSU, Virginia Tech, Iowa, North Florida, Kentucky, Florida State, Georgia Tech, ETSU, North Florida, Tennessee, Charlotte
