The University of Kentucky men’s golf team begins its fall season at the Visit Knox Collegiate, hosted by the University of Tennessee on Aug. 31 – Sept. 1 at Fox Den Country Club in Knoxville, Tennessee. The tournament will feature 36 holes of competition Monday, with an 8 a.m. shotgun start, f ollowed by the final round on Tuesday. Kentucky returns a strengthened roster after a successful 2025-26 campaign in which the Wildcats earned an NCAA Regional appearance, the first for the program since 2022. The Cats’ lineup is headlined by sophomore Cole Stockard, who led Kentucky in scoring average last season at 71.59 and won two tournaments to become the first UK freshman to win twice since J.B. Holmes in 2001-02. Joining Stockard is sophomore transfer Gabriel Hull from Emmanuel University, who earned Conference Carolinas Freshman of the Year honors after collecting two wins and five top-five finishes during his freshman season at the Division II level. Junior Jacob Lang, who qualified individually for the NCAA Division I National Championship last spring, rounds out the top three. Juniors Jacob Settles and Gavin Clutts complete the starting five, while senior Luke Coyle will compete as an individual. The tournament will draw 17 teams overall, with seven from the Southeastern Conference, including Georgia, Mississippi State, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee and Vanderbilt. The field features eight teams that reached last spring’s NCAA Division I National Championship. Kentucky finished sixth at last year’s Visit Knox Collegiate at Tennessee National Golf Club, recording a team score of 13-over par led by tied-15th finishes from Jacob Lang and Luke Coyle. Live scoring will be available throughout the tournament. Sources UK Athletics UK Athletics – Men’s Golf Earns NCAA Regional Selection This article was generated by AI (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) based on source material from UK Athletics, enriched with 2 web searches. The original source is available at https://ukathletics.com/news/2026/08/30/fall-season-begins-for-kentucky-mens-golf-on-monday/. View in feeds The post UK Men’s Golf Opens Fall Season at Visit Knox Collegiate appeared first on The Lexington Times. ...read more read less