AUBURN, Ala. – The No. 1 Auburn men’s golf team will cap a successful fall season at the 2026 Steelwood Collegiate Invitational, Oct. 31-Nov. 1, at the Steelwood Country Club in Loxley, Alabama. The two-day, three-round tournament is being hosted by South Alabama.
“It’s been a busy fall for our guys, but I’m looking forward to seeing them finish this long stretch of golf strong,” head coach Nick Clinard said. “They are playing great golf right now and would love to see that continue this weekend.”
TOURNAMENT FACTS
The Steelwood Collegiate Invitational is being held on the par 72, 7,096-yard Steelwood Country Club course.
The field features three teams from the Southeastern Conference in No. 1 Auburn, Mississippi State (RV) and Texas A&M (RV). Three teams from the ACC in No. 16 Georgia Tech, Virginia and Virginia Tech will be there as well as three from the Big Ten – Maryland, Nebraska, Rutgers. Two teams from the Big 12 in Iowa State and Kansas State are set to compete. Also going will be host South Alabama, Kennesaw State, Memphis and Rice.
Saturday’s round will consist of 36 holes with a shotgun start beginning at 8:30 a.m. CT. The Tigers will start on the first three holes with South Alabama and Georgia Tech. A pair of Auburn individuals will start their rounds on 17 and 18. Tee times Sunday will start as early as 7:45 a.m. CT.
Live scoring for the tournament can be found HERE.
AUBURN LINEUP
Auburn’s starting five for the final tournament of the fall will be senior Cayden Pope, junior Billy Davis, sophomores Jake Albert and Logan Reilly and freshman Alex Holder. Freshmen Hampton Beebe and Smith Summerlin will compete as individuals.
Reilly is coming off an impressive showing at the East Lake Cup, winning a share of the individual title and helping the Tigers go on to win the East Lake Cup after a top finish in stroke play and two match play team wins. Reilly set the course record with a 7-under 65 after Monday’s stroke play portion of the tournament and went on to defeat both his Arizona and Oklahoma State opponents in match play.
Davis also went undefeated in match play for the Tigers, while Albert bested his Arizona opponent on Tuesday and Pope won his match vs. Oklahoma State Wednesday.
The tournament will be the fourth for Holder and the third in the lineup. It will be the third tournament of the year for Beebe and Summerlin.
UP NEXT
Auburn will return to competition in February, traveling to Waikoloa, Hawai’i for the Amer Ari Invitational held at the Mauna Lani Golf Course.
No. 1 Auburn closes fall at Steelwood Collegiate Invite
The No. 1 Auburn men’s golf team will cap a successful fall season at the 2026 Steelwood Collegiate Invitational, Oct. 31-Nov. 1, at the Steelwood Country Club in Loxley, Alabama. The two-day, three-round tournament is being hosted by South Alabama.
