Men’s Golf Tees Off at Visit Knox Collegiate to Open Season
LOUDON, Tenn. – Kentucky men’s golf opens its fall season at the Visit Knox Collegiate, hosted by the University of Tennessee, Sept. 5-7 at Tennessee National Golf Club (par 70, 7,201 yards).
A total of 16 teams will be in the field including four schools – Augusta, Georgia Tech, Ole Miss and Tennessee – who appeared in last season’s NCAA Championship.
The Wildcats’ first starting lineup of the season consists of three returning players (Jack Schoenberger, Jacob Lang and Jacob Settles) and two newcomers (Luke Coyle and Cole Stockard).
Schoenberger led Kentucky with a 71.97 scoring average last season and was an NCAA Regionals qualifier as an individual. He finished the 2024-25 season with seven top 20s and four top 10s while leading the team with 18 rounds at par-or-better.
Lang played in nine events as a freshman, totaling a scoring average of 73.67 with eight rounds of par-or-better and four top 20 finishes. His best result came at the Mountaineer Invitational when he tied for ninth.
Settles also begins his sophomore season after playing eight events, including seven as a starter, as a freshman. He averaged 74.25 strokes across 24 rounds and tied for 20th at the inaugural Cullan Brown Collegiate.
Coyle, a junior transfer who played his first two seasons of collegiate golf at the University of Alabama, is set to make his Kentucky debut this weekend. The native of Campbellsville, Ky. is coming off a strong summer in which he won both the Dogwood Invitational and the Southeastern Amateur.
Stockard, a freshman from Dalton, Ga. who ranked as the No. 17 player in the Rolex AJGA Rankings for the Class of 2025, will round out the UK lineup.
Freshman Charles Cauthen will also make the trip to compete as an individual.
Kentucky will be paired with NC State and Georgia Tech during Friday’s first round with tee times from 11:46 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Cats will start round two from 9:48 a.m. to 10:32 a.m. on Saturday alongside Iowa and Virginia Tech.
Teams and players will be repaired for Sunday’s final round based on the leaderboard through 36 holes. Fans can follow along with live scoring here.
Kentucky Lineup:
- Jack Schoenberger: Senior, Alpharetta, Ga.
- Luke Coyle: Junior, Campbellsville, Ky.
- Jacob Lang: Sophomore, Alvaton, Ky.
- Jacob Settles: Sophomore, Winchester, Ky.
- Cole Stockard: Freshman, Dalton, Ga.
Ind. Charles Cauthen: Freshman, Columbia, S.C.
Competing Schools (16): Augusta, Charlotte, Chattanooga, College of Charleston, ETSU, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Iowa, Ole Miss, Loyola Marymount, LSU, NC State, North Florida, Tennessee, Toledo, Virginia Tech
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