Men’s Golf: Hoos open fall slate with 2nd-place finish at The Honors

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

In a field that included seven teams ranked in the College Golf Coaches Association of America preseason top-25 and four teams that appeared in the 2025 NCAA Championship Match Play, Virginia tied for second at The Invitational at The Honors Course.

UVA senior Ben James finished T-3rd at 5-under for the tournament, one stroke back of co-medalists, Cameron Tankersley (Ole Miss) and Josiah Gilbert (Auburn) on the individual leaderboard. Gilbert notched a birdie on his final hole of the day to move into a tie with Tankersley. Ole Miss took home the team championship, finishing five strokes ahead of the Cavaliers and Auburn.

James played a clean final round with only one bogey and three birdies on his card. The top 10 finish is the 26th of his career, already the most of any Cavalier in program history. Classmate Bryan Lee shot a final-round, 72 and finished T-8th at 2-under. Lee recorded his 13th top 10 finish of his collegiate career. Virginia, Ole Miss, Auburn and Pepperdine were the only schools to have two, top 10 finishers.

Paul Chang put together a steady three days and closed with a 1-over 73 on Tuesday. He shot an opening round 74 and fired a 2-under, 70 on his second round Monday afternoon. The graduate student finished T-15th.

Virginia be back in action on Monday, Sept. 29-30 when it participates in the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas.

TEAM LEADERBOARD

Pl.	School	To Par	RD 1	RD 2	RD 3	TOTAL
1.	Ole Miss	-10	280	286	288	854
T2.	Virginia	-5	287	282	290	859
T2.	Auburn	-5	288	282	289	859
4.	Vanderbilt	-1	281	286	296	863
5.	Oklahoma	E	284	288	292	864
6.	Pepperdine	+4	286	296	286	868
T7.	Clemson	+18	289	294	299	882
T7.	Tennessee	+18	282	297	303	882
9.	Duke	+21	300	294	291	885
10.	Chattanooga	+36	300	297	303	900
11.	Marquette	+37	292	302	307	901
12.	Charleston	+41	304	301	300	905

VIRGINIA

Pl.	Name	To Par	RD 1		RD 2		RD 3	TOTAL
T3	Ben James	-3	68	73		70		211
T8	Bryan Lee	-2	72	70		72		214
T15	Paul Chang	+1	74	70		73		217
T36	Josh Duangmanee	+7	73	75		75		223
T36	Maxi Puregger	+7	75	69		79		223