ELON – The Elon men's golf team returns to action for the first time in three weeks Monday when it tees off at the West Bay Collegiate Invitational. The two-day, 54-hole tournament, hosted by FGCU, extends through Tuesday and will be played at West Bay Club in Estero, Florida.
The 15-team field will play 36 continuous holes Monday, beginning with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. ET. Tuesday's final round will start at 9 a.m. ET.
TOURNAMENT INFO
- Dates: Oct. 5-6, 2026
- Format: 54 holes (36-18, Monday-Tuesday); 5-count-4
- Location: Estero, Florida | West Bay Club (Par 72; 6,939 Yards)
- Live Scoring: Scoreboard
OFF THE TEE
1.
Jack Wieler
2.
Dylan Lewis
3.
Drew Yeagley
4.
William Carr
5.
Landon Durham
Individual:
Bence Somogyi
THE FIELD (15)
Appalachian State, Elon, FAU, FGCU, Houston Christian, Jacksonville, Lamar, Lipscomb, Stetson, Troy, UCF, ULM, UTRGV, UTSA, West Georgia
TEE SHOTS
- Elon will field the same five-man lineup – Wieler, Lewis, Yeagley, Carr and Durham – that excelled at the West Bay Collegiate Invitational last fall. The group led Elon to a runner-up finish in the tournament's 2025 edition, shooting 29-under-par 835 (283-278-274), with Wieler and Carr tying for ninth individually at 10-under 206.
- The Phoenix started its fall season with a second-place effort at the Myrtle Beach Golf Trips Intercollegiate (844, -20) on Sept. 6-8 before most recently placing seventh at the JT Poston Invitational (836, -16) on Sept. 13-15.
- Lewis and Yeagley were named CAA Golfer of the Week following the MBGTI and JT Poston Invitational, respectively. Lewis tied for fifth with a 7-under 209 in Myrtle Beach, while Yeagley tied for fourth in Waynesville with a 10-under 203.
- Yeagley, a sophomore, has finished among the top 20 in 11 of his first 12 collegiate tournaments.
- Year 14 of the Don Hill era is underway for the Phoenix. Hill, who took over the program in 2013-14, guided Elon to its first Division I conference title in 2025 and has led Elon to four consecutive top-two finishes at the CAA Championship dating back to 2022.
- Elon will close its 2026 fall campaign on Oct. 12-13, hosting the Elon Phoenix Invitational at Alamance Country Club in Burlington.
STAY POSTED
For further coverage of Elon men's golf, follow the Phoenix on X (@ElonGolf) and Instagram (ElonMGolf).
