BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. — Championship season continues this weekend in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC), as the 2026 MIAC Men's Golf Championships take place at Edinburgh USA Golf Course in Brooklyn Park.
The nine men's golf teams from around the conference will begin the three-day, 54-hole conference championship this Saturday, October 10, and crown the MIAC champion on Monday, October 12.
This will be the second consecutive season that the MIAC Men's Golf Championships will be played at Edinburgh.
Championship 101
Each MIAC team will enter five players in the tournament, with the program's four best performances each day determining the team's score. The team with the lowest score throughout the tournament will receive the MIAC's automatic qualifier to the 2027 NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championships.
Action will begin Saturday morning with the first wave of golfers set to tee off at 10:27 a.m. Teams are seeded based on their finish in the 2025 MIAC Championships, and golfers will tee off in descending order of their place in the lineup (No. 5 to No. 1). The 2025 MIAC Champion Bethel Royals will tee off alongside Gustavus and Carleton to start the tournament at 10:27 a.m., with teams following in order of their 2025 finish every nine minutes after. St. Olaf, Macalester, and Saint John's are tentatively set to begin teeing off at 11:12 a.m. on Saturday, followed by Concordia, St. Scholastica, and Augsburg at 11:57 a.m.
Sunday's tee times are also set to begin at 10:27 a.m., while Monday's final round is slated for a 9:33 a.m. start. Specific pairings for Sunday and Monday will be reordered from high to low according to the previous day's scores. Tentative tee times and pairings for the tournament will be available online on the championship home page.
| 2026-27 Men's Golf Statistics | Men's Golf Record Book |
Follow the Action
Spectators are welcome to attend the 2026 MIAC Golf Championships at the Edinburgh Golf Course and must follow all local and spectator rules. Please be advised that there will be no spectator carts available for use at Edinburgh.
Fans not in attendance in Brooklyn Park can follow the unofficial live scoring on Scoreboard powered by Clippd.
The MIAC has a championship home page for the event that will serve as the online home of the tournament. The championship page will include tee times, pairings, and results as they become available, as well as recaps and photos.
| Championship Home Page | Live Scoring |
In the Polls
- Three MIAC men's golf teams received votes in the latest Bushnell/Golfweek DIII Coaches Poll, released on September 25. Bethel, Gustavus, and Carleton all made appearances on voter ballots.
Championship Rewind
Bethel rallied back from a four-shot deficit at the end of round two to win its second MIAC title in three seasons last fall. The Royals finished the 2025 MIAC Championships with a 27-over-par score of 891 for the 54-hole tournament.
All-Championship Returners
Six former MIAC Men's Golf All-Championship Team honorees will be back on the course this weekend, including Bethel's Jesse Balc (1st 2025); Carleton's Sam Higaki (4th 2025, 3rd 2024, T8th 2023); Concordia's Jack Hanson (T6th 2024) and Ryan Engel (6th 2025, T9th 2024); Gustavus' Blake Forrest (7th 2025); and Saint John's Gavin Grahek (T9th 2024).
The ten lowest-scoring individuals (ties included) at the MIAC Championships are named to the All-Championship Team and earn automatic qualification to the All-MIAC squad in the spring.
| All-Time Men's Golf All-Championship Team Honorees |
Championship Apparel
Official championship apparel is available for online purchase via the MIAC Shop powered by UNRestricted MKTG. The online MIAC Shop features officially licensed short-sleeve t-shirts, long-sleeve t-shirts, and hooded sweatshirts to commemorate the 2026 conference championship meet. The items available in this store are custom-decorated. Please allow 2-4 weeks for delivery. All apparel items are custom-made, and all sales are final.
Team champion apparel will be added and available for online purchase shortly after the meet.
State Open Exemption
Edinburgh USA is set to host the 2027 Minnesota State Open in July 2027 and has been granted a Minnesota PGA exemption that will be awarded to the individual medalist at the 2026 MIAC Men's Golf Championships. This is a one-time exemption for an amateur competitor to participate in Minnesota's biggest and most prestigious Open tournament. In the event of a tie for first place on the MIAC individual leaderboard, an individual playoff will take place following NCAA championship protocol to determine the recipient of the State Open exemption. The tied participants will play one extra hole at a time, with those still tied for the lowest score moving on to the next hole until a winner has been determined.
Around the MIAC
- Augsburg sophomore Jack Berry (Rogers, Minn. / Rogers) shot a 1-over-par 145, tying his career-best 36-hole score and finishing second in the 103-golfer field at the Twin Ports Collegiate meet on 9/18-19. Berry had three birdies in a 1-under-par 71 on 9/18, then had two birdies on a 2-over-par 74 on 9/19. It was his fifth top-five finish in 14 career tournaments.
- Bethel sophomore Zeke Roberts (Lake Elmo, Minn.) helped the Royals win the team title at the Saint John's Fall Invitational on 9/26-27 with a two-round score of 143 (71-72, -1) at the St. Cloud Country Club and Blackberry Ridge. His score placed him in a three-way tie for medalist honors at the event. Roberts shot 4-under par on the par-5s and finished the meet with nine total birdies, tied for second in the 87-player field.
- Carleton senior Sam Higaki (San Mateo, Calif. / Aragon) tied for medalist honors at the Saint John's Fall Invitational at the St. Cloud Country Club and Blackberry Ridge on 9/26-27 with a 36-hole score of 143 (72-71, -1). Higaki was 1-under par on the par-3s and 3-under par on the par-5s throughout the tournament. Higaki is now a two-time medalist at the SJU Fall Invite, having also won in 2025.
- Concordia senior Jack Hanson (Apple Valley, Minn. / Eastview) earned medalist honors for the second time in his collegiate career with a 1-under par 143 (70-73) to tie for medalist honors at the Saint John's Fall Invitational at the St. Cloud Country Club and Blackberry Ridge on 9/26-27. Hanson's 36-hole score was the lowest of his collegiate career. Hanson carded nine birdies over two rounds, tied for the second-most in the 87-player field, and led all golfers with a 3-under par tally on par-3 holes.
- Gustavus sophomore Charlie Looker (Cottage Grove, Minn. / Park) led the Gusties at the Minnesota Golf Classic with a three-round tally of 217 (71-73-73, +1). Looker has carded a pair of 1-under par rounds this season, with both coming at 54-hole tournaments (Minnesota Golf Classic, Twin Cities Classic).
- Macalester sophomore Owen Walther (St. Louis, Mo. / John Burroughs School) turned in two of the five lowest 18-hole scores in program history in September with a first-round score of 69 at the Wisconsin Lutheran Fall Invitational on 9/13 and a second-round 70 at the Saint John's Fall Invitational on 9/27. Walther's 69 is the third-lowest single-round score in Macalester men's golf history, while his 70 is tied for the fourth-lowest.
- Saint John's first-year William Andrus (St. George, Utah) carded a three-round total of 214 (74-69-71, -2) to tie for third among NCAA Division III competitors and 15th overall in the 108-player Minnesota Golf Classic on 9/20-21. Andrus' tally of 69 in round two is tied for the lowest single-round score by a MIAC men's golfer this season, while his 54-hole score of 214 is tied for the 25th-best 54-hole score in recorded MIAC history. Andrus had 13 birdies over three rounds at the Pioneer Creek Golf Course, tied for the fourth-most in the field.
- St. Olaf junior Will Black (Mahtomedi, Minn. / St. Paul Academy) aced the 208-yard 13th hole in round three of the Minnesota Golf Classic on 9/22, as part of a career-low round of 70 (-2). Black's hole-in-one was part of a stretch where he went birdie, eagle, birdie in a 3-under back nine.
- St. Scholastica first-year Kyler Berg (Hermantown, Minn. / Hermantown) opened the Twin Cities Classic on 10/3 with a program-record-tying score of 68 (-4) at Elk River Country Club. Berg finished the tournament with an eagle and a team-best eight birdies while playing 37 of 54 holes at par or better.