Gamecocks Earn No. 7 Seed in NCAA Columbus Regional

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – South Carolina earned the No. 7 seed in the NCAA Columbus Regional as the field was announced for the 2026 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship on Wednesday. It marks the 32^nd all-time NCAA Regional appearance for the Gamecocks and the second under head coach Rob Bradley, who led Carolina to its first NCAA Championship appearance since 2019 last season in Bremerton, Wash.

Ohio State is the host institution for the Gamecocks’ regional site with teams competing over three days at OSU Golf Club from May 18-20. The 13 teams and 10 individuals at the regional site will play 54-holes of stroke play with the top-five teams advancing to the NCAA Championship May 29-June 3 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif. The highest finishing individual on a non-advancing team will also advance to the NCAA Championship. La Costa is hosting the NCAA Championship for the third consecutive year with Texas serving as the host school again.

The Gamecocks will be one of eight teams ranked in the top-50 of the latest Clippd Poll competing at the NCAA Columbus Regional. No. 2 Florida has the top seed as the highest ranked squad at the 13-team regional site.

The full 2026 NCAA Regional field for men’s golf can be found here.

Carolina has six top-five finishes in 10 stroke play events this season with a team scoring average of 283.37, which is currently fourth-lowest in program history. The Gamecocks advanced to match play recently at the SEC Championship for the first time since 2021.

Redshirt senior All-American Frankie Harris has put together another strong season with three wins and eight top-20 finishes in his 10 starts. He became the program’s all-time wins leader with his sixth career victory in March at the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate. His season scoring average of 69.57 is the lowest individual score average in program history. Harris was named one of 15 players to the Fred Haskins Award Postseason Watch List earlier today.

2026 NCAA Columbus Regional Field
1. No. 2 Florida
2. No. 11 Arizona State
3. No. 14 Stanford
4. No. 23 Long Beach State
5. No. 25 Florida State
6. No. 35 Utah
7. No. 38 South Carolina
8. No. 48 California
9. South Florida
10. Memphis
11. Oregon
12. Illinois State
13. Wright State

Individuals (seeded in the following order):
1. Riccardo Fantinelli, Princeton
2. Ryan Shellberg, Iowa
3. Paul Beauvy, Iowa State
4. Chun-Ta Wu, Minnesota
5. Caleb Bond, Michigan State
6. Ashton McCulloch, Michigan State
7. Lucas Politano, Rutgers
8. Carter Maneth, Middle Tennessee
9. Zachary May, Iowa State
10. Arjun Singh Bhatia, LIU

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