Colorado University Athletics
Edwards Announces '26-27 Men's Golf Schedule
July 30, 2026 | General, Men's Golf
BOULDER —Colorado men's head golf coach Roy Edwards announced the team's 2026-27 schedule Thursday, with this year's team make-up will be one of savvy veterans with a youthful blend.
Edwards is entering his 21st season at the reins of the Buffalo program, and will oversee a roster with one graduate, two seniors and three juniors along with two sophomores and two incoming freshmen. In all, Colorado returns six lettermen from a season ago, where the team just missed on advancing from regional play into the NCAA Championship Finals.
"We couldn't be more excited to announce our 2026-27 schedule," Edwards said. "We'll compete in some of the premier tournaments in college golf while playing many of the nation's finest courses. We intentionally built one of the top 25 schedules in the country because we believe challenging ourselves against the very best is the best way to grow as a team over the course of our year-long season. Competing against elite fields week after week will prepare our players to perform at the highest level throughout the season and into postseason play.
Colorado will open its 103rd season in California on Sept. 14-15 in the Vuori Invitational, hosted by San Diego State in Rancho Santa Fe, just north of San Diego. It's the first time the Buffs will play in the event, as CU has played in one in the San Diego area in six of the last nine years. It will take place at Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club and will be one of three during the regular season in California. All but one of CU's tournaments will be in the Mountain or Pacific time zones.
The Buffs then play on the Front Range for the next three tournaments, beginning with Air Force's Gene Miranda Invitational (Sept. 19-21), the 35th time CU will play in the tourney that it has won on eight occasions. Next is the New Mexico William H. Tucker Intercollegiate in Albuquerque (Sept. 25-26), the 70th time CU will play in the Lobos' premier meet that it finally broke through and won for the first time in 2024 and tied for third last year. The Buffaloes close a busy September hosting the 17th annual Mark Simpson-Colorado Invitational (Sept. 29-30) at Boulder Country Club; it will be the first time the event on a Tuesday and Wednesday. The Buffaloes have won their own meet eight times in the 16 years of its existence and as the runner-up five times, including the last four seasons (by a combined eight strokes).
The Big 12 Conference Match Play Championship (Oct. 12-14) returns after a year's hiatus and will be played at the Country Club of Salt Lake. The Buffaloes close out the fall portion of its schedule once again in Hawaii's Ka'anapali Classic Collegiate (Oct. 26-28), where last the Buffs for the last several years have posted top finishes and have made several indelible marks in the school's record book. .
Colorado will open the spring portion of the season for the third straight year in The Prestige at PGA West (Feb. 15-17), the tournament that former CU head coach, the late Mark Simpson, help to create back in 2000-01; this will be the 14th time the Buffaloes will participate after last year's was cut to 36 holes because of high winds last February. As always, it will be held on the Norman Course. After a month off, the Buffaloes will play for the first time in the Black Desert Intercollegiate, co-hosted by the University of Utah and Utah Tech (formerly Dixie State) in Ivins, Utah near St. George at the Black Desert Golf Resort. Unique in that it is a 19-hole course designed by PGA legend Tom Weiskopf, it is ranked as the No. 1 course in Utah. Colorado will close the month in Stanford's "The Goodwin" in Palo Alto (March 25-27), the 29th time the Buffaloes are entered in the tourney, tying for eighth in the massive 30-team competition last March.
The final tune-up ahead of the league meet will be Arizona State's Thunderbird Intercollegiate (April 16-17), a tournament CU has played in on and off 18 times since 1973, where the Buffs have finished second and sixth the last two seasons. The Big 12 Conference Championship closes out the regular season (April 26-28), at The Covey at Big Easy Ranch in Columbus, Texas – the only tournament CU will play east of the Mountain Time Zone. The Buffs will be looking for redemption after an extremely rare last place in the event last spring.
"Our philosophy has always been to seek out the strongest competition and the best venues in college golf," Edwards noted. "There's no question this schedule provides our team with one of the premier competitive experiences in the country and gives our student-athletes the opportunity to test themselves against the nation's best every time we tee it up."
The NCAA Regionals are set for May 17-19 at six different sites: Murrells Inlet, S.C. (hosted by Coastal Carolina); Loudon, Tenn. (U. of Tennessee); Bloomington, Ind. (Indiana U.); Stillwater, Okla. (Oklahoma State U.); Lubbock, Texas (Texas Tech) and Marana, Ariz. (U. of Arizona). The NCAA Championship Finals are set for May 28-June 2 in Carlsbad, Calif., where the University of Texas will once again host the event at La Costa Golf Club. After four days of stroke play, the champion is then determined in a match play format with the top eight teams advancing.
Individuals who are not on the travel squad or who rotate in-and-out will also play in some select other tournaments as long as they are within their competition day maximums to do so.
Edwards is entering his 21st season at the reins of the Buffalo program, and will oversee a roster with one graduate, two seniors and three juniors along with two sophomores and two incoming freshmen. In all, Colorado returns six lettermen from a season ago, where the team just missed on advancing from regional play into the NCAA Championship Finals.
"We couldn't be more excited to announce our 2026-27 schedule," Edwards said. "We'll compete in some of the premier tournaments in college golf while playing many of the nation's finest courses. We intentionally built one of the top 25 schedules in the country because we believe challenging ourselves against the very best is the best way to grow as a team over the course of our year-long season. Competing against elite fields week after week will prepare our players to perform at the highest level throughout the season and into postseason play.
Colorado will open its 103rd season in California on Sept. 14-15 in the Vuori Invitational, hosted by San Diego State in Rancho Santa Fe, just north of San Diego. It's the first time the Buffs will play in the event, as CU has played in one in the San Diego area in six of the last nine years. It will take place at Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club and will be one of three during the regular season in California. All but one of CU's tournaments will be in the Mountain or Pacific time zones.
The Buffs then play on the Front Range for the next three tournaments, beginning with Air Force's Gene Miranda Invitational (Sept. 19-21), the 35th time CU will play in the tourney that it has won on eight occasions. Next is the New Mexico William H. Tucker Intercollegiate in Albuquerque (Sept. 25-26), the 70th time CU will play in the Lobos' premier meet that it finally broke through and won for the first time in 2024 and tied for third last year. The Buffaloes close a busy September hosting the 17th annual Mark Simpson-Colorado Invitational (Sept. 29-30) at Boulder Country Club; it will be the first time the event on a Tuesday and Wednesday. The Buffaloes have won their own meet eight times in the 16 years of its existence and as the runner-up five times, including the last four seasons (by a combined eight strokes).
The Big 12 Conference Match Play Championship (Oct. 12-14) returns after a year's hiatus and will be played at the Country Club of Salt Lake. The Buffaloes close out the fall portion of its schedule once again in Hawaii's Ka'anapali Classic Collegiate (Oct. 26-28), where last the Buffs for the last several years have posted top finishes and have made several indelible marks in the school's record book. .
Colorado will open the spring portion of the season for the third straight year in The Prestige at PGA West (Feb. 15-17), the tournament that former CU head coach, the late Mark Simpson, help to create back in 2000-01; this will be the 14th time the Buffaloes will participate after last year's was cut to 36 holes because of high winds last February. As always, it will be held on the Norman Course. After a month off, the Buffaloes will play for the first time in the Black Desert Intercollegiate, co-hosted by the University of Utah and Utah Tech (formerly Dixie State) in Ivins, Utah near St. George at the Black Desert Golf Resort. Unique in that it is a 19-hole course designed by PGA legend Tom Weiskopf, it is ranked as the No. 1 course in Utah. Colorado will close the month in Stanford's "The Goodwin" in Palo Alto (March 25-27), the 29th time the Buffaloes are entered in the tourney, tying for eighth in the massive 30-team competition last March.
The final tune-up ahead of the league meet will be Arizona State's Thunderbird Intercollegiate (April 16-17), a tournament CU has played in on and off 18 times since 1973, where the Buffs have finished second and sixth the last two seasons. The Big 12 Conference Championship closes out the regular season (April 26-28), at The Covey at Big Easy Ranch in Columbus, Texas – the only tournament CU will play east of the Mountain Time Zone. The Buffs will be looking for redemption after an extremely rare last place in the event last spring.
"Our philosophy has always been to seek out the strongest competition and the best venues in college golf," Edwards noted. "There's no question this schedule provides our team with one of the premier competitive experiences in the country and gives our student-athletes the opportunity to test themselves against the nation's best every time we tee it up."
The NCAA Regionals are set for May 17-19 at six different sites: Murrells Inlet, S.C. (hosted by Coastal Carolina); Loudon, Tenn. (U. of Tennessee); Bloomington, Ind. (Indiana U.); Stillwater, Okla. (Oklahoma State U.); Lubbock, Texas (Texas Tech) and Marana, Ariz. (U. of Arizona). The NCAA Championship Finals are set for May 28-June 2 in Carlsbad, Calif., where the University of Texas will once again host the event at La Costa Golf Club. After four days of stroke play, the champion is then determined in a match play format with the top eight teams advancing.
Individuals who are not on the travel squad or who rotate in-and-out will also play in some select other tournaments as long as they are within their competition day maximums to do so.
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