GREENSBORO, N.C.–  Nailing the automatic qualifier for the NCAA Championship after a commanding 19-stroke ODAC Tournament victory over No. 6 Washington & Lee University, the (RV) Guilford Golf Team will pursue their third national title in program history at the 2026 NCAA Division III Men's Golf National Championship on Tuesday, May 12th, through Friday, May 15th at the Mission Resort & Club on the El Campeon and Las Colinas courses in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.

The underdog story is taking into shape as the Quakers dominated in the conference tournament, capturing their 20th ODAC crown all time back in late April. The Guilford starting five looked to shine under pressure heading into the 2025-26 campaign as Guilford graduated many greats being Evan Mendyk '24, MBA '25, James Alden '24, MBA '25, and Parker Cumbea '25 from last season's lineup. This isn't a familiar story for head coach Ben Potter, driving his Quakers' squad to their 26th national championship appearance in program history and are looking to snatch their first title since the 2004-05 season. Guilford looks to rely on past experiences from the NCAA Preview from this past fall along with their scorching postseason performances to seize control of their third national title.
     
Second Team All-ODAC recipient and No. 117 nationally-ranked Andrew Perry (Fuquay Varina, N.C.) has been driving the ship for his Quakers squad this season, averaging 75.00 (+3) strokes per round in 25 total rounds played. Highlighting his stellar junior season with Guilford, Perry holds three top-15 finishes, including a career-best three-round event score of 215 (-1) at the Savannah Invitational and more recently, his fourth top-25 finish in the ODAC Championship, firing a 232 (+16) to tie for 12th position. No. 122 nationally-ranked Gavin Peach (Charlotte, N.C.) displayed his career-best outing at the conference tournament back in late April. Averaging a 75.24 (+3) per round through 25 rounds completed, Peach compiled his career-best individual placement of second, battling toe-to-toe against No. 1 nationally-ranked Jonathan McEwen of Washington & Lee University. During the ODAC Championship, Peach rose to the occasion in the final two rounds of action, matching his career best one round score of 70 (-2) both days to tally his second top-20 result of the season, most previously at the Savannah Invitational where he placed T-17th with a career-best three-round score of 217 (+1). No. 232 nationally-ranked Luke Wise (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) drove Guilford up the leaderboard after shaving five strokes off his round one score, before improving by six more shots from day two at the ODAC Championship. Wise has tallied a 76.60 (+5) average one round score through 25 rounds in total, firing his career-best three-round mark of 213 (-2). Wise marked out with his season best placement at the ODAC Championship of T-8th, while wrapping up the NCAA Preview in T-9th position last fall. No. 255 nationally-ranked Braeden Gillen (Holly Springs, N.C.) has highlighted top-tier moments throughout his sophomore campaign with Guilford. A one-time ODAC Player of the Week recipient, Gillen has fired a 76.52 scoring average through 25 rounds played. Gillen struggled to find his footing throughout the ODAC title match and is looking to rebound to his career-marks set this spring at the Sam Snead Collegiate, logging a 218 (+5) three day total, while holding strong with his career-low one-round score of 68 (-3). No. 472 nationally-ranked Larsen Gallimore (Walnut Cove, N.C.) rounds out the starting five with a stellar-junior season. Gallimore fired his career-low two round total of 149 (+5) at the Glenn Heath Memorial, with his career-high placement of T-6th on the leaderboard. Gallimore tabulated his career-best three-round total of 222 (+6) at the Jekyll Island Intercollegiate, narrowly beating his mark of 230 (+14) at the ODAC Championship, placing in T-8th.
 
Guilford will kickoff national championship action on Tuesday, May 12th, teeing off for the first of four rounds of play, beginning at 7:30 AM. At the conclusion of the second round on Wednesday, May 13th, the tournament field will be cut in half, resulting in 18 superior teams and the top-6 individuals to battle in the final 36 holes of play to crown a team national champion and individual medalist after the ultimate round on Friday, May 15th at Mission Resort & Club on the El Campeon and Las Colinas courses in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.
 
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