GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's golf team will close its fall schedule at the Quail Valley Invitational, hosted by South Florida, on Sunday and Monday at Quail Valley Golf Course in Vero Beach, Florida.
Course: Quail Valley Golf Course/Vero Beach, Fla.
Par / Yardage: Par 72/7,401 yards
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THE FORMAT
The 16 schools will compete in three total rounds, with round one being a shotgun start on Sunday, followed by round two. The Spartans will be paired with Rutgers, Florida Atlantic University and Marquette, teeing off from holes 14-17.
LINEUP FOR UNCG
Kelvin Hernandez, B.J. Boyce, Jake Lewis, Reece Sanders, Will Guidry
PARTICIPATING TEAMS (Clippd rankings as of Oct. 14)
Liberty (17), Kansas (19), UNCG (26), Memphis (41), Rutgers (43), Michigan State (45), Marquette (78), Maryland (81), FGCU (83), FAU (88), South Florida (92), Minnesota (98), Penn State (108), NIU (120), Nebraska (170)
THIS SEASON
- UNCG earned a ranking of 26, for the first release of the season by SCOREBOARD Powered by Clippd on Oct. 14.
- This ranking comes following an impressive start to the 2026-27 season with a 31-1-0 record.
- ETSU is the highest Southern Conference (SoCon) foe, ranking eighth on the poll. Chattanooga follows the Spartans, sitting at 49th overall.
- The Spartans opened the season with two team titles, first winning their own Bryan National Collegiate from Sept. 12-13 with rounds of 276-281-281 totaling 26-under-par (838).
- This was the third time out of four years that the Spartans won the team title at the Bryan National Collegiate (2026, 2024, 2023).
- UNCG was the only team to finish under-par each round and the Spartans had five of their nine golfers finish in the top 10 of the player leaderboard.
- They then won the crown at the 16th Annual Rod Myers Invitational, hosted by Duke, from Sept. 21-22.
- At the Rod Myers Invitational, that was shortened to two rounds at Duke University Golf Club, UNCG won with a 20-under-par (556) performance. During both rounds, four of the Spartans' six golfers had under-par rounds.
- The Blue & Gold were the runners-up at the seventh Blessings Collegiate Invitational that took place from Oct. 3-5.
- B.J. Boyce leads the way for UNCG's individuals sitting at No. 17.
- Boyce was runner-up at UNCG's Bryan National Collegiate, then tied for 14th at the Rod Myers Invitational and then won his first-collegiate title at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational. Boyce has earned two SoCon Golfer of the Week honors this season.
- Kelvin Hernandez is 66th overall in the rankings following three top 10 finishes this season so far. He placed fifth at the Bryan National Collegiate, was the runner-up at the Rod Myers Invitational and then was tied for 10th at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational.
SPARTANS LAST SEASON
- UNCG finished in fourth place at 2026 SoCon Championships behind a nine-over-par (861) with round scores of 289-290-282.
- The Spartans carded their best finish of the 2025-26 season at the Dorado Beach Collegiate, notching third place with a three-under-par (285).
- UNCG recorded six top-10 finishes last year.
- Hernandez returns for his senior season after earning the automatic bid into the 2026 NCAA Regionals after securing first place in the 2026 SoCon Championships.
- Hernandez fired off rounds of 67-72-65, setting a new course record in the final round.
- The Caguas, Puerto Rico, native's appearance in the NCAA Winston-Salem Regional marked the 10th time in the UNCG Division I era that the Spartans have made an NCAA Regionals appearance as either a team or individual.
- In addition, it was the second time in his collegiate career competing at the NCAA Regionals.
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UP NEXT
UNCG will take a break before resuming play in 2027, first hosting the Dorado Beach Collegiate in Dorado, Puerto Rico, at TPC Dorado Beach from Feb. 7-9, and then the Palmas del Mar Collegiate from Feb. 12-14 at Palmas del Mar Flamboyan in Humacao, Puerto Rico.