CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson will conclude its fall men’s golf schedule October 26-28 at the Ka’anapali Classic in Ka’anapali, Hawaii. The 26th ranked Tigers are one of 20 teams in the field that includes seven of the top 40 teams in the nation.
Clemson will make its seventh appearance at this event, its first since 2023 when the Tigers finished 10th out of 20 teams. Clemson won the tournament in 2016 against a field of 24 teams behind Doc Redman and Carson Young, who will both be on the PGA Tour in 2027. Redman won the tournament with a 15-under-par score of 198, and Young finished 12th at five under par 208. The Tigers shot 264 as a team in the final round, the second lowest team round in Clemson history. In 2018 Clemson had a school record 262 in the first round at the same course.
Clemson is the only ACC team in the field. The SEC will be represented by 12th ranked Georgia and 22nd ranked Oklahoma. There will be four Big 12 schools led by 18th ranked Kansas, Houston, TCU and Colorado. Nineteenth-ranked Purdue is one Big Ten school competing.
The top ranked team in the field is seventh-ranked East Tennessee State. Other teams in the field include Cal State Sacramento, Wyoming, Southern Illinois, Gonzaga, San Jose State, Boise State, Hawaii-Manoa, Cal Irvine, North Florida and Cal Northridge.
Clemson will take seven players to Hawaii, five for the Clemson team lineup and two who will play as individuals.
The Clemson team lineup will be led by Oscar Valdemar Holm Bredkjær, the 23rd ranked player in the nation. He will face stiff competition for medalist honors from Ryder Cowan of Oklahoma, the third ranked player in the nation according to spikemark.com and Erik Tjarnberg of East Tennessee State, the ninth ranked player in the nation. Bredkjaer has a 70.22 stroke average this year and already has a pair of top five finishes
Clemson’s lineup also will include Hampton Roberts, a transfer from North Carolina, who is second on the Clemson team in stroke average at 72.00. He is coming off 10th-place finish at The Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate. He also finished ninth at the Bryan Brothers Collegiate. Roberts has played well in Hawaii in his collegiate career. Roberts had a 61 playing for North Carolina at the 2024-25 season Amer Ari Invitational in Hawaii, a round that tied the North Carolina record for low round by any player.
Gabriel Holtz, third on the team in stroke average this year at 72.44 also will be in the Clemson lineup. The freshman already has three rounds in the 60s this year and helped the Tigers to a fourth-place finish at the Bryan Brothers with a 12th place finish.
Rich Wills and Biagio Gagliardi will round out the team lineup at Ka’anapali. Wills has a 74.89 stoke average this year. He will be making his 24th tournament appearance for the Tigers. He had a career low tying 67 in the first round of the Bryan Brothers Collegiate on September 28. Gagliardi has played in three events so far this year, but just one in the Clemson lineup. He has a 73.67 average for his nine rounds.
Daniel McBrien and Jack Roberts will play the event as individuals. McBrien has a 72.50 average so far this year, fourth in the team, and this will be Jack Roberts first career event for the Tigers.