BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The eighth-ranked Illinois Wesleyan University men's golf team heads south to Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla. for the Division III Preview this Sunday-Tuesday, Sept. 21-23. The site of the 2026 Division III National Championship, the Titans will play the 6856-yard Las Colinas course at Mission Inn Resort and Club on Sunday and conclude the tournament at the 6750-yard El Campeon course Monday and Tuesday.
The Titans are coming off of a 1-2 finish by Illinois Wesleyan's 'A' and 'B' squads at the Wrigglesworth Invite, hosted by UW-Eau Claire Sunday-Monday, Sept, 14-15. Senior Aidan Healy (New Lenox, Ill.-Lincoln-Way West) was the Titans' top finisher, claiming a second-place finish. Fellow senior Myles Lahart (Park Ridge, Ill.-Maine South) is the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin's reigning Golfer of the Week after his second-place finish and career-best 36-hole score at the Carthage Firebird Fall Classic on Sept. 8-9.
In the most recent edition of the Golf Coaches Association of America Bushnell/Golfweek Division III Coaches Poll released on Friday, Sept. 19, Illinois Wesleyan was slotted in the eight spot. Sewanee captured the No. 1 spot, while Carnegie Mellon, Washington and Lee, Oglethorpe, and Huntingdon rounded out the top-five. The full list of rankings can be found below.
Illinois Wesleyan will take the senior trio of Healy, Lahart, and Michael Spitzer (Hinsdale, Ill.-Hinsdale Central), along with sophomore Pablo Castro (Palatine, Ill.-Palatine) and freshman Jared Code (Calgary, Alberta, Canada-Ernest Manning) to the 54-hole tournament.
The field includes the top-15 teams in the country, and 20 out of the top-25 programs. The eighth-ranked Titans will be in an elite field that includes: No 1. Sewanee, No. 2 Carnegie Mellon, No. 3 Washington and Lee, No. 3 Oglethorpe, No. 5 Huntingdon, No. 6 Emory, No. 7 Methodist, No. 9 Aurora, No. 10 Kenyon, No. 11 LeTourneau, No. 12 Trinity, No. 13 Lynchburg, No. 14 Pomona-Pitzer, No. 15 Southwestern, No. 16 Redlands, No. 19 Gettysburg, No. 20 Guilford, No. 22 Rochester, No. 23 Berry, Gustavus Adolphus, Penn State Altoona, Hampden-Sydney, and UW-Eau Claire.
The first round, set to be played at Las Colinas, will be contested Sunday, Sept. 21. Tee times and live scoring will be available through Clippd and can be found here.
2025-26 Bushnell/Golfweek Division III Coaches Poll - September 19
| Rank |
University |
Points |
Previous |
| 1 |
Sewanee (7) |
351 |
5 |
| 2 |
Carnegie Mellon (3) |
327 |
9 |
| T-3 |
Washington and Lee (1) |
313 |
2 |
| T-3 |
Oglethorpe |
313 |
6 |
| 5 |
Huntingdon |
312 |
7 |
| 6 |
Emory |
311 |
3 |
| 7 |
Methodist (3) |
297 |
1 |
| 8 |
Illinois Wesleyan |
278 |
4 |
| 9 |
Aurora |
228 |
10 |
| 10 |
Kenyon |
218 |
12 |
| 11 |
LeTourneau (1) |
160 |
13 |
| 12 |
Trinity (TX) |
152 |
11 |
| 13 |
Lynchburg |
134 |
8 |
| 14 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
122 |
20 |
| 15 |
Southwestern (TX) |
116 |
18 |
| 16 |
Redlands |
113 |
14 |
| 17 |
Transylvania |
108 |
NR |
| 18 |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
104 |
17 |
| 19 |
Gettysburg |
98 |
T-15 |
| 20 |
Guilford |
94 |
T-15 |
| 21 |
Mary Hardin-Baylor |
78 |
RV |
| 22 |
Rochester |
69 |
21 |
| 23 |
Berry |
64 |
23 |
| 24 |
Whitman |
62 |
NR |
| 25 |
Willamette |
58 |
25 |
Others Receiving Votes: Babson (57), Gustavus Adolphus (56), Hampden-Sydney (53), Amherst (41), Piedmont (38), Cal Lutheran (33), Saint John's (MN) (25), John Carroll (22), Bethel (MN) (13), NYU (12), Whitworth (11), Carleton (8), Occidental (7), UW-Eau Claire (6), Averett (5), Wittenberg (5), Franklin & Marshall (3).
