LOS ANGELES – The UCLA men’s golf program will compete in 13 events during the 2026-27 school year, opening the fall season at the Sahalee Players Championship in Seattle on Sept. 12-13, 2026.
The Bruins’ upcoming 2026-27 campaign will mark head coach Armen Kirakossian’s fifth year as UCLA’s head coach. Last season, Kirakossian helped UCLA win the Big Ten Championships team title for the second-straight season, as the Bruins advanced to the NCAA Championships as the runner-up to Auburn. Kirakossian has been named the Big Ten’s Coach of the Year the past two seasons, as UCLA returns a pair of All-Big Ten Conference golf selections in junior Baylor Larrabee and sophomore Josh Kim.
Larrabee finished in a tie for sixth place through four rounds of stroke play at last season’s NCAA Championships in Carlsbad, Calif. He shot 9-under 279 at the NCAA Championships, helping to propel UCLA into the eight-team match play field.
Kim was honored as the Big Ten Freshman of the Year last spring, marking the second-consecutive season in which UCLA’s program had the Big Ten Freshman of the Year – with Larrabee earning that honor in 2024-25. Kim earned his first collegiate medal at the 2026 Big Ten Championships, standing atop the individual leaderboard by three strokes over Washington’s Finn Koelle.
Fall 2026 Schedule
UCLA will play in five tournaments this fall, opening in Seattle at the Sahalee Players Championship for the second consecutive season. The Sahalee Players Championship will be hosted by the University of Washington at Sahalee Country Club. The Bruins’ next four events in the fall will include the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invite in Fort Worth, Texas, the Fighting Irish Classic hosted by Notre Dame, the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Invitational in Alpharetta, Ga., and the East Lake Cup in Atlanta.
Last season, the Bruins competed at the Sahalee Players Championship, the Fighting Irish Classic and the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Invitational.
Spring 2027 Schedule
The Bruins will play in seven tournaments from January through April, prior to the three-day Big Ten Championships at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J. (from April 30-May 2).
UCLA will compete in three spring tournaments in Southern California. The Bruins will open their spring schedule (Jan. 25-26) at the Southwestern Invitational in Westlake Village, Calif., competing at North Ranch Country Club. UCLA will host the Bruin Invitational on March 22-23 at Valencia Country Club in Valencia, Calif. Two weeks later, the Bruins will be in action at the USC Golfweek Intercollegiate, hosted at Rolling Hills Country Club in Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.
Following the Southwestern Invitational (Jan. 25-26), UCLA will fly to Hawai’i to compete at the Amer Ari Intercollegiate at Mauna Lani Golf Course (Kona, Hawai’i) from Feb. 4-6. The Bruins will return to the West Coast for the Las Vegas Collegiate, hosted by UNLV at TPC Summerlin from Feb. 28-March 2.
UCLA’s month of March will open with The Desimone Invitational from March 8-9, hosted by California at Lake Merced Golf Club in San Francisco. The Bruin Invitational (March 22-23) and USC Golfweek Intercollegiate (April 5-6) will follow. The Bruins are set to conclude their spring schedule at The Thunderbird Collegiate in Phoenix, Ariz., from April 16-17.
The NCAA Men’s Golf Championships will return to Carlsbad, Calif., hosted at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa. The regional rounds, at six different sites (see below), will take place from May 17-19. The NCAA Championships, starting with 30 teams in stroke play, are scheduled for May 28-June 2.
2027 NCAA Regional Rounds, Locations
Pfau Golf Course – Bloomington, Ind.
Tennessee National – Loudon, Tenn.
The Rawls Course – Lubbock, Texas
Gallery Golf Club – Marana, Ariz.
TPC Myrtle Beach – Murrells Inlet, S.C.
Stillwater, Okla. – Karsten Creek Golf Course