Hawkeyes Finalize Fall Tournament Schedule

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa men’s golf team will compete in five tournaments this fall head coach Tyler Stith announced on Wednesday.

The Hawkeyes will open their 2025-26 campaign at the Visit Knoxville Collegiate in Knoxville, Tennessee, Sept. 5-7. They will then travel to Chicago, Illinois, for the Highlands Invitational on Sept. 15-16.

In October, Iowa will compete in the Fighting Irish Classic in South Bend, Indiana, on Oct. 6-7. It will mark the program’s ninth appearance in the event over the past 10 years (did not compete in 2020 due to COVID).

The Hawkeyes will head to the Moraine Intercollegiate in Dayton, Ohio, on Oct. 13-14, before closing out the fall schedule at the Fallen Oak Collegiate in Biloxi, Mississippi, on Oct. 18-20. Iowa has participated in the Fallen Oak Collegiate each of the past two seasons.

Iowa returns four letter winners and added a highly touted transfer from Oklahoma State in Grant Gudgel. The Hawkeyes also welcome true freshmen Bennet Warren who was the top ranked junior in the state of Kansas and was the No. 60 recruit nationally per the Junior Golf Scoreboard rankings. Gage Messingham and Max Tjoa were key contributors for the Hawkeyes who put together a pair of top 30 scoring averages since 1991. Messingham was 11th all-time with a season average of 72.21 while Tjoa carded an average 73.06 to put him 26th.

Iowa’s spring schedule will be announced at a later date.