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UC Santa Barbara Men's Golf

#144
BWESTMen's · 2026–27

2026–27 season so far

4 events
Events won
0
0 top-3 finishes
Schedule
#129
strength of schedule
Events
4
played this season
Avg points
23.39
Clippd rating

Road to the 2027 NCAA Championship

Projected · updates weekly
  1. 1 (still to come)
    Conference championship · May 2–4, 2027
    BWEST Championship
    La Quinta Country Club, La Quinta, CA
    Leaderboard
  2. 2 (still to come)
    NCAA Regional · May 2027 · projected
    Outside the projected field
    Projection from this week's rankings; it switches to the committee's field on selection day.
  3. 3 (still to come)
    NCAA Championship · May 2027
    Advance from your regional to get here

Projected NCAA Championship field · 30 teams

Projected out
Bloomington
ArkansasVanderbiltNew MexicoBrigham YoungColorado
Loudon
AuburnTennesseeNorth CarolinaSanta ClaraKansas
Lubbock
Texas TechAlabamaWashingtonClemsonUNLV
Maricopa
TexasNotre DameIllinoisPurdueEast Tennessee State
Myrtle Beach
FloridaGeorgia TechArizona StateWake ForestLiberty
Stillwater
Oklahoma StateTexas A&MGeorgiaTCUOklahoma

Top 5 per regional from the Advancement Model on Regional Predictions. Updates with each rankings release.

Geography

UC Santa Barbara
hometime zones

Season by season

SeasonRankRecordConferenceRegionalNCAA
2026–27#144 now27-35-1BWEST · May 2–4, 2027—May 2027
2025–26#174 final63-84-4—Did not appearDid not qualify
2024–25— ——Did not appearDid not qualify
2023–24— ——Did not appearDid not qualify
2022–23— ——Did not appearDid not qualify

Program history

Regional apps
5
Top 38% of D1
Active streak: 0
Longest streak: 2
Advanced
2
Top 23% of D1
Active streak: 0
Longest streak: 1
Regional wins
0
Top 15% of D1
Best regional
#6
Top 28% of D1
NCAA apps
3
Top 32% of D1
Active streak: 0
Longest streak: 1
NCAA wins
0
Top 8% of D1
NCAA best
—
Match-play
0

Program arc

Program arc — best regional finish per year (1989-2026)1st5thAdvance cut198920082026
Line: regional finish (lower = better)·regional win·dotted: NCAA finish

Year-by-year regionals

= advanced to Nationals.= did not make Regionals.# = Regional seed, expected to advance.# = underdog.

Regional performance

Regional titles
0
5 appearances
Avg committee seed
11.0
across 1 seeded year
Best Regional SG
+10.2
1994 · West
Beat the seed
0×
Finished better than seeded
Advanced as underdog
0×
Advanced to NCAAs unexpectedly based on seeding
Seeded years
1
Seeding data available: 2002-present
Team
Single round
Score
282(-6)·1994 R3
288(+8)·2017 R3
290(+2)·1998 R1
290(+10)·2017 R2
To par
-6(282)·1994 R3
+2(290)·1998 R1
+3(291)·1994 R2
+3(291)·1998 R2
36-Hole
Score
581(+5)·1998
586(+26)·2017
588(+12)·1994
To par
+5(581)·1998
+12(588)·1994
+26(602)·1991
+26(586)·2017
54-Hole
Score
870(+6)·1994
874(+34)·2017
879(+15)·1998
To par
+6(870)·1994
+15(879)·1998
+34(874)·2017
Individual
Single round
Score
65(-5)·2019 R1
Zach Smith
65(-5)·2019 R3
Zach Smith
66(-6)·1994 R2
Ryan Mitchell
To par
-6(66)·1994 R2
Ryan Mitchell
-5(67)·1994 R3
Tom Gocke
-5(65)·2019 R1
Zach Smith
-5(65)·2019 R3
Zach Smith
36-Hole
Score
132(-8)·2019
Zach Smith
139(-5)·1994
Ryan Mitchell
143(+3)·2017
Nick Swanson
To par
-8(132)·2019
Zach Smith
-5(139)·1994
Ryan Mitchell
+1(145)·1992
Derek Gilchrist
54-Hole
Score
197(-13)·2019
Zach Smith
212(-4)·1994
Ryan Mitchell
215(+5)·2017
Nick Swanson
215(+5)·2017
Brett Bennett
To par
-13(197)·2019
Zach Smith
-4(212)·1994
Ryan Mitchell
+2(218)·1991
Derek Gilchrist
Seed breakdown
Seed 1
0 entries
0 wins · 0 advanced
Seed 2
0 entries
0 wins · 0 advanced
Seed 3
0 entries
0 wins · 0 advanced
Seed 4
0 entries
0 wins · 0 advanced
Seed 5–8
0 entries
0 wins · 0 advanced
Seed 9+
1 entries
0 wins · 0 advanced
Current-season data from NCAA rankings · Regional history 1989–2026.