TicketsCINCINNATI — The Cincinnati men's golf program's first appearance on national TV is how the 2025-26 season begins at the Folds of Honor Collegiate in Grand Haven, Michigan. All three days will air on the Golf Channel.
Programming currently consists of 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. and 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, with Wednesday's schedule to be determined.
Competing teams include Air Force, No. 18 Alabama, Army, Baylor, (RV) California, Florida A&M, No. 9 Florida State, Grand Valley State, Kansas, Michigan State, Missouri, Navy, (RV) Notre Dame and Ohio State. The Crimson Tide won the event last year, and GVSU was the non-Division I winner of the 2024 Folds of Honor Challenge. Preseason rankings are reflected above.
Cincinnati's inaugural lineup for the season consists of Ryan Ford, Connor McNeely, Leo Wessel, Connor Cassano and Rylan Wotherspoon.
Ford looks to pick up where he left off from an explosive end to his junior year, finishing second with a 9-under 204 at the NCAA Urbana Regional last year. He was one stroke behind the winner, who earned the Championships bid as a fellow individual qualifier. Ford finished the year with a team-best 71.82 stroke average.
McNeely was at 73.33 last year, with his top finish being second at Duke's Rod Myers Invitational in the fall. Wessel came on strong the spring semester of his freshman year, playing in each of those tournaments for a 72.70 average on the season. He had three top-15 finishes out of four events at one point, including a 1-under at the Oregon Duck Invitational.
Cassano, a Shreveport, La., native, played in two events as a freshman at LSU last season. Wotherspoon, who joins Ford as the only fourth-year members on the team and core contributors on the 2023 NCAA Regional team, rounds out the scorecard.