RICHMOND HILL, Ga (April 12, 2025) – The Bulls head to The Ford Collegiate on Monday following their best team score of the year, an 838 (-14), at the Valspar Collegiate. The Ford Collegiate will serve as the last tournament before postseason golf begins for the Bulls. Junior
Wilhelm Ryding enters this week career performances over the last tournaments. Something to note- the individual winner of the Ford Collegiate will receive an exemption into the 2026 Club Car Championship, one of the premier events on the Korn Ferry Tour.
Wilhelm Ryding has played his best golf of not only the season, but his college career during this spring season. Ryding has three top-25 finishes and posted his career-best 54-hole total (202) at the Valspar Collegiate. The reigning AAC golfer of the week defeated 30 golfers in the top-100 including six in the top-12.
Jake Peacock, playing in his last couple tournaments, will aim to further cement as legacy as one of the best Bulls' golfers in program history. Peacock's 70.12 season scoring average is currently on pace for the best single-season in program history. The senior from Georgia is coming off his best score of the spring season (207) that included rounds of 69 and 64.
The 12-team Ford Collegiate field consists of: Texas (1), Auburn (2), Louisiana State (4), South Carolina (21), Georgia Tech (24), Tennessee (25),
South Florida, Georgia State, Georgia, Wisconsin-Madison, Georgia Southern, and Augusta.
Coach Bradley's lineup for a pivotal Valspar Collegiate Invitational will consist of:
Jake Peacock,
Shubham Jaglan,
Cooper Smith,
Wilhelm Ryding, and
Nino Palmquist.
Matthew Joseph will be competing as an individual.
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The USF men's golf program has captured 19 conference titles and has seen players earn 19 All-America honors. The Bulls have won six American Athletic Conference Tournament championships in wire-to-wire fashion, winning four consecutive from 2015-18. The Bulls have had four individual conference champions, including Albin Bergstrom in 2021, and gone on to earn nine straight NCAA Regional appearances, including a 6th place finish in NCAA Championship match-play in 2015. USF is led by Steve Bradley, who has been named American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year five times since taking over the program in 2014. The Bulls have posted 24 tournament wins under Bradley including three in the 2023-24 season, by far the most under any coach in program history.
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