MADISON, N.J. – The Drew University men's golf team will make its third appearance at the NCAA Division III Championships when it competes among the nation's best Tuesday through Friday at Mission Resort & Club in Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida.

The championships are being hosted by Oglethorpe University and the Greater Orlando Sports Commission. The tournament will consist of 43 teams, as the two selection pools include 34 automatic qualifiers and nine at-large berths. 

The team and individual champions will be determined after 72 holes of play or the conclusion of the last fully-completed round. After 36 holes of competition, the field will be cut to the top-18 teams and top six individuals not on one of those teams. 

The Rangers also competed at the NCAA Championships in 2025 and 2022. They gained entry into the tournament by virtue of capturing the Landmark Conference title back on April 25-26 with a 25-stroke victory runner-up Moravian University. The Rangers fired a school-record, 5-under-par 283 in the second round and finished with a 36-hole score of 584, posting the lowest scores in Landmark Conference Championship history for both 18 and 36 holes.

While Drew will be making its third NCAA appearance as a team, it will be the squad's fourth overall appearance at the national tournament, as senior Elliot Parker qualified as an individual in 2024.
 
Under second-year Head Coach Lucas Artigliere C'23, the Landmark Conference Coach of the Year, the Rangers will feature a lineup of two seniors, two juniors, and one sophomore.

For the season, Parker has been the team's top performer, averaging a 71.5 over 21 rounds. A GCAA/PING All-Region selection for the fourth year in a row, he currently ranks 37th in Division III as of the latest Clippd rankings and has won five of his 10 events this season, including his last two. He is coming off a tremendous performance at the Landmark Conference Championships, where he fired a 6-under-par 66 in the second round to win by six strokes with a 138 (72-66), capturing Landmark Conference Player of the Year honors for the second time in his career and All-Landmark Conference recognition for the fourth straight season. Parker also picked up victories at Conquer the Island (68), The Ruckus (74-66=140), the Landmark Conference Fall Preview (71-69=140), and The Gauntlet (66-66=132).
 
Junior Avery Cohen has also posted an impressive season and recently collected his second career all-region award. He has also shot all 21 rounds while averaging a 73.6 – a mark that ranks second among the Rangers. He shot a season-low 69 (-3) in the second round of The Spring Thaw, where he tied for seventh among 70 golfers with a 146 (77-69). He also finished as the runner-up with a 144 (72-72) at the Landmark Conference Fall Preview, and he placed fourth at the Landmark Conference Championships with a 145 (75-70), earning First Team All-Landmark honors.
 
Sophomore Sam Dolan will also compete for the Rangers after joining Parker and Cohen on the all-region team. He shot all 21 rounds as well and finished as Drew's third-leading golfer for the season with an average of 74.1 per round. He shot his two best rounds of the season at the Camp Lejeune Intercollegiate, closing with a 70 and a 3-under-par 69 to finish tied for 14th among 120 golfers with a 1-over 217, helping the Rangers earn a victory at the prestigious event. He also placed eighth with a 152 (77-75) at the Landmark Conference Championships to earn second-team all-conference recognition.
 
 Senior Shiv Bhaskar and junior Thomas Hurley will also represent the Blue and Green at the Championships. Bhaskar has averaged a 77.0 while shooting 20 rounds, and he shot a season-low with a 1-under-par 71 in the closing round of the Camp Lejeune Intercollegiate, where he tied for 21st with a 219 (74-74-71). He also placed fifth at the Conquer the Island Tournament with a 74, and he tied for 12th at the Landmark Conference Championships, shooting a 154 (77-77) to capture Honorable Mention All-Landmark Conference honors.  
 
Hurley has averaged a 77.1 over 19 rounds for Drew this season. He opened the season with an even-par 70 at The Gauntlet, and he shot a season-low (relative to par) 71 in the opening round at Camp Lejeune. He also tied for sixth at the Landmark Conference Championships with a 149 (77-72), landing first-team all-conference recognition.

For the season, Drew has averaged a 293.4, winning six of its 10 events on the season. The team closed the season on a flurry, winning four of its five events in the spring, capped by its victory at the Landmark Conference Championships. The Rangers have shot under 300 in 16 of their 20 rounds, and in one of the their most impressive performances, won the Camp Lejeune Intercollegiate, an event that featured numerous outstanding and nationally-ranked teams from Division III, by shooting 865 (289-290-286). Drew also captured The Gauntlet with a 572 (287-285), the Landmark Conference Fall Preview with a 590 (297-293), The Ruckus with a 582 (292-290), and the Conquer the Island tournament with a 289.