Virginia will begin its NCAA postseason play as the top seed at the Winston-Salem NCAA Regional, according to a May 17 announcement. The event is hosted by Wake Forest at Bermuda Run Country Club, with first round action scheduled for Monday, May 18. The first tee time for Virginia is set for 7:30 a.m.
The tournament format consists of 54-hole stroke play, with the four lowest scores from each team counted each round toward the team total. All teams will play one round per day. The top five teams and the lowest scoring individual not on those teams from each regional will advance to the finals, which are set for May 29 through June 3 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California.
Virginia enters this regional ranked No. 2 by the Golf Coaches Association of America and No. 3 in Scoreboard National Collegiate Golf Rankings earlier this month. The Cavalier lineup includes Ben James, Paul Chang, Bryan Lee, Josh Duangmanee and Michael Lee.
This marks Virginia’s eighteenth consecutive appearance in an NCAA Regional tournament—a streak tied for eleventh longest nationally and fourth among Atlantic Coast Conference schools. The Cavaliers have advanced to NCAA Championships in each of the last three seasons and finished second place in both Reno (2025) and Baton Rouge (2024). Two players on this year’s roster have previous NCAA Regional titles: Ben James won the Las Vegas Regional in record-setting fashion last year while Paul Chang secured his first collegiate win at Reno in 2025.
The field includes fourteen teams seeded by conference affiliation or selection committee ranking: Virginia (Atlantic Coast Conference), Ole Miss (Southeastern Conference), Pepperdine (West Coast Conference), Georgia Tech, Southern California, Wake Forest, Mississippi State, Little Rock (Ohio Valley Conference), NC State, Kentucky, Houston, Richmond (Atlantic 10 Conference), Navy (Patriot League) and Presbyterian (Big South Conference).
Looking ahead to next week’s competition at Bermuda Run Country Club—a par-71 course measuring just over seven thousand yards—Virginia aims to reach a school-record fourth straight NCAA Championship appearance.
