KOHALA COAST, Hawai'i – Hawai'i Hilo Men's Golf finished 17th among the loaded field of top Division-I teams at the 2026 Amer Ari Intercollegiate at the Mauna Lani Resort Golf Club North Course.
The Vulcans carded rounds of 285, 291 and 281 to finish 7-under. Dylan Bercan led Hawai'i Hilo, tying for No. T48 (-7) after posting rounds of 66, 74 and 69. Ben Crinella finished No. T63 (-5) rebounding from a 74 with a second-round 67 before closing with 70.
This year's Amer Ari featured seven of the last 10 NCAA Division I team champions — including 2025 national champion Oklahoma State and eight teams ranked in the top 25 in the latest Scoreboard powered by Clippd rankings. Pepperdine entered as the field's top-ranked team at No. 4 and Oklahoma State came in as the defending Amer Ari champion after winning last year at minus-64.
At the top of the leader board, No. 5 Auburn delivered a historic performance winning the team title at 77-under par — matching the NCAA 54-hole scoring record — and finishing 13 strokes ahead of No. 6 Texas. No. 16 Jackson Koivun of Auburn won the individual title at 25-under, including back-to-back 62's that set a new NCAA 36-hole record.
Scoreboard reported 231,000 live scoring views to make it the most viewed event of the season so far.
UP NEXT
- Feb. 23-24 at DII Visit Stockton Invitational (Stockton, California)
- March 9-10 at Cal State East Bay's Tim Tierney Pioneer Shootout (Alameda, California)
- March 23-24 at Oregon's The Duck Invitational (Eugene, Oregon)
- March 26-28 at Stanford's The Goodwin (Stanford, California)
- April 20-22 at PacWest Conference Championships (North Las Vegas, Nevada)
2026 Amer Ari Intercollegiate Individual Leaderboard
| NAME |
PLACE |
SCORE |
RD TOTALS |
| D. Bercan |
No. T48 |
-7 |
66–74–69 (209) |
| B. Crinella |
No. T63 |
-5 |
74–67–70 (211) |
| D. Park |
No. T81 |
-1 |
71–74–70 (215) |
| K. Yamashita * |
No. T101 |
+5 |
70–78–73 (221) |
| J. Torres |
No. T104 |
+6 |
74–76–72 (222) |
| J. Sato * |
No. T108 |
+8 |
76–76–72 (224) |
| J. Bjorken |
No. 114 |
+10 |
74–78–74 (226) |
| N. Otani * |
No. 117 |
+12 |
76–83–69 (228) |
* Competed as Individual
2026 Amer Ari Intercollegiate
| TEAM |
TO PAR |
RD SCORES |
| 1. Auburn |
-77 |
256–273–258 (787) |
| 2. Texas |
-64 |
269–264–267 (800) |
| 3. Arizona State |
-58 |
265–269–272 (806) |
| 4. Texas Tech |
-57 |
267–274–266 (807) |
| 5. Stanford |
-56 |
261–271–276 (808) |
| 6. Oklahoma State |
-52 |
267–277–268 (812) |
| 7. Pepperdine |
-45 |
271–276–272 (819) |
| 8. Oregon State |
-43 |
269–278–274 (821) |
| T9. Washington |
-40 |
273–273–278 (824) |
| T9. Georgia Tech |
-40 |
274–277–273 (824) |
| 11. North Carolina |
-34 |
275–286–269 (830) |
| 12. Oregon |
-31 |
283–278–272 (833) |
| 13. San Jose State |
-25 |
279–280–280 (839) |
| 14. UCLA |
-23 |
272–292–277 (841) |
| 15. Pacific |
-22 |
283–286–273 (842) |
| 16. Osaka Gakuin |
-19 |
280–279–286 (845) |
| 17. Hawai'i Hilo |
-7 |
285–291–281 (857) |
| 18. UC Davis |
E |
277–289–298 (864) |
| 19. UT Arlington |
+8 |
302–292–278 (872) |
| 20. UH Manoa |
+10 |
285–298–291 (874) |
