Alabama Men’s Golf Wins Folds Of Honor Collegiate Title

TUSCALOOSA, AL — William Jennings earned medalist honors to lead the No. 18 Alabama men’s golf team to a sweep of the team and individual titles for the second straight year at the Folds of Honor Collegiate on Wednesday.

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The Crimson Tide finished at 5-under-par 847 (285-280-282) — the only team in the 15-team field to finish below par — and won by six strokes.

Three Alabama golfers placed in the top 10, including Jennings at 4-under 209 (71-67-71), Jack Mitchell in fourth at 1-under 211 (71-71-69) and Connor Brown tied for seventh at 1-over 214 (73-71-70).

Jennings' — a junior from Greenville, South Carolina — also secured a PGA TOUR exemption to the 2026 Rocket Classic, set for July 30-Aug. 2 at Detroit Golf Club.

“It really feels great. I’m proud of the guys,” Alabama head coach Jay Seawell said. “They prepared hard in the couple of weeks leading up to the season opener and we just played well throughout the week. Today was awesome. I saw our guys play and compete with a lead, battle adversity and hold on to win.”

Seawell praised Jennings for his perseverance, saying the junior “pushed through some low times” to deliver a pressure-winning putt on No. 18.

Alabama topped No. 43 Notre Dame by six shots, with Cincinnati and Kansas tying for third at 11-over and No. 30 Cal finishing fifth at 12-over.

As a team, the Tide led the field in par-3 scoring (-1), par-4 scoring (+24) and total birdies (53).

The tournament benefits the nonprofit Folds of Honor, which provides educational scholarships to families of U.S. military members killed or disabled in service.

Alabama returns to competition Sept. 19-21 at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational.

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