No. 5 Texas Tech continues fall season at OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational
Tournament: OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational
Host: Illinois
Dates: Sept. 18-20 (Fri.-Sun.)
Format: Stroke play / 5-count-4 / 54 holes (18 per day)
Golf Course: Olympia Fields Country Club-South Course / Par 70
Location: Olympia Fields, Illinois
Scoring/Tee Times: Scoreboard
Texas Tech Lineup:
1. Tim Wiedemeyer
2. Connor Graham
3. Adam Bresnu
4. Ben Gregg
5. Simon Hovdal
Participants – 15:
No. 1 Florida
No. 3 Oklahoma State
No. 4 Arizona State
No. 5 Texas Tech
No. 9 LSU
No. 12 Illinois
No. 13 Pepperdine
No. 16 Texas A&M
No. 18 Alabama
No. 19 Stanford
No. 20 Florida State
No. 25 Georgia Tech
Baylor
Northwestern
UNLV
– The above rankings are from the Preseason 2026-27 Bushnell/Golfweek DI Coaches’ Poll –
Schedule of Events:
Friday-Sunday, Sept. 18-20 (one round per day)
— Tee times off No. 1 and No. 10 in Round 1 (Friday) and Round 2 (Saturday), starting at 8 a.m. CDT
— Tee times off No. 1 and No. 10 in Round 3 (Sunday), starting at 7:30 a.m. CDT
More on the Olympia Fields Country Club:
Now in its 20th season, the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational welcomes the nation’s top teams to the famed Olympia Fields Country Club. The club is home to several premier events, having played host to the U.S. Amateur (2015), two U.S. Opens (1928, 2003), two PGA Championships (1925, 1961), a U.S. Senior Open (1997), plus five Western Opens (1920, 1927, 1933, 1968, 1971) and the BMW Championship in 2020 and 2023. In 2026, due to renovations on the North Course, the event will be played on the club’s South Course for the first time.
Roster/Team Notes:
- Texas Tech’s 2026-27 roster features 10 individuals. Eight are returning from last year’s roster, while it welcomes one junior transfer, Alvaro Pastor (Tarleton State/Spain), and one freshman, Samuel Gonzalez (Colombia).
- The Red Raiders’ returning players include four seniors: Adam Bresnu (Morocco), Ben Gregg (Texas), Price Hill (Texas) and Tim Wiedemeyer (Germany); two juniors: Luke D’Alise (Texas) and Connor Graham (Scotland); and two sophomores: Simon Hovdal (Sweden) and Brady McHenry (California).
- The roster is headlined by Bresnu and Wiedemeyer, who were each named to the preseason watch list for the 2026 Haskins Award. The award annually recognizes the most outstanding NCAA Division I male college golfer. Seven of the 25 golfers on this year’s preseason Haskins Award list carry over from last spring’s list, including Texas Tech’s Bresnu and Wiedemeyer.
- Bresnu and Wiedemeyer also opened the season each ranked in the PGA Tour University preseason top 10. Wiedemeyer debuted at No. 4, while Bresnu was No. 9 in the rankings released Sept. 9. Texas Tech entered the 2026-27 season as the only team in the country with multiple players ranked in the top 10 of the PGA Tour University Ranking for the Class of 2027.
- The Golf Channel announced Aug. 31 that the Red Raiders were its preseason No. 5-ranked team, with three Red Raiders earning preseason All-America honors. Bresnu and Wiedemeyer were named to the second team, while Connor Graham was named to the third team.
- Bresnu, Graham and Wiedemeyer each enter the 2026-27 season ranked inside the top 30 of the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR).
- The 2026-27 squad will look to lead Texas Tech back to the NCAA Championships, with the road to Carlsbad, California, beginning in Lubbock as the Red Raiders are one of six NCAA regional host sites leading into the 2027 NCAA Championship. A regional appearance would be Texas Tech’s 25th straight NCAA postseason appearance.
- Texas Tech’s streak of NCAA Championship appearances was snapped at the 2025 NCAA Corvallis Regional, as the Red Raiders missed out on a spot in the NCAA Championships for the first time in six years by four shots. The Red Raiders have qualified for the NCAA Championships 17 times in program history, and head coach Greg Sands has led them to 13 of those appearances.
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