DICKSON, Tenn. – The 15th-ranked Trinity University men's golf team finished third in the 2026 Southern Athletic Association Championship that wrapped up on Sunday and was held at the Greystone Golf Club.
The Tigers shot a three-round team score of 853, which was just three strokes behind 11th-ranked Oglethorpe University (GA) in second. Sewanee (TN) won the SAA title with a team total of 837 and led the field all three days. Centre College (KY) finished fourth, followed by #42 Rhodes College (TN) in fifth, #15 Southwestern University (TX) in sixth, Berry College (GA) in seventh, and Millsaps College (MS) in eighth.
Jeffrey Forster (Santa Barbara, Calif. / San Marcos) finished as Trinity's top golfer for the week, thanks to a three-under-par round of 69 on Sunday. Forster improved each day, shooting a total of 212 (73-70-69) to finish fifth individually and was just one of 12 individuals to shoot under par for the weekend. He had four birdies in each of the three rounds of the SAA Championship, but today's final round featured just one bogey and 13 pars. Forster earned a spot on the All-SAA First Team with his finish and he was also selected to the SAA All-Sportsmanship Team.
Sam Rossi (Los Angeles, Calif. / Loyola) finished ninth individually and was also under par for the weekend. Rossi was two-under overall with a three-round score of 214 (72-68-74), carding nine total birdies in the tournament – five of which came in the second round alone when he shot a Trinity-best score of four-under 68.
Carter Code (Calgary, Alberta, Canada / Manning) finished in a tie for 13th and a total of 216 (73-68-75). He tied Rossi for the team's lowest score with yesterday's 68 that featured five birdies. Code finished with a team-leading 12 birdies in the tournament but had just one in today's round. Rossi and Code were both Second Team All-SAA honorees based on their individual finishes.
Aiden Marlow (San Antonio, Texas / Churchill) finished in a tie for 17th thanks to his first round under par on Sunday. He posted a total score of 217 (74-73-70), improving each day to climb up the leaderboard. Marlow shot a bogey-free round today, picking up a pair of birdies to bring his tournament total to nine holes under par.
Neel Sandhu (Southlake, Texas / Carroll) and
Ethan Sullivan (Norfolk, Mass. / King Philip) were both tied for 24th individually with scores of 221 for the weekend. Sandhu shot 76-73-72 and his even-par round on Sunday moved him into the top 25 for the tournament. He finished with 17 pars and just one bogey on Saturday, then carded three birdies to shoot 72 today. Sullivan shot 72-76-73 for the three rounds, picking up five birdies on the opening day, two more on Saturday, and then finishing with a birdie and an eagle on the par-4 14th hole today.
Up Next
Trinity will await the NCAA selection show for the postseason, hoping to snag an at-large bid to the NCAA III Championships, held May 12-15 at the Mission Resort + Club in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.
