Kansas Men’s Golf Places Second in Florida

Sunday, October 18

Vero Beach, Fla.

University of Kansas

Quail Valley Invitational

2026 Big 12 Men’s Golf Match Play Tournament at The Country Club, in Salt Lake City, UT on Monday, October 14, 2026.
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Kansas Men’s Golf Places Second in Florida

10/19/2026 3:03:00 PM | Men's Golf

Live Scoring Final Results (PDF)

VERO BEACH, Fla. - Kansas men's golf scored its third podium finish of four tournaments on Monday, finishing second at the Quail Valley Invitational in Vero Beach, Florida. The Jayhawks wrapped up the event with a 852 (-12) score, five shots behind first-place Minnesota.

Penn State (-9), Memphis (-9) and Marquette (-7) joined the Jayhawks and Golden Gophers in the top five.

"After a good day on Sunday, I thought we played average today and really struggled on the par fives," Kansas coach Jamie Bermel said. "We knew that Minnesota would be ready to play today, and they were. I thought for the first time this year, we got knocked back on our heels and didnt really have a response."

Kansas sophomore Arthur Carlier and senior Max Jelinek tied for the top spot among Kansas golfers, each finishing in a tie for eighth at 212 (-4). The pair finished six shots behind the tournament champion, Memphis' Yixiang Wang.

Carlier's biggest round came in his last one, where he carded a 68 (-4) to charge up the leaderboard after entering Monday at even par. Carlier shot four birdies and an eagle in round three, the eighth lowest score of the round.

Jayhawk senior Noah Holtzman opened the tournament with a 67 (-5). Holtzman finished one shot behind the pair of Carlier and Jelinek, finishing the tournament tied for 11th while posting a 213 (-3).

KU senior Will Baker was the fourth Jayhawk to wrap up the tournament under par. Baker's 67 (-5) in round three brought him below par, finishing one shot behind Holtzman at 214 (-2) in a tie for 18th.

Jayhawk junior Hartej Grewal posted a 70 (-2) in the opening round of the tournament, wrapping up the event in a tie for 33rd at 217 (+1). Grewal carded 11 birdies across his three rounds, including a five-birdie round three.

KU freshman Nicolas Vidal-Reig concluded the Quail Valley tied for 50th at 220 (+4), but spent time under par during his third round by tallying birdies on back-to-back holes on five and six.

Jelinek, who competed as an individual, scored an eagle of his own in round one, concluding the opening 18 holes with a round-low 65 (-7) that left him alone at the top of the leaderboard. Jelinek shot under-par in two of the event's three rounds, scoring his best finish of the season.

"We've had a pretty good week of golf with these last two events. We only got beat by one team in the two events," Bermel added. "Arthur was solid all week. Noah didn't play his best today, but he carried us yesterday. I thought Max had a really solid week as an individual. I think we can do better. We need to get home and get rested up for our last trip of the year in Hawaii."

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Kansas men's golf will head to Maui, Hawaii for the Ka'anapali Classic at Ka'anapali Golf Resort from October 26-28.