For a long time, college golf coverage golf weekgoing back to the magazine’s first year of publication.
Under the watchful eye of Lance Ringler and Cameron Jordan (among others), the college game remains central to our annual plans. As part of our countdown to the end of the year, we’re looking at the most-clicked articles in categories like PGA Tour, LPGA, Travel, Equipment, and more. Here are the top five stories from our staff about their first year at university.
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1. College Golf Coach Blog: News from the coaching community for 2025
2025 College Golf Gear
Interested in the national college golf coaching scene in 2025? Get the latest updates on this page. This is consistently one of the most read links on our site.
Click here for the blog.
2. Fans realize SEC football coach will be fired as weekly tee times are cancelled.
April 28, 2014. Greensboro, Georgia, USA. Mississippi Rebels head football coach Hugh Freeze (left) celebrates the end of the day’s play with Arizona head football coach Rich Rodriguez at the Chick-fil-A Challenge at Reynolds Plantation Resort. Required Credit: Daniel Shirey/CFA-pr via USA TODAY Sports **Distribution Photo**
Auburn football coach Hugh Freeze was fired by the university just hours after a crushing 10-3 loss to Kentucky as fans booed him and chanted “Fire Hugh” as he left the field.
However, some fans sensed that the former Ole Miss coach might be preparing for his departure by not being on the tee sheet for the Auburn University club, where Freeze was known to have a standing tee time on Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
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3. NCAA Men’s Golf Championship Highlights: Michael La Sasso wins Indy title, match play set
Michael La Sasso of the University of Mississippi poses with the championship trophy on the 18th hole of the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa on May 26, 2025 in Carlsbad, California.
In the third round of the NCAA Golf Championship, half of the field was cut, leaving just 15 teams to advance to the final round.
Auburn, the defending national champion, led by four strokes after three rounds of stroke play, and Ole Miss junior Michael La Sasso took medalist honors by two strokes over Texas A&M senior Pichakusun Maishon. Both players were finalists for the Haskins Award.
That was the summary.
4. NCAA Men’s Golf Championship Highlights: Virginia, Oklahoma State advance to championship game
Oklahoma State University players pose with the championship trophy after the match play finals at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa on May 28, 2025 in Carlsbad, California.
It’s down to two.
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After a marathon day at the 2025 NCAA Men’s Golf Championship, only two teams had a chance to win the national title. Virginia and Oklahoma State competed for the right to be called national champions. The Cowboys had a thrilling victory.
Here’s a look back at the day.
5. This Division I school plans to eliminate its golf program immediately
Stephen F. Austin State University announced it will cut its men’s and women’s golf programs at the end of the school year. The school said the decision was made based on the division’s persistent budget deficit and the anticipated financial impact of future revenue-sharing requirements with Division I players.
This is the story.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Golfweek Wrapped 2025 (College Golf): Oklahoma State wins again
