No. 15 Men's Golf Wins NCAA Regional, Advances to NCAA Championships

Wednesday, May 20

Bermuda Run, N.C.

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Pepperdine University

NCAA Regionals

No. 15 Men's Golf Wins NCAA Regional, Advances to NCAA Championships

5/20/2026 1:24:00 PM | Men's Golf

By: Greg Bintz

BERMUDA RUN, N.C. - For the first time in program history, Pepperdine men's golf has won an NCAA Regional. The No. 15 Waves clinched a spot in the NCAA Championships with a tie in first place at the Winston-Salem regional in North Carolina on Wednesday, shooting 36-under as a team.

Pepperdine is among only a few teams in the nation where men's and women's golf finished first and second in regionals action.

Senior Mahanth Chirravuri was absolutely sensational all tournament, finishing fourth individually with a 13-under outing. He was bogey-free in the third round and sunk a trio of birdies along the way. Chirravuri, the 11th-ranked golfer in the country, shot 66-66-68 for the tournament.

Willy Walsh went four-under on Wednesday. He filled the scorecard with eight birdies, two bogeys, and a double-bogey. Walsh leapfrogged a half-dozen spots on the leaderboard, cracking the top-10. He shot 69-70-67 for the tournament.

Brady Siravo slotted in a tie for 18th individually, also shooting four-under in the final round. The Sacramento native dropped in an eagle on four and was sharp through the front nine. A double-bogey on 14 was his only blemish as he cruised to five-under for the tournament.

For the first time in program history, we have won an NCAA regional! 🏆#MakeWaves | @pepperdinewaves pic.twitter.com/KJdTCfp2kQ
— Pepperdine Men's Golf (@PepperdineMGOLF) May 20, 2026

Byungho Lee also shot four-under in the third round. With exception to a bogey on four, he carded five birdies en route to a tie for 20th individually, climbing 11 spots on the leaderboard.

Carson Kim rounded out the Waves' lineup by finishing the tournament one-under. The bright spot for Kim in a challenging third round was an eagle on four.

Team Leaderboard
T1. No. 3 Virginia (-36)
T1. No. 15 Pepperdine (-36)
3. No. 10 Ole Miss (-31)
4. No. 28 USC (-27)
5. No. 39 Mississippi State (-26)
6. Houston (-18)
7. NC State (-17)
8. No. 32 Wake Forest (-12)
9. No. 22 Georgia Tech (-4)
10. Kentucky (-2)
11. Richmond (+7)
12. No. 47 Arkansas at Little Rock (+12)
13. Presbyterian (+21)
14. Navy (+24)

Pepperdine Leaderboard
4. Mahanth Chirravuri (-13)
T10. Willy Walsh (-7)
T18. Brady Siravo (-5)
T20. Byungho Lee (-4)
T31. Carson Kim (-1)

Pepperdine will begin play in Carlsbad, California next Friday, May 29. The Championships run through Wednesday, June 3.

ABOUT PEPPERDINE MEN'S GOLF
Pepperdine men's golf has ranked among the elite collegiate golf programs in the nation, having won the NCAA Championship in 1997 and 2021. The program has won 23 WCC championships while reaching 28 NCAA Regionals and 14 NCAA Championships. With 30 All-American selections, the Waves currently have four active members of the PGA TOUR in 2026.

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