No. 14 Men's Golf Prepares for NCAA Championships

Friday, May 29

Carlsbad, Calif.

1:40 p.m. PT

Pepperdine University

NCAA Championships

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Photo by: Greg Bintz

5/28/2026 4:00:00 PM | Men's Golf

By: Greg Bintz

CARLSBAD, Calif. - Championship week has arrived. No. 14 Pepperdine men's golf is in southern California, just 3.5 miles from the Pacific Ocean, to compete amongst 29 other remaining squads for a national title. The Waves co-shared the Winston-Salem Regional victory last week.

The championships consist of three rounds of stroke play (18 holes each), with the top 15 squads and the top nine individuals not on an advancing team making the first cut. An additional round of stroke play on Monday will determine the top eight teams that move on to match play. Any ties in the top 15 and top eight will be broken with a sudden-death playoff. Winning teams will battle in a quarterfinals, semifinals, and a finals match play competition.

Gallery: (5-28-2026) Mgolf NCAA Champs. practice - 5/28/26

Pepperdine will begin its championship adventure with a 1:40 p.m. pacific tee time on hole 10 with Carson Kim taking the Waves' first swing.

Fans can follow in real time with live stats, with the option to also stream the game at this link through Babygrande Golf. The Championships will be televised nationally on the Golf Channel from Monday, June 1, to Wednesday, June 3. All ticket information, live stats, updated tee times, and streaming links can be found on the men's golf schedule.

Byungho on the drive#MakeWaves | @PepperdineWaves pic.twitter.com/StiRY5hwSc
— Pepperdine Men's Golf (@PepperdineMGOLF) May 28, 2026

Since the start of the decade, Pepperdine has made the NCAA Championships five times (2021, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026). The Waves have finished in the top six three of the first four times, most recently placing fourth in 2023. The blue and orange took 12th last season, paced by Mahanth Chirravuri's tie for ninth overall.

The championships boast a complete gauntlet of top-tier squads, including 14 of the top 15 ranked teams and nine of the top 10.

Pepperdine is running it back with the same lineup as they posted in the NCAA Regionals, featuring Chirravuri, Willy Walsh, Brady Siravo, Byungho Lee, and Kim. Luke Dariotis will serve as the substitute.

The Field
No. 13 Arizona State
No. 29 Duke
No. 39 Arkansas State
No. 15 Stanford
No. 22 BYU
Liberty
No. 2 Florida
No. 9 Mississippi
No. 7 LSU
No. 23 Georgia
Texas at Rio Grande Valley
No. 3 Texas
Louisiana
No. 5 Oklahoma State
No. 19 Alabama
No. 37 Mississippi State
Chattanooga
No. 30 UCLA
No. 11 Vanderbilt
No. 42 San Diego
No. 12 Arizona
No. 10 North Carolina
Kentucky
No. 14 Pepperdine
No. 18 Tennessee
No. 26 Florida State
No. 1 Auburn
No. 40 Purdue
No. 6 Arkansas
No. 20 Texas A&M
No. 16 Oklahoma
No. 33 Louisville
No. 25 Cal State Long Beach
No. 4 Virginia
Memphis
No. 28 USC

Pepperdine Lineup
1. Mahanth Chirravuri
2. Willy Walsh
3. Brady Siravo
4. Byungho Lee
5. Carson Kim
Sub - Luke Dariotis

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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