The Kentucky men’s golf team begins its fall season this week at the 2024 Folds of Honor Collegiate, hosted Monday through Wednesday at the prestigious American Dunes Golf Club. This event, one of the premier tournaments in college golf, supports the Folds of Honor organization, which provides educational scholarships to the children and spouses of fallen or disabled military members who served in the United States Armed Forces.
The Folds of Honor Collegiate, now in its third year, features live coverage on Golf Channel. Broadcast windows for the men’s tournament will be from 4:30–7:30 p.m. on Monday, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, and 4:30–7:30 p.m. for Wednesday’s final round. Fans can follow the action through live scoring as well. Kentucky, paired with Ohio State and Arkansas-Pine Bluff, will start round one with tee times between 12:45 and 1:21 p.m. on Monday.
Fifteen schools are competing, including six teams ranked in the Golfweek preseason top 25 and three in the top 10. Powerhouse programs such as Florida State, Illinois, Texas, Ohio State, and Notre Dame are part of the field, with several of these teams having reached the 2023 NCAA Championships, including Illinois, Florida State, and Ohio State, all qualifying for match play.
This event marks the first of five tournaments on Kentucky’s fall schedule. The Wildcats, under the leadership of second-year head coach Gator Todd, return five student-athletes from last year’s roster while welcoming five newcomers—three freshmen and two transfers.
Kentucky is participating in the Folds of Honor Collegiate for the second consecutive year, having finished sixth in 2023 with a 19-over-par total. Last year, Alex Goff, now graduated, led the team with a second-place individual finish at even par. Returning players Solomon Petrie and Jansen Preston, both part of this week’s lineup, placed T37 and T58, respectively, in the 2023 edition.
Preston, a Vanderbilt transfer, competed in all 10 events for UK last season and posted a 73.14 scoring average. He had a strong spring season with five top-30 finishes, including a career-best T19 at the Mason Rudolph Championship. Petrie, a redshirt freshman last season, made three starts and appeared as a substitute in the SEC Championship’s third round.
Rounding out Kentucky’s starting five are transfers Jack Schoenberger and Jackson Klutznick, along with true freshman Gavin Clutts. Schoenberger comes from Belmont, where he maintained a 71.37 scoring average across 21 events. He earned All-Missouri Valley Conference honors in 2023-24 with 10 top-20 finishes and 21 rounds of par-or-better. Klutznick, named the Division III Nicklaus Award winner at Emory last season, recorded nine top-15 finishes and a program-record 61.
The Wildcats will look to build momentum as they kick off their fall season with aspirations of climbing the leaderboard throughout the three-day tournament.
