WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The Apprentice School Builders men's golf team rallied with a final-round 312 to finish sixth among 17 teams at the 2026 USCAA Men's Golf National Championship, played at Kingsmill Resort's Plantation Blue course.
The Builders finished at 642 (+66) after opening with a 330 that left them ninth. Their second-round 312 was 18 strokes better and the third-best round of the day, behind only Hocking College (300) and Alice Lloyd College (309). It moved the Builders past Maine-Augusta, Mid Atlantic Christian and Penn State Hazleton.
Junior Chris Ivey led the Builders with rounds of 79 and 76 for a 155 (+11), tying for eighth in a field of 95. He began the final round tied for 20th.
Parker Wells made the team's biggest move, following an opening 81 with a 75 to finish at 156 (+12), tied for 11th. He climbed 24 spots from his tie for 35th after day one.
Cayden Sheaffer cut nine strokes from his first round to his second (86 to 77) to finish at 163 (+19), tied for 32nd. Aiden Zimmerman added a 168 (+24), tying for 48th, and Aiden Springer completed the lineup with a 179 (+35), tying for 78th.
Ivey and Wells earned 2nd Team USCAA All-American honors.
Hocking College won the team title at 613 (+37), followed by Alice Lloyd College (620, +44) and Southern Maine Community College (635, +59). Hocking's Tanner Wood won the individual title at 147 (+3), beating Penn State Mont Alto's Jacob Bassham in a playoff after the two tied.