FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Tarleton State Men's Golf's first tournament of the 2026-27 season concluded on Friday in Fort Collins, Colorado.
 
The Texans placed 15th in the Ram Masters, played at Fort Collins Country Club, hosted by Colorado State. Tarleton State had the second best Round 2 score in the 16-team field on Thursday, shooting +4. That was sandwiched by +19 marks in each Round 1 and Round 3, putting them at +42 for the event.
 
Tarleton State's four returners were the leaders on the board for the first event this season.
 
Drew Ironside led the Texans at +7 (75-68-74), placing tied-28th. His -2 (68) Round 2 card was the tied-sixth best across the two-day event among the 92-man field. Ironside had five birdies and three bogeys in that round, with a 33 front nine.
 
Nicholas Papacharalambous was tied-47th at +10 (72-75-73). Kellen Young was tied-59th at +12 (78-71-73). Juan Ballester was tied-84th at +18 (79-70-79). Newcomer Owen Prewitt rounded out the Texans in 88th at +22 (74-79-79).
 
San Francisco won the Ram Masters at +9 (282-288-279). CSU Fullerton and Utah Tech tied-second at +12, Utah Valley was fourth at +13, Colorado State fifth at +15, UC Davis and Tulsa tied-sixth at +21, Denver eighth at +24, Utah State ninth at +25, Northern Colorado 10th at +30, UC San Diego 11th at +33, UC Santa Barbara 12th at +35, Wyoming 13th at +40, Seattle U 14th at +41, and Merrimack 16th at +50.
 
San Francisco's Nils Svanberg was the medalist at -8 (71-67-64), winning by four strokes.
 
Tarleton State will next play at Eastern Washington's tournament in Coeur d' Alene, Idaho, on Sept. 21-22.