The 2027 Sam Ryder Intercollegiate will be conducted Monday-Tuesday, March 1-2 at The Hills Course at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Fla. The 15-team field includes collegiate men's golf programs representing host Stetson, Appalachian State, Augusta, Campbell, Central Arkansas, Eastern Michigan, Florida A&M, Florida Atlantic, Georgia Southern, Fairleigh Dickinson, Kennesaw State, Le Moyne, Lehigh, St. Thomas and Southern Illinois.
The teams will conduct a practice round on Sunday, February 28 beginning at 12 noon (EST). The tournament features a 54-hole stroke play format with two 18-hole rounds taking place on Monday, March 2 and the final 18-hole round on Tuesday, March 3 - each scheduled for an 8 a.m. shotgun start. Each team will be represented by five golfers with the top four scores from each round counting toward the team's overall score. Pairings for the first day of competition will be finalized no later than Saturday, February 27.
Live results will be available throughout the tournament.
The Hills Course features a 6,984-yard, par 72 layout. Designed by Arthur Hills, the course opened in 1997 and is a parkland-style championship course known for its natural wetlands, narrow pine corridors, small greens and strategically placed water hazards. The course was originally known as the Legends Course before being renamed in 2013.
Host Stetson University claimed the team championship at last season's event, with a 21-stroke victory over runner-up Baylor University. The Hatters finished the tournament at 13-under par. Campbell finished in third place. Stetson's Matthis Lefèvre earned medalist honors, edging teammate Jackson Hicks by one stroke, finishing at 6-under par for his second-straight individual title and third win in four starts.
The tournament is named after Sam Ryder, a 2012 graduate of Stetson and a 2017 inductee into the Stetson Athletics Hall of Fame. A native of Longwood, Fla, he was a 3-time all-ASUN Conference honoree and claimed the individual title at the 2012 league championships. He joined the PGA Tour in 2018 and has played in more than 300 PGA Tour, Korn Ferry Tour and PGA Tour Canada events during his professional career.
