SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Sacramento State men's golf team will begin its 2025-26 season at the Ram Masters on Thursday and Friday at Fort Collins CC. The Hornets will compete at the event for the second-consecutive season and four time since 2021.

The Hornet lineup will feature four players who competed for the team a year ago. Senior Patrick Dumag will start the season from the No. 1 position and will be followed by Zach Mate, Max Thomas, Gabriel Smith and Jai Bahl with Zach Matzke competing as an individual. Bahl and Matzke are the only members of the group who did not compete at the Ram Masters last season.

The 17-team field in this year's tournament is comprised mostly of teams from the western U.S. that compete in the Big XII, Mountain West, Big West, Big Sky and WAC. Sacramento State was picked to finish first in the presason poll of Big Sky coaches. The Hornets return to the league for the 2025-26 season before departing to become full-time members of The Big West next year.

The Field
Cal State Fullerton, Colorado, Colorado State, CSUN, Denver, Illinois State, Long Beach State, Sacramento State, UC Davis, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, Utah State, Utah Tech, Utah Valley, Weber State, Wichita State, Wyoming

The Lineup
1. Patrick Dumag
2. Zach Mate
3. Max Thomas
4. Gabriel Smith
5. Jai Bahl
Ind. Zach Matzke

The Last Time at the Ram Masters

Luke Dugger shot 66 in the first round and tied for fourth place overall with a three-round total of 66-71-67-204. Sacramento State tied for seventh out of 16 teams and posted its best team score in six appearances at the tournament. Host Colorado State won the event by four strokes over Utah Tech.

Tournament History

Dates	Team Finish	Team Score	Low Individual
Sept. 16-17, 2013	10th of 15	288-292-291-871	Kristo (67-71-72-210, t6th)
Sept.15-16, 2014	10th of 15	292-294-298-884	Kristo (72-72-76-220, t29th)
Sept. 19-20, 2016	5th of 18	284-284-292-860	Beverly (68-69-71-207, t4th)
Sept, 20-21, 2021	t3rd of 16	316-312-292-920	Davidson (74-74-75-223, 8th)
Sept. 26-27, 2022	11th of 15	292-293-288-873	Leebrick (74-69-70-213, t26th)
Sept. 17-18, 2025	t7th of 16	281-280-282-843	Dugger (66-71-67-204, t4th)