Golf: Top-ranked Virginia dominates the field at the 2026 Puerto Rico Classic

Top-ranked Virginia lapped the field at the 2026 Puerto Rico Classic, taking the team title by 18 strokes, finishing at a cumulative 55-under par for the 54-hole tournament, with the final round wrapping on Wednesday.

Three UVA golfers – Josh Duangmanee, Ben James and Bryan Lee – all tied for second place at 15-under.

Including graduate student Paul Chang, who was 10-under for the tournament, four Cavaliers finished in the top 10.

Duangmanee led the trio of second-place finishers with a career-best 65 in the final round, which tied with Nevill Ruiter (Charleston) for the lowest round of the day.

Duangmanee had a bogey-free round and recorded seven birdies, including three in his first four holes of the day.

James fired a 66 in his final round and did not have a bogey for second time in three days. He had only one bogey if 54 holes in Puerto Rico. The top 10 finish is his 29th of his career, the most in program history.

Leaderboard

PL.	TEAM	RD 1	RD 2	RD 3	TOTAL	TO PAR
1.	Virginia	266	275	268	809	-55
2.	LSU	274	272	281	827	-37
3.	Tennessee	276	274	278	828	-36
4.	Oklahoma	276	276	279	831	-33
5.	South Carolina	276	278	279	833	-31
6.	Ohio State	267	281	288	836	-28
6T.	Charleston	280	282	274	836	-28
8.	Georgia	276	280	281	837	-27
9.	Iowa	276	279	285	840	-24
10.	Marquette	280	278	284	842	-22
11.	Louisville	285	277	282	844	-20
12.	Minnesota	286	273	289	848	-16
13.	Purdue	283	284	284	855	-9
14.	Wisconsin	285	280	292	857	-7
15.	North Florida	283	287	295	865	+1

Virginia

PL.	PLAYER	RD 1	RD 2	RD 3	TOTAL	TO PAR
T-2	Bryan Lee	66	68	67	201	-15
T-2	Ben James	67	68	66	201	-15
T-2	Josh Duangmanee	67	69	65	201	-15
T-9	Paul Chang	66	70	70	206	-10
T-18	Maxi Puregger (IDV)	70	65	73	208	-8
T-48	Michael Lee	67	73	74	214	-2