Sandhu's 68 Leads Men's Golf Up The Leaderboard at NCAA Championship

Sunday, May 31

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NCAA Championship Day Three

Sandhu's 68 Leads Men's Golf Up The Leaderboard at NCAA Championship

May 31, 2026 | Men's Golf

NCAA Championship Rd 3 Results

By: Steve Kirschner

Sihan Sandhu shot 4-under-par 68 to lead the North Carolina to one of the best rounds of the day as the Tar Heels climbed two spots into seventh place after day three of the 2026 NCAA Men's Golf Championship on the North Course at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif.

Sandhu, a sophomore from Ashburn, Va., made five birdies in his first 13 holes. His 68 is the lowest round by any Tar Heel in the 2024 or 2026 tournaments at La Costa.

Carolina's 5-under-par 283 is UNC's best at La Costa and was the fourth-best round of the day by any of the 30 teams. Only LSU (-18), Mississippi State (-9) and Texas (-7) had better rounds on Sunday.

UNC advanced to Monday's fourth and final round of stroke play.

Top-seed Auburn shot 2-under 286 on Sunday and has the 54-hole lead at 22 under par. The Tigers lead Texas (-19) by three strokes. Vanderbilt (-9) is third, UCLA, Arizona and Oklahoma State (-8) are tied for fourth, UNC (-6) is seventh, Duke (-1) is eighth, Oklahoma (even par) is ninth and Virginia and Florida (+1) are tied for 10^th.

LSU, San Diego, Tennessee and Stanford also made the cut at 2 over.

Each of the five Tar Heels shot par or better in round three. In addition to Sandhu's 68, Grant Roscich shot 1-under 71 and Carson Bertagnole, Andrew Riley and Niall Sheils Donegan all shot even-par 72.

Bertagnole (69-72-72) is tied for 17^th place at 3-under 213, Sheils Donegan (69-73-72) is tied for 21^st at 2-under 214, Sandhu (72-75-68) is tied for 32^nd at 1-under 215, Roscich (77-70-71) is 2-over 218 and Riley (80-73-72) is 9-over 225.

Roscich's 70-71 finishes over the last two days mark the first time in the two years the NCAA Championships were played at La Costa a Tar Heel shot under par in multiple rounds.

Oklahoma State's Preston Stout (73-67-65) is the clubhouse leader for the individual national championship with one round to play. He shot 7-under 65 today and has a one-shot edge over Arizona's Filip Jakucik, Alabama's William Jennings and Vanderbilt's Will Hartman.

Carolina will tee off in the fourth round at 2:36 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday. The Tar Heels will be paired with Duke and Oklahoma.

Golf Channel will broadcast the fourth round beginning at 5:30 p.m. Eastern.