Brown men’s and women’s golf are officially back. Both programs have released their schedules for the 2026 fall season — their first as varsity programs since the university cut them back in 2020.
Brown announced the reinstatement of both programs to varsity status back in January 2026, ending a six-year absence. Now the schedules are set, and both teams are gearing up to compete against Ivy League and regional competition right out of the gate.
Women’s schedule: four events
The Brown women open the season September 26-27 at the Princeton Invitational in New Jersey — a field that includes every other Ivy League opponent Brown will face this season, giving the Bears an immediate read on where they stand in the conference.
From there:
- Sept. 28-29 — Sacred Heart Invitational, Great River Golf Club (Connecticut)
- Oct. 11-12 — Albany Invitational
- Oct. 26-27 — Lehigh Invitational (season closer)
Men’s schedule: five events
The men’s team opens on home turf, hosting the Ryan T. Lee Memorial Collegiate September 19-20 at Ledgemont, alongside Bryant and Providence College. It’s described as the largest tournament Brown has hosted in program history — a notable marker for a program just getting back on its feet.
The rest of the fall slate:
- Sept. 26-27 — Yale Invitational, Yale Golf Course
- Oct. 3-4 — Columbia Invitational, Lake Placid
- Oct. 12-13 — Sacred Heart Invitational (Connecticut)
- Oct. 24-25 — Lehigh Invitational, Saucon Valley Country Club (season closer)
Why it matters
Program cuts during 2020 hit a number of college golf programs hard, and reinstatements like Brown’s are still relatively rare — which makes this fall meaningful beyond just one school’s schedule. For juniors with Ivy League ambitions, it’s one more varsity roster and one more set of scholarship-adjacent opportunities (Ivy League programs don’t offer athletic scholarships, but admissions support and roster spots matter all the same) back on the board in a conference where spots are already scarce.
Both teams will be measuring themselves against the rest of the Ivy League early and often — the women at Princeton in week one, the men against Yale in week two — so results out of Brown’s opening month should offer an early gauge of how quickly the rebuilt programs can compete.
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