MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Celebrating its 23rd year in 2025, Coastal Carolina men's golf will welcome a loaded field for the General James Hackler Championship at the Dunes Golf and Beach Club in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
The three-day event will feature 18 holes of play on each day beginning on Monday and running through Wednesday. Each round will begin at 8 a.m. ET.
Fans can follow along with
live scoring courtesy of GolfStat.
THE BREAKDOWN — GENERAL JAMES HACKLER CHAMPIONSHIP
When: Sunday, March 16 – Tuesday, March 18
Format: 18 holes of stroke play on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
Where: The Dunes Golf & Beach Club (Myrtle Beach, S.C.)
Course Par and Yardage: Par-72; 7,233 Yards
Live Scoring: GolfStat
PARTICIPATING TEAMS
Auburn
Baylor
Coastal Carolina
Charleston
Duke
ETSU
Furman
High Point
Kent State
Liberty
Louisville
Missouri
NC State
Nevada
North Florida
Wake Forest
COASTAL CAROLINA LINEUP
1 —
Drew Sykes
2 —
Max Bengtsson
3 —
Owen Kim
4 —
Trace McDonald
5 —
Jack Lee
INDIVIDUALS
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Trey Crenshaw
•
Coleman Ferguson
•
Max Brud
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
The championship is named in honor of James F. Hackler Jr., who was a major general in the United States Air Force, a pioneer of the Grand Strand's golf industry, and longtime supporter of Coastal Carolina University. The golf course at Coastal Carolina is also named in his honor.
SOME OF THE BEST OF THE BEST
Among the household names in golf who have played in the Hackler are Dustin Johnson (Coastal Carolina), Bill Haas (Wake Forest), Cameron Young (Wake Forest), Patrick Reed (Augusta State), Corey Conners (Kent State) and Will Zalatoris (Wake Forest).
ABOUT THE TRACK
A Robert Trent Jones-designed course, the Dunes Club was incorporated in 1948. It was host to the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship on PGA TOUR Champions from 1994 to 1999, with notables Raymond Floyd, Jim Colbert, Jay Sigel, Gil Morgan, Hale Irwin and Gary McCord claiming titles. Twenty-one years earlier, the Dunes Club was the site of PGA TOUR Q-School Finals in 1973, with Ben Crenshaw taking medalist honors.
PAST CHAMPIONS
Louisville won the event a year ago while ETSU (2006, 2010, 2023) and North Florida (2012, 2015, 2019) are the only three-time champions. Coastal won the event in 2005 and Kent State tied Arkansas for top honors in 2013.
