This Week In Rattlers Golf
DBU Classic
Oct. 27-28 • Rockwall Golf and Athletic Club
•   The St. Mary's Men's Golf team wraps up the fall season at the DBU Classic, hosted at the Rockwall Golf and Athletic Club on Monday and Tuesday. It is the site of the 2026 Lone Star Conference Championship.
•   The Rattlers finished sixth at the Golfweek Fripp Island to Bermuda Invitational last week, finishing ahead of #1 West Florida, #2 North Georgia, #11 Lincoln Memorial and #12 USC Beaufort, as all 15 teams in the field are either ranked or receiving votes in the GCAA Coaches Poll.
•   The Rattlers won the Skip Wagnon Invitational, finishing 34-under-par (269-264-273=806). Senior Kongpop Kaikaew won the tournament with a 13-under-par 197 (68-63-66), while sophomore Guillaume Paquette was second with a 199 (67-63-69).
•   The 264 shot by the Rattlers in the second round breaks the school single-round record by four strokes, while the 806 shatters the 54-hole tournament record of 833 from the 2004 team at the St. Edward's Invitational. Kongpop Kaikaew's 197 also establishes a new 54-hole individual record, bettering his own record of 198 from last year at the Ryan Palmer Foundation Invitational.
•   Kongpop Kaikaew was named the Lone Star Conference Golfer of the Week after his win at the Skip Wagnon Invitational. It is the fourth time in two seasons he's earned the award. Guillaume Paquette earned the second Golfer of the Week award of his career after he led the team at the Travis Roy Memorial with a 145 (+1).
•   The lineup for the Fripp Island Invite will be 1) Kongpop Kaikaew, 2) Baptiste Touchard, 3) Guillaume Paquette, 4) Philip Hallstrom and 5) Elijah Galvan. Freshman Lewie Melton will compete as an individual, marking his collegiate debut.
•   The field for the tournament will consist of teams from #6 Central Oklahoma, host DBU, East Texas Baptist, #RV Henderson State, Lubbock Christian, #25 Midwestern State, Mississippi College, #16 Oklahoma Christian, Southern Arkansas, Texas A&M International, TCU, UT Dallas, and #RV UT Permian Basin.
•   The weather forecast for Rockwall calls for partially sunny skies with temperatures ranging from mid-60s to mid-70s. Winds will range from 7-15 mph throughout the two days and humidity will be in the 80s.
•   One of the strengths of the Rattlers is that any tournament, anyone can step up to be a leader. Philip Hallstrom, Kongpop Kaikaew and Baptiste Touchard have each been the low scorer five times, while Guillaume Paquette has done so four times in their StMU careers.
•   St. Mary's is ranked No. 13 in the GCAA Bushnell/GolfWeek Poll from Oct. 10, bouncing back up the four spots they lost in the first poll. The Rattlers have been ranked in the top 25 in seven straight polls, the second-longest streak in school history behind the 20 straight from 2018-2020.
•   The Rattlers finished seventh at the 2025 NCAA National Championship, advancing to medal-match play, where they lost in the quarterfinals. All five golfers who competed at the NCAA Championship return to the roster for 2025-26.
