The Jackson T. Stephens Cup (often called the JTS Cup or Stephens Cup) is a premier early-season NCAA Division I college golf invitational. It honors Jackson T. "Jack" Stephens, the late Augusta National chairman. His son Warren Stephens launched it in 2021; it now rotates among high-end courses and airs daily on Golf Channel.
Format: 54 holes of stroke play (individual medals + team seeding), then 18-hole match play on the final day for the team titles. Six men's teams and six women's teams compete, plus invited individuals from HBCUs and the service academies.
This year's event (the sixth) ran September 1416 at Fields Ranch East, PGA Friscoright in the Dallas metro area.
2026 results (final day was Wednesday)
Men's team champion: Texas
Texas beat Texas A&M 31 in the championship match. The Longhorns had already won stroke play by 21 strokes. Daniel Bennett and Matt Comegys of Texas shared the individual title at 9-under 207.
Men's championship match (Texas 31 Texas A&M)
Eduardo Derbez Torres (Texas) def. Kris Kuvaas 4&2
Landon Ashcraft (Texas A&M) def. Adam Villanueva 6&4
Daniel Bennett (Texas) def. Aaron Pounds 1-up (birdie on 18)
Brooks Harper (Texas) def. Wheaton Ennis 4&3 (clinched the cup)
Matt Comegys (Texas) vs. Shiv Parmar halted 2-up through 15 after Harper closed it out
Women's team champion: South Carolina
The Gamecocks beat Wake Forest in the final. Farah O'Keefe (Texas) and Macy Pate (Wake Forest) tied for the individual title at 4-under 212; Pate is now a two-time Stephens Cup individual winner.
Texas A&M finished as men's runner-up after taking the No. 2 seed out of stroke play. The tournament wrapped yesterday, so those are the final standings.
Format: 54 holes of stroke play (individual medals + team seeding), then 18-hole match play on the final day for the team titles. Six men's teams and six women's teams compete, plus invited individuals from HBCUs and the service academies.
This year's event (the sixth) ran September 1416 at Fields Ranch East, PGA Friscoright in the Dallas metro area.
2026 results (final day was Wednesday)
Men's team champion: Texas
Texas beat Texas A&M 31 in the championship match. The Longhorns had already won stroke play by 21 strokes. Daniel Bennett and Matt Comegys of Texas shared the individual title at 9-under 207.
Men's championship match (Texas 31 Texas A&M)
Eduardo Derbez Torres (Texas) def. Kris Kuvaas 4&2
Landon Ashcraft (Texas A&M) def. Adam Villanueva 6&4
Daniel Bennett (Texas) def. Aaron Pounds 1-up (birdie on 18)
Brooks Harper (Texas) def. Wheaton Ennis 4&3 (clinched the cup)
Matt Comegys (Texas) vs. Shiv Parmar halted 2-up through 15 after Harper closed it out
Women's team champion: South Carolina
The Gamecocks beat Wake Forest in the final. Farah O'Keefe (Texas) and Macy Pate (Wake Forest) tied for the individual title at 4-under 212; Pate is now a two-time Stephens Cup individual winner.
Texas A&M finished as men's runner-up after taking the No. 2 seed out of stroke play. The tournament wrapped yesterday, so those are the final standings.