FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 5, 2026

The fall championship season gets underway this week when the Bowling Green Country Club hosts the 2026 Leachman Buick•GMC•Cadillac/KHSAA State Golf Championships (Oct. 6-10). The boys’ tournament begins at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, October 6 with the opening round, followed by the second 18 holes on Wednesday, October 7. The girls’ championship opens with first round action on Friday, October 9, and the final 18 holes slated for Saturday, October 10.

Madison Central will look to repeat as girls’ team champion after claiming the 2025 state title with a record 604 (300-304). Sacred Heart’s Keira Yun won last year’s individual championship with a 6-under 138 and returns looking for a repeat performance. On the boys’ side, St. Xavier returned to the top in 2025 with a 7-shot victory over 2024 champion Madison Central.  Individually, the Tigers finished 2-3-4 led by Luc Kelty, who finished three shots off the lead, and Brody Alexander, who had a 1-under 143 and finished fourth a year ago.

Tee times and pairings for each event can be found through the tournament homepage link below, which will also be the source for live scoring throughout the championships. Fans interested in following the event with their mobile devices, can also download the GolfGenius app for iOS or Android for live results (GGID: 26KHSAABOYS and 26KHSAAGIRLS).

• 2026 Leachman Buick•GMC•Cadillac/KHSAA State Golf Championships

• Girls Tournament 

• Boys Tournament

• Tickets

• Final Round State Instructions

• Scholarship Application

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 6, 2026

The opening round of the 2026 Leachman Buick GMC Cadillac boys’ golf state tournament concludes with Lexington Christian Academy’s Luke Ebel as the clubhouse leader for the individual championship. Ebel shoots a 5-under 67 with Luke Elliott (Christian Academy-Louisville) and Waylon Clutts (Hazard) just two shots back with a 3-under 69.

St. Xavier, in search of their 23^rd state team title, has the lead and holds a 5-shot lead after day one.  The Tigers are 1-under with Christian Academy-Louisville at +4 and George Rogers Clark +8.

Here are the individual and team leaderboards heading into Wednesday’s final round.

INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION
1. Luke Ebel (Lexington Christian) -5       67
T2. Luke Elliott (Christian Academy-Louisville)   -3       69
T2. Waylon Clutts (Hazard)                                  -3       69
T4. Hunter Majors (Trinity [Lou.])                         -2       70
T4. Finn Johnson (St. Xavier)                              -2       70
T6. Luc Kelty (St. Xavier)                                    -2       70
T7. Bryce Vernon (Taylor County)                        -1       71
T7. Griffin Jackson (Glasgow)                             -1       71
*Six tied for 9^th at even par 72

TEAM COMPETITION
1. St. Xavier                                    -1     287
2. Christian Academy-Louisville   +4     292     
3. George Rogers Clark                   +8     296
4. Bowling Green                               +16   304
5. Bethlehem                                      +21   309                
6. McCracken County                     +24   312
7. Central Hardin                              +26   314
8. Rowan County                              +31   319
9. Rockcastle County                      +52   340

For complete scoring, follow this link: https://ly.khsaa.org/yyma

Final round begins Wednesday morning at Bowling Green Country Club.

Tickets to the events are available for purchase online (https://gofan.co/app/school/KHSAA), with a discounted $13 advance ticket (including fees) available prior to the day of each round. For those who wait to purchase on the day of the competition, only the $15 Game Day ticket will be available. Tickets to the event are only available online. There will be no cash sales at Bowling Green Country Club.

🏆 ◀️ ⛳️ Road to the Championship

Girls' Regional Top 5 results per the KHSAA. Nos. 1 and 2 from each qualified for semi-state.

R1: Graves Co 344, McCracken Co 354, Marshall Co 381, Tilghman 432, Trigg Co 465

R2: University Hts 345, Breckenridge Co 348, Daviess Co 350, Ohio Co 354, Union Co 366

R3: Bowling Green 345, Barren Co 363, Warren E 370, Clinton Co 428, S Warren 434

R4: W Jessamine 318, Taylor Co 319, Russell Co 327, Adair Co 334, E Jessamine 385

R5: Cent Hardin 347, Elizabethtown 387, LaRue Co 393, Grayson Co 436, Meade Co 443

R6: Sacred Heart 296, Assumption 334, Mercy 340, N Oldham 340, Manual 342

R7: Notre Dame 353, Conner 357*, Ryle 357, St Henry 358, Cooper 376

R8: Owen Co 386, Gallatin Co 388, Henry Co 408, Harrison Co 408, Pendleton Co 416

R9: Lex Chr 294, Madison Cent 319, Franklin Co 331, F Douglass 337, Woodford Co 341

R10: Corbin 380, S Laurel 382, Clay Co 384, N Laurel 387, Wayne Co 411

R11: Johnson Cent 379, Letcher Cent 429, Owsley Co 464, n/a, n/a

R12: Mason Co 386, Ashland 388, Fleming Co 408, Montgomery Co 426, Russell 445

⛳ ️▶️ 🏆 Qualifiers from semi-state to the championship round ~

S-S 1 (Rs 1-4): W Jessamine, Bowling Green, Taylor Co

S-S 2 (Rs 5-8): Sacred Heart, Assumption, Conner

S-S 3 (Rs 9-12): LCA, Madison Cent, Corbin

🏆 ◀️ ⛳️ Road to the championship

Boys' Regional Top 5 results per the KHSAA. Nos. 1 and 2 from each qualified for semi-state.

R1: McCracken Co 290, Marshall Co 327, Graves Co 329, Tilghman 329, Lyon Co 346

R2: Madisonville-NH 301, O'boro Cath 310, Henderson Co 319, Owensboro 322, Daviess Co 324

R3: Bowling Green 294, Greenwood 314, Glasgow 315, Allen Co- S'ville 322, S Warren 328

R4: Taylor Co 305, Bethlehem 310, Boyle Co 322, Campbellsville 327, Adair Co 328

R5: DeSales 305, Cent Hardin 307, Elizabethtown 309, Bullitt E 316, LaRue Co 330

R6: St Xavier 277, Christian Acad-Lou 283, Trinity 293, Oldham Co 301, Eastern 302

R7: Cov Cath 310*, Ryle 310, Dixie Hts 320, St Henry 324, S Kenton 324

R8: (scores unavailable) Highlands (q) New Cath (q), Brossart, Henry Co, Bourbon Co

R9: F Douglass 279, GR Clark 294, Lex Cath 294, H Clay 297, Lex Chr 303

R10: Pulaski Co 308, Rockcastle Co 313, N Laurel 324, Wayne Co 331, Jackson Co 334

R11: Johnson Cent 302, Shelby Valley 309, Breathitt Co 316, Hazard 317, Pikeville 313

R12: Rowan Co 308, Montgomery Co 309, Russell 309, Fleming Co 324 Bath Co 327

⛳️ ▶️ 🏆 Qualifiers from semi-state to the championship round ~

S-S 1 (Rs 1-4) Bowling Green, Bethlehem, McCracken Co

S-S 2 (Rs 5-8) St Xavier, CAL, Cent Hardin

S-S 3 (Rs 9-12) GR Clark, Rockcastle Co, Rowan Co

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 7, 2026

The final round of the 2026 Leachman Buick GMC Cadillac boys’ golf state tournament finished on Wednesday as Anderson Lang of Frederick Douglass outlasted Luc Kelty of St. Xavier on the third playoff hole to win the state crown. Lang shot an even par 72 on Tuesday and a 4-under 68 (140) on Wednesday becoming the first Douglass golfer to win a golf title. Kelty, the 2025 runner-up, caught fire down the stretch with four birdies on the back-nine to force the playoff. Luke Ebel (Lexington Christian) and Greyson Cloern (St. Xavier) were tied for third with a 3-under 141 over the two days.

St. Xavier captured their 23^rd state team title, and second in a row, with a two-day total of 568 led by Kelty, Cloern, along with Brooks Cole and Finn Johnson who finished at +1 (145).

Here are the individual and team leaderboards heading into Wednesday’s final round.

INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION
*1. Anderson Lang (Frederick Douglass) -4       140
2. Luc Kelty (St. Xavier) -4       140
T3. Luke Ebel (Lexington Christian) -3 141
T3. Greyson Cloern (St. Xavier) -3 141
5. Griffin Jackson (Glasgow) -2 142
6. Waylon Clutts (Hazard) E 144
T7. Bryce Vernon (Taylor County) +1      145
T7. Brooks Cole (St. Xavier) +1      145
T7. Finn Johnson (St. Xavier) +1 145
T7. Andrew Perry (George Rogers Clark) +1 145
(*) denotes playoff win

TEAM COMPETITION
1. St. Xavier                                  -8       568
2. Christian Academy-Louisville   +15    591     
3. George Rogers Clark                   +21    597
4. Bowling Green                                +39 615
T5. Bethlehem                                     +47   623 T5. McCracken County                     +47   623  
7. Rowan County                              +58 634
8. Central Hardin                               +69 645
9. Rockcastle County                      +125 701

For complete scoring, follow this link: https://ly.khsaa.org/yyma

The girls' two-day state championship begins on Friday at BGCC.

Tickets to the events are available for purchase online (https://gofan.co/app/school/KHSAA), with a discounted $13 advance ticket (including fees) available prior to the day of each round. For those who wait to purchase on the day of the competition, only the $15 Game Day ticket will be available. Tickets to the event are only available online. There will be no cash sales at Bowling Green Country Club.

This is a correction:

Anderson Lang beat Luc Kelty on the second playoff hole, not the third.

Thank you,

--

Brian Milam

Communications & Media Relations Director

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 9, 2026

Due to the possible inclement weather conditions for the Bowling Green area on Saturday, the final round of the 2026 Leachman Buick GMC Cadillac Girls’ Golf State Tournament will begin with tee times off holes No. 1 and No. 10 at 7:00 A.M. (CDT).

Tee sheets have been revised and updated in Golf Genius.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 10, 2026

The final round of the 2026 Leachman Buick GMC Cadillac girls’ golf state tournament ended in a driving rain but Sacred Heart's Keira Yun did not mind and finished the day with 3-under 69 and won the state title for a second straight year. In the two-day event, Yun carded a 70 and 69 for a 139 total score (-5) concluding the tournament with a 4-shot victory over Willa Borough of Frederick Douglass. Yun becomes the 11th different player since 1965 to repeat as state champion. Lexington Catholic’s Parker Haddix and Lexington Christian's Grace Soale tied for third with a two-day total of 145 (+1).

Lexington Christian is now a 3-time state girls' golf champion with a two-day total of  +29.  The Eagles captured the team crown in 2018 and 2019 outdistancing 13-time champion Sacred Heart by eleven shots.  Last year's girls’ state champion Madison Central was third at +87.

INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION
 1. Keira Yun (Sacred Heart)                           -5 (70-69 -- 139)
 2. Willa Borough (Frederick Douglass)          -1 (74-69 -- 143)
T3. Parker Haddix (Lexington Catholic)          +1 (69-76 -- 145)
T3. Grace Soale (Lexington Christian)           +1 (72-73 -- 145)
 5. Piper Dunn (Lexington Christian)               +2 (73-73 -- 146)
 6. Emlie Miller (Graves County)                     +5 (72-77 -- 149)  
 7. Molly Amos (Ohio County)                         +6 (76-74 -- 150)
T8. Makena Myatt (Corbin)                             +7 (75-76 -- 151)
T8. Caroline Lankford (Lexington Christian)   +7 (78-73 -- 151)

TEAM COMPETITION
1. Lexington Christian    +29 
2. Sacred Heart             +40
3. Madison Central        +87
4. Bowling Green           +93
5. Taylor County             +104
6. West Jessamine         +108
7. Assumption                +145
8. Corbin                        +198
9. Conner                       +212

For complete scoring, follow this link: https://ly.khsaa.org/dg4a