Arkansas Tech University swept the 2026 Great American Conference women’s and men’s golf championships during tournament play in Oklahoma during the month of April.
The Arkansas Tech Golden Suns golf team won the women’s 2026 Great American Conference Tournament April 13-15 with a 54-hole team total of 890.
Arkansas Tech claimed a 30-stroke victory among a field of 11 teams. The tournament was contested at Page Belcher Golf Course in Tulsa, Okla.
It is the eighth conference title in ATU women’s golf history. The Golden Suns were previously women’s golf champions of the Gulf South Conference in 2011 and the Great American Conference in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021.
In addition to the team title, ATU senior Ellen Spigner of Nashville earned the 2026 GAC individual championship with a 54-hole total of 1-over par 214. She becomes the sixth ATU women’s golf student-athlete to win an individual conference championship, joining Rebecka Surtevall (2012 and 2014), Pia Nunbhakdi (2016), Peerada Piddon (2018), Allie Weiner (2019) and Katie Whitfield (2021).
The Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys golf team won the men’s 2026 GAC Tournament April 18-20 with a 54-hole team total of 880. The tournament was contested at The Club at Forest Ridge in Broken Arrow, Okla. Jacob Peetom’s 50-foot eagle putt on the final hole helped put the finishing touches on a 6-stroke Wonder Boys’ victory among a field of 10 teams.
With the win, Arkansas Tech University earned its 132nd conference championship in intercollegiate athletics. It is the 15th conference title in ATU men’s golf history. The Wonder Boys were Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference champions in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1984, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995; Gulf South Conference champions in 2004; and Great American Conference champions in 2013, 2019, 2021 and now 2026.
The title, paired with the GAC women’s golf championship captured by the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns April 13-15, marks the third time that Arkansas Tech has won both GAC golf titles in the same year. The Golden Suns and the Wonder Boys previously swept the GAC golf championships in 2019 and 2021.
Lowell Stephens serves as head coach for the Arkansas Tech golf teams.
