2025-26 Men's Golf Roster
Roster
Neil Kulkarni
- Class:
- First Year
- Hometown:
- Ashburn, Va.
- Previous School:
- Independence
- College:
- Columbia College
Honors & Awards:
- 2025-26 All-Ivy League Honorable Mention
- Finalist - Men's Sports Rookie of the Year (2026 Varsity C Celebration)
2025-26: Competed in all 11 tournaments, totaling 31 rounds and a 74.10 stroke average ... Earned two Top 5s, three Top 10s and a team-leading eight Top 25s ... Tied for 14th in his collegiate debut, carding a three-round total of 9-over-par 219 at The Metropolis Intercollegiate (Sept. 8-9) ... Runner-up at the Columbia Autumn Invitational (Sept. 27-28), shooting three rounds in the 60s for an 8-under-par 205, leading Columbia to the tournament title ... Ended the season with five staright top-25 finishes ... Runner-up at the Princeton Invitational (Apr. 11-12) at even-par 213 ... tied for eighth in the 90-man field at the Roar-EE Invitational (Apr. 18) ... Tied for 12th at the Ivy League Championship with rounds of 76, 75 and 74 at Baltusrol Golf Club's Lower Course ... Honorable Mention All-Ivy League ... Named a finalist for the 2026 Varsity C Celebration Men's Sports Rookie of the Year.
YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
| No. | No. | Stroke | Low | In | Par or | Best | |||||
| Season | Tour | Rds | Strokes | Avg. | Round | 60s | Better | Wins | Top 10 | Top 25 | Finish |
| 2025-26 | 11 | 31 | 2,297 | 74.10 | 68 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 / 80 |
| Career | 11 | 31 | 2,297 | 74.10 | 68 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 / 80 |
2025-26 SEASON
| Tournament Name | Date | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total | To Par | Finish |
| The Metropolis Intercollegiate | Sept. 8-9 | 74 | 72 | 73 | 219 | +9 | T14 / 84 |
| The Goat | Sept. 20-21 | 75 | 82 | 75 | 232 | +19 | T68 / 84 |
| Columbia Autumn Invitational | Sept. 27-28 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 205 | -8 | 2 / 80 |
| Red Flash Invitational | Oct. 6-7 | 71 | 68 | 73 | 212 | +2 | T18 / 66 |
| The Savannah Intercollegiate | Feb. 21-22 | 80 | 71 | 78 | 229 | +13 | T49 / 108 |
| Sam Ryder Intercollegiate | Mar. 2-3 | 88 | 81 | 76 | 245 | +29 | T79 / 84 |
| ECU Intercollegiate | Mar. 15-17 | 76 | 71 | 78 | 225 | +9 | T25 / 88 |
| Columbia Spring Invitational | Mar. 30 | 77 | 74 | -- | 151 | +11 | T22 / 70 |
| Princeton Invitational | Apr. 11-12 | 72 | 72 | 69 | 213 | E | T2 / 75 |
| Roar-EE Invitational | Apr. 18 | 71 | 70 | -- | 141 | -3 | T8 / 90 |
| Ivy League Championship | Apr. 24-25 | 76 | 75 | 74 | 225 | +9 | T12 / 37 |
Prior to Columbia: Four-year member of the boys varsity golf team at Independence High School in Ashburn, Virginia … Three-time First Team All-State … Three-time Washington Post All-Met First Team … Helped Independence to four straight Virginia Class 5 state championships … Three-time individual state championship runner-up … Took third at the 2024 Mid Atlantic Junior Invitational … Finished 17th out of 120 at the 118th Middle Atlantic Amateur at Columbia Country Club … Qualified for the 2024 U.S. Junior Amateur, missing match play by one stroke … T-9 at the VSGA Junior Stroke Play at the Federal Club … Qualified for the Virginia State Amateur at the Piedmont Club … Top 15 at the 2023 VSGA Junior Stroke Play … Third at the 2023 AJGA Penn State with scores of 67, 71 and 69 … Member of the German Honor Society.
Personal: Enjoys gardening … Favorite sports memory is leading high school golf team to fourth successive state championship.
