LOGIN  |  JOIN  |  INFO  |  BENEFITS
NOW PLAYING: Blessings Collegiate Invitational, How to watch, TV Times
30 Sep 2024
by Justin Golba of AmateurGolf.com

see also: View results for Blessings Collegiate, The Blessings Golf Club

SHARE:   
Blessings Collegiate Invitational Photo
Blessings Collegiate Invitational Photo

The Arkansas women’s and men’s golf programs will host the fifth annual Blessings Collegiate Invitational from Monday, Sept. 30 to Wednesday, Oct. 2, at the Blessings Golf Club.

Live television coverage will be on GOLF Channel from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. central time each day. The men’s and women’s teams will play the same course at the same time, and each school will have all five members of its team playing the same holes together.

Format

The four best scores each day count toward the team score, and there will be 18 holes of competition each day.

On Wednesday, a men’s team, a women’s team, an individual male champion, an individual female champion, a combined team champion, and combined individual best-ball champions will be crowned.

The Field

Arkansas
BYU
Kansas State
Kent State
LSU
Louisville
Mississippi State
Missouri
Ohio State
Virginia Tech.

According to Arkansas Athletics, the host school Razorbacks will field two sets of teams on both the men’s and women’s sides: one with five members to count for the team and individual titles and a group of individuals playing together who will be eligible to compete for medalist honors.

History

According to Arkansas Athletics, Arkansas women have won three of the four BCI team titles, with Mississippi State winning in 2022. The Arkansas men won team titles in 2021 and 2023, with Alabama winning the inaugural men’s title and Texas A&M winning in 2022.

Also, a Razorback woman has taken home medalist honors in three of the first four BCI’s. Arkansas’ Brooke Matthews won the first two, Miss State’s Julia Lopez Ramirez won in 2022, and Arkansas’ Maria Jose Marin won last season.

The previous men’s champions were Kentucky’s Alex Goff (2020), Arkansas’ Luke Long (2021), Texas A&M’s Daniel Rodrigues (2022) and Arkansas’ John Driscoll III (2023). Arkansas also has three of the four combined team titles (2020, 2021 and 2023) and three of the four individual combined best ball championships (2020, 2021 and 2023). Texas A&M won the combined team in 2022 and Miss State had the combined individual medalists in 2022.

Last year

In last years invitationals, it was a host school sweep, Maria Jose Marin and Arkansas ran away with the women's competition, while John Driscoll and Arkansas secured the win on the men's side. 

Broadcast Schedule (All coverage on Golf Channel)

Monday, September 30: 3:30 - 6:30pm CT
Tuesday, October 1: 3:30 - 6:30pm CT
Wednesday, October 2: 3:30 - 6:30pm CT

Arkansas Athletics Department contributed to this report

Results: Blessings Collegiate
1IcelandGunnlaugur SveinssonIceland60071-67-71=209
2SwedenAlgot KleenSweden40072-76-63=211
3TXSebastian MossPearland, TX30071-71-72=214
4OHJordan GilkisonSpringboro, OH30072-69-74=215
5ParaguayErich FortlageParaguay30075-70-72=217

View full results for Blessings Collegiate

ABOUT THE Blessings Collegiate

Started in 2020, the Blessings Collegiate Invitational features men’s and women’s teams competing in a 54- hole stroke play format for individual and team honors.

View Complete Tournament Information

Latest in 

Amateurgolf.com, Inc.
6965 El Camino Real 105-631
Carlsbad, CA 92009

Instagram X Facebook YouTube