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PGA TOUR CHARLES SCHWAB CHALLENGE HEADLINES LIVE GOLF TOURNAMENT COVERAGE THIS WEEK ON NBC, PEACOCK & GOLF CHANNEL

May 24, 2023 By admin

Charles Schwab Challenge Coverage from Colonial Country Club in Texas Begins Tomorrow at 4 p.m. ET on Peacock and GOLF Channel

Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas Begins Today at 1:30 p.m. ET on Peacock and GOLF Channel

KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship Coverage Across NBC, Peacock & GOLF Channel; Tees Off Tomorrow at 1 p.m. ET on Peacock and GOLF Channel

NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Team National Championship Presented Today at 5 p.m. ET on Peacock and GOLF Channel

STAMFORD, Conn. – May 24, 2023 – The PGA TOUR Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, headlines this week’s golf coverage across five tournaments on NBC, Peacock and GOLF Channel.

PGA TOUR: CHARLES SCHWAB CHALLENGE

The PGA TOUR Charles Schwab Challenge is held at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, for the 76^th edition of the event this week. Sam Burns aims to defend his title against a field that includes PGA professional and top-15 finisher in last week’s PGA Championship Michael Block.

Live coverage is presented tomorrow and Friday from 4-7 p.m. ET on Peacock and GOLF Channel, with lead-in coverage on Saturday and Sunday airing from 1-3 p.m. ET on Peacock and GOLF Channel.

Peacock & GOLF Channel Broadcast Team

Play by Play: Terry Gannon
Analyst: Curt Byrum
Holes: Nick Dougherty
On-Course: Smylie Kaufman / Arron Oberholser

How To Watch – Thursday, May 25 – Sunday, May 28 (all times ET)

TV – GOLF Channel
Streaming – Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app

Day	GOLF Channel/Peacock
Thursday	4-7 p.m.
Friday	4-7 p.m.
Saturday	1-3 p.m.
Sunday	1-3 p.m.

Notable Players This Week

Scottie Scheffler
Max Homa
Collin Morikawa
Jordan Spieth
Tony Finau
Rickie Fowler
Sam Burns
Michael Block

LPGA TOUR: BANK OF HOPE LPGA MATCH-PLAY

The LPGA Tour’s only match-play event of the season, the Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play, will be contested this week at Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas, Nev., featuring a 64-player field.

Live match play coverage will begin today at 1:30 p.m. ET on Peacock and GOLF Channel.

Peacock & GOLF Channel Broadcast Team

Play by Play: Grant Boone
Analyst: Morgan Pressel
Holes: Tom Abbott
On-Course: Kay Cockerill / Angela Stanford

How To Watch – Wednesday, May 24 – Sunday, May 28 (all times ET)

TV – GOLF Channel
Streaming – Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app

Day	GOLF Channel/Peacock	Peacock
Wednesday	1:30-4:30 p.m.
Thursday	7-10 p.m.
Friday	7-10 p.m.
Saturday	5:30-8:30 p.m.
Sunday	6:30-9:30 p.m.	1:30-4 p.m.

Notable Players This Week

Lilia Vu
Danielle Kang
Brooke Henderson
Jennifer Kupcho
Maja Stark
Stacy Lewis

PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS: KITCHENAID SENIOR PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

The KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship, the second major of the year on the PGA TOUR Champions season, is presented this week at PGA Frisco (Fields Ranch East Course) in Frisco, Texas. Steven Alker looks to defend his 2022 major championship victory.

Live coverage tees off at 1 p.m. ET Thursday and Friday on Peacock and GOLF Channel, with six hours of weekend coverage beginning Saturday at 1:30 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.

NBC, Peacock & GOLF Channel Broadcast Team

Play by Play: Dan Hicks
Analyst: Peter Jacobsen
Holes: Mark Rolfing
On-Course: Roger Maltbie / Jim ‘Bones’ Mackay
Reports: Jimmy Roberts

How To Watch – Thursday, May 25 – Sunday, May 28 (all times ET)

TV – NBC, GOLF Channel
Streaming – Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app

Day	NBC/Peacock	GOLF Channel/Peacock
Thursday		1-4 p.m.
Friday		1-4 p.m.
Saturday	1:30-4:30 p.m.
Sunday	4-6 p.m.	3-4 p.m.

Notable Players This Week

Bernhard Langer
Padraig Harrington
Ernie Els
Steve Stricker
Vijay Singh
Steven Alker

DP WORLD TOUR: KLM OPEN

The KLM Open on the DP World Tour is held this week at Bernardus Golf in Cromvoirt, Netherlands, marking the 103^rd edition of the Dutch Open.

Live coverage begins tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. ET on GOLF Channel.

How To Watch – Thursday, May 25 – Sunday, May 28 (all times ET)

TV – GOLF Channel
Streaming – NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app

Day	GOLF Channel
Thursday	7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Friday	7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Saturday	6:30-11 a.m.
Sunday	6:30-11 a.m.

Notable Players This Week

Victor Perez
Adrian Meronk
Guido Migliozzi
Rasmus Hojgaard

NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN’S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

Coverage of the 2023 NCAA Division I Women’s Team National Championship Presented by Stifel and AT&T featuring No. 3 seed Wake Forest vs. No. 5 USC from Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., will be presented today at 5 p.m. ET on Peacock and GOLF Channel. Earlier in the week, Rose Zhang of Stanford University became the first player to win the NCAA Women’s Individual National Championship for a second time and did so in consecutive years.

The 2023 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships will be presented next week, Monday, May 29 through Wednesday, May 31, and will award individual and team titles at Grayhawk Golf Club. Click here for additional programming details.

Peacock & GOLF Channel Broadcast Team

Play by Play: Bob Papa
Analyst: Paige Mackenzie
Holes: Steve Burkowski
On-Course: Billy Ray Brown / Jim Gallagher Jr. / Julia Johnson

BEYOND THE FAIRWAY

NBC Sports’ Beyond The Fairway podcast has returned for a third season with professional golfers Doug Smith and Will Lowery hosting the series alongside former professional golfer Henni Koyack. Throughout the season, Smith, Lowery, and Koyack will provide honest and candid discussions on hot-button topics inside and outside the world of golf, plus interview celebrities, athletes and golf influencers about what drives their passion for this great game and how to move it forward.

Click here to listen to the latest episode.

BROADCAST NOTES

Golf Central will provide pre- and post-tournament coverage on GOLF Channel Wednesday-Sunday. Golf Central coverage is anchored by George Savaricas, Anna Jackson, Billy Kratzert, Amanda Blumenherst Kira K. Dixon, and Amy Rogers.
College Central will air today at 4:30 p.m. ET and feature Anna Jackson, Amanda Blumenherst and Kira K. Dixon.

Day	*Golf Central*
Wednesday	9-10 p.m.
Thursday	10-11 p.m.
Friday	10-11 p.m.
Saturday	Noon-1 p.m./8:30-9:30 p.m.
Sunday	Noon-1 p.m./9:30-10:30 p.m.

Note: all times ET, post-round coverage begins following conclusion of play

All GOLF Channel coverage also streams on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app via authentication, giving consumers additional value to their subscription service, and making high-quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.

–NBC SPORTS–

NBC SPORTS PRESENTS 2023 NCAA WOMEN’S AND MEN’S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS OVER NEXT TWO WEEKS ON PEACOCK AND GOLF CHANNEL

May 19, 2023 By admin

Four National Championships to be Decided From Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., Beginning with Women’s Individual and Team Match Play on May 22-24, Followed by Men’s Individual and Team Match Play on May 29-31

College Central and Golf Central to Provide Pre- and Post-Event Coverage All Six Days of Women’s and Men’s Championships

NCAA Women’s and Men’s Golf Championships Coverage Anchors 17 Consecutive Days of Live Tournament Coverage on Peacock and GOLF Channel

STAMFORD, Conn. – May 19, 2023 – NBC Sports presents the 2023 NCAA Women’s and Men’s Golf Championships with more than 75 hours of coverage Presented by Stifel and AT&T on Peacock and GOLF Channel over the next two weeks from Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., beginning with the Women’s Individual and Team Match Play Championships on Monday, May 22, through Wednesday, May 24.

Peacock and GOLF Channel will present close to 30 hours of live coverage for both the Women’s and Men’s Championships (May 29-31) where individual and team championships will be awarded. Extensive encores of each event will also be presented on GOLF Channel, totaling nearly 50 hours across both Championships. College Central and Golf Central will provide pre- and post-event coverage all six days of the NCAA Golf Championships.

Comprehensive coverage of the NCAA Women’s and Men’s Golf Championships anchors 17 consecutive days of live golf tournament coverage on Peacock and GOLF Channel. Arizona State University serves as host of both Championships at Grayhawk Golf Club, marking the third consecutive championships that will be held at the club.

All GOLF Channel coverage also streams on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app providing live coverage to desktops, mobile, tablets, and connected TVs via authentication, giving consumers additional value to their subscription service, and making high-quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.

NCAA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS

The 2023 NCAA Women’s Individual Championship will be decided on Monday, May 22, at 5 p.m. ET on Peacock and GOLF Channel. Rose Zhang (Stanford University) is the reigning champion. Women’s Team Match Play quarterfinals and semifinals will be held on Tuesday, May 23, and the Team National Championship will be presented on Wednesday, May 24, at 5 p.m. ET on Peacock and GOLF Channel. Stanford University won the team title last year. Click here for the teams and individuals competing in this year’s championships.

Dates	Live Coverage	*College Central*	*Golf Central*
Monday, May 22	5-9 p.m.	4-5 p.m.	9-10 p.m.
Tuesday, May 23	Noon-2:30 p.m.; 5-9 p.m.	4:30-5 p.m.	9-10 p.m.
Wednesday, May 24	5-9 p.m.	4:30-5 p.m.	9-10 p.m.

Note: all times ET

Peacock & GOLF Channel Broadcast Team

- Play by Play: Bob Papa
- Analyst: Paige Mackenzie
- Holes: Steve Burkowski
- On-Course: Billy Ray Brown / Jim Gallagher Jr. / Julia Johnson

College Central and Golf Central will be anchored Monday-Wednesday by Anna Jackson, Amanda Blumenherst, Kira K. Dixon, and Amy Rogers.

The 2023 ANNIKA Award presented by Stifel winner, which honors the nation’s most outstanding female Division I collegiate golfer, will be announced during Tuesday’s quarterfinals coverage on Peacock and GOLF Channel. Tuesday’s edition of Golf Today at 2:30 p.m. ET will feature the trophy presentation and interview with the award recipient.

NCAA MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS

The 2023 NCAA Men’s Individual Championship will be awarded on Monday, May 29, at 5 p.m. ET on Peacock and GOLF Channel. Gordon Sargent (Vanderbilt University) is the reigning champion. The final PGA TOUR University Ranking of the 2023 season will be confirmed after the conclusion of the Men’s Individual Championship.

The Men’s Team Match Play quarterfinals and semifinals will be held on Tuesday, May 30, and the Team National Championship will be presented on Wednesday, May 31, at 5 p.m. ET on Peacock and GOLF Channel. University of Texas looks to defend its 2022 team title. Click here for the teams and individuals competing in this year’s championships.

Dates	Live Coverage	*College Central*	*Golf Central*
Monday, May 29	5-9 p.m.	4-5 p.m.	9-10 p.m.
Tuesday, May 30	Noon-2:30 p.m.; 5-9 p.m.	4:30-5 p.m.	9-10 p.m.
Wednesday, May 31	5-9 p.m.	4-5 p.m.	9-10 p.m.

Note: all times ET

Peacock & GOLF Channel Broadcast Team

- Play by Play: Bob Papa
- Analyst: John Cook
- Holes: Steve Burkowski
- On-Course: Paige Mackenzie / Billy Ray Brown / Jim Gallagher Jr.

College Central and Golf Central will be anchored Monday-Wednesday by Anna Jackson, Kira Dixon, and Todd Lewis.

The 2023 Haskins Award Presented by Stifel winner, which honors the nation’s most outstanding male Division I collegiate golfer, will be announced during Tuesday’s quarterfinals coverage on Peacock and GOLF Channel. Tuesday’s edition of Golf Today at 2:30 p.m. ET will feature the trophy presentation and interview with the award recipient.

PGA TOUR UNIVERSITY

PGA TOUR University rewards elite college players with access to Tours operated under the PGA TOUR umbrella, while upholding the principles and virtues of collegiate athletics. Introduced in 2020, the program strengthens and elevates the path to the PGA TOUR through the Korn Ferry Tour and PGA TOUR international tours. For more information about the benefits of PGA TOUR University, click here.

The PGA TOUR University Ranking is featured on GOLF Channel each Wednesday on Golf Today and within weekly live tournament coverage, as well as across GOLF Channel and PGA TOUR digital platforms throughout the year. The final PGA TOUR University Ranking of the 2023 season will be confirmed after the conclusion of the Men’s Individual Championship on Monday, May 29. For more information, please visit www.PGATOUR.com/university and follow PGA TOUR University on Twitter and Instagram (@PGATOURU).

ANNIKA AND HASKINS AWARD PRESENTED BY STIFEL

GOLF Channel presents annual coverage of the announcements of the ANNIKA Award presented by Stifel and Haskins Award Presented by Stifel winners, which honor the nation’s most outstanding female and male Division I collegiate golfers. Throughout the year, ANNIKA and Haskins Award Watch Lists are featured and updated with top performers across GOLF Channel linear and digital platforms. Both 2023 award winners will be announced during NCAA Championships broadcast coverage.

Rose Zhang of Stanford University won the ANNIKA Award in 2022 and past recipients include Zhang’s Stanford teammate Rachel Heck (2021), two-time winner Maria Fassi (2018, 2019, University of Arkansas), and Bronte Law (2016, UCLA). Chris Gotterup of The University of Oklahoma took home the Haskins Award last year. Past winners of the Haskins Award include Tiger Woods (1996, Stanford University), Ben Crenshaw (1971-73, University of Texas), Justin Thomas (2012, University of Alabama), and Sahith Theegala (2020, Pepperdine University).

COLLEGE GOLF TALK PODCAST

Throughout the spring, Steve Burkowski and Brentley Romine host NBC Sports’ College Golf Talk Podcast. From in-depth interviews with current players and coaches to expert analysis from the top college golf gurus, the College Golf Talk Podcast will keep you informed all season long. The College Golf Talk Podcast is available here on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

ABOUT NBC SPORTS’ COLLEGE GOLF COVERAGE

GOLF Channel is the television home for college golf, currently providing live coverage of 10 college golf championships. In addition to live tournament coverage, the network surrounds collegiate events with season preview shows, signing day and award specials, and regional and national qualifying coverage while also serving as the exclusive media partner of PGA TOUR University and the PGA TOUR University Ranking.

Following its announcement in 2013 as the exclusive television provider of the NCAA Golf Championships, GOLF Channel has provided live coverage of the NCAA Men’s Championships since 2014 and the NCAA Women’s Championships since 2015, which are hosted at the same venue in consecutive weeks at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz. GOLF Channel also annually televises the three-day East Lake Cup at historic East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Ga.; the Western Intercollegiate Presented by Titleist, one of the longest-running college tournaments in the U.S. taking place at Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz, Calif.; the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Presented by Principal Financial and PXG at Long Cove Club in Hilton Head, S.C.; the Blessings Collegiate Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark; the Jackson T. Stephens Cup; the Southwestern Invitational Presented by ZipRecruiter at North Ranch Country Club in Westlake Village, Calif.,; the PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship; and the Southwest Airlines Showcase at Cedar Crest at Cedar Crest in Dallas, Texas.

Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa, Jon Rahm, Viktor Hovland, Jennifer Kupcho, Bronte Law and Maria Fassi are just a few of the professional golfers who appeared on GOLF Channel while competing in college.

–NBC SPORTS–

NBC SPORTS TO PROVIDE LIVE COVERAGE OF 2023 PGA WORKS COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR FIRST TIME ON GOLF CHANNEL AND PEACOCK

April 26, 2023 By admin

FRISCO, Texas (April 26, 2023) – The PGA of America announced today that NBC Sports will provide live broadcast coverage of the 2023 PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship (PWCC) presented by Chase Sapphire for the first time in the Championship’s history on GOLF Channel and Peacock.

The “Most Culturally Significant Championship in Collegiate Golf” will be played May 8-10, at Shoal Creek Club and Bent Brook Golf Course in Birmingham, Ala. GOLF Channel and Peacock will present all three championship rounds at Shoal Creek Club on Monday through Wednesday from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. ET.

The PWCC annually hosts student-athletes enrolled in Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and other Minority-Serving Educational Institutions.

The Championship was created in 1986 to highlight golf programs at the most underserved and underrepresented Minority-Serving Institutions on a national stage, and educate and inspire student-athletes to pursue career opportunities in the business of golf.

The PWCC is a 54-hole, stroke-play event contested across five divisions including: Division I Men’s Team, Division II Men’s Team, Women’s Team Division, Men’s Individual Division, and Women’s Individual Division.

The individual competition is open to all minority women and men student-athletes playing collegiate golf at the Division I, Division II, Division III, NAIA and NJCAA level, or minority women and men enrolled in one of the PGA of America’s PGA Golf Management University Programs.

“We are thrilled to have GOLF Channel and Peacock provide live broadcast coverage of the 2023 PWCC,” said PGA of America President and Director of Golf at The Country Club of Lansing, John Lindert. “NBC Sports’ commitment to the PWCC will undoubtedly help us continue to highlight the talented golf programs and athletes at Minority-Serving Universities and Colleges across the country.”

GOLF Channel is the television home for college golf, annually providing live coverage of 10 college golf championships. In addition to live tournament coverage, the network surrounds collegiate events with season preview shows, signing day and award specials, and regional and national qualifying coverage while also serving as the exclusive media partner of PGA TOUR University and the PGA TOUR University Ranking.

NBC Sports’ commentary team at the PWCC will include Fran Charles (play-by-play), Smylie Kaufman (analyst), Steve Burkowski (holes), Doug Smith (on-course reporter) and Julia Johnson (on-course reporter).

“Partnering with the PGA of America and bringing an event with the history and significance such as the PWCC into our college golf portfolio is truly special,” said Tom Knapp, Executive Vice President, Golf, NBC Sports. “We are looking forward to sharing the stories and accomplishments of these student athletes across our platforms.”

Shoal Creek is a Jack Nicklaus design that opened in 1977. It has hosted the 1984 and 1990 PGA Championships, the U.S. Amateur (1986), the U.S. Junior Amateur (2008) and the U.S. Women’s Open (2018), among other events. It is currently ranked among the top courses in the U.S. by both Golf Digest and Golf.com.

“We are very excited to have the PWCC broadcasted live on GOLF Channel and Peacock this year,” says Shoal Creek Club President Greg King. “We look forward to showcasing Shoal Creek as one of the premier golf clubs in the country. More importantly, this opportunity will allow us to highlight the student-athletes, colleges, and universities on a national level. These students deserve all of the recognition for all of their hard work and determination.”

For more information on the 2023 PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship, visit https://pgaworkscollegiate.org/.

PGA TOUR’S ARNOLD PALMER INVITATIONAL FROM BAY HILL HIGHLIGHTS LIVE GOLF COVERAGE ACROSS NBC, GOLF CHANNEL AND PEACOCK THIS WEEK

March 1, 2023 By admin

Nearly 20 Hours of Arnold Palmer Invitational Live Coverage Featuring 43 of Top 50 in Official Golf Ranking Begins Tomorrow at 2 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel and Peacock; Weekend Coverage on NBC and Peacock Tees Off at 2:30 p.m. ET

LPGA Tour’s HSBC Women’s World Championship From Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore Gets Underway Tonight Live at 9:30 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel and Peacock

PGA TOUR’s Puerto Rico Open and Cologuard Classic on PGA TOUR Champions Also Presented This Week

Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Presented by Principal Financial and PXG Final Round Tees Off Today at 2:30 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel and Peacock

GOLF Central Studio Coverage to Originate from Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Club & Lodge This Week

STAMFORD, Conn. – March 1, 2023 – The PGA TOUR’s Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard from Bay Hill Club & Lodge in Orlando, Fla., highlights live golf coverage across five tournaments on NBC, GOLF Channel, and Peacock this week.

PGA TOUR: ARNOLD PALMER INVITATIONAL

The Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard this week is the second stop on the PGA TOUR’s annual Florida Swing. This year’s star-studded field features 43 of the top 50 players in the Official Golf Ranking teeing it up at Bay Hill Club & Lodge in Orlando, including defending event champion and World No. 2 Scottie Scheffler, World No. 1 Jon Rahm, World No. 3 Rory McIlroy, and Jordan Spieth.

Live coverage, featuring 19 total hours, begins tomorrow and Friday at 2 p.m. on GOLF Channel and Peacock. Weekend coverage gets underway at 12:30 p.m. on GOLF Channel and Peacock and continues on NBC and Peacock at 2:30 p.m. ET. Golf Central studio coverage will originate live from Bay Hill this week beginning with today’s program.

NBC, GOLF Channel & Peacock Broadcast Team

Play by Play: Dan Hicks / Steve Sands
Analyst: Paul Azinger / Sam Saunders
Holes: Curt Byrum / Brad Faxon
On-Course: John Wood / Smylie Kaufman / Arron Oberholser
Reporter: Jimmy Roberts
Interviews: Damon Hack

How To Watch – Thursday, March 2 – Sunday, March 5 (all times ET)

TV – NBC, GOLF Channel
Streaming – Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app

Day	GOLF Channel/Peacock	NBC/Peacock
Thursday	2-6 p.m.
Friday	2-6 p.m.
Saturday	12:30-2:30 p.m.	2:30-6 p.m.
Sunday	12:30-2:30 p.m.	2:30-6 p.m.

Notable Players This Week

Scottie Scheffler
Rory McIlroy
Jon Rahm
Jordan Spieth
Justin Thomas
Collin Morikawa
Tony Finau
Max Homa

PGA TOUR: PUERTO RICO OPEN

The PGA TOUR’s opposite-field event this week is the Puerto Rico Open taking place at the Grand Reserve Country Club in Rio Grande. The champion will earn 300 FedExCup points.

Live coverage begins tomorrow and Friday at 10 a.m. ET on GOLF Channel and Peacock.

GOLF Channel & Peacock Broadcast Team

Play by Play: George Savaricas
Analyst: John Cook
Holes: Tripp Isenhour
On-Course: Billy Ray Brown / Johnson Wagner

How To Watch – Thursday, March 2 – Sunday, March 5 (all times ET)

TV – GOLF Channel
Streaming – Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app

Day	GOLF Channel/Peacock
Thursday	10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Friday	10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Saturday	2:30-5 p.m.
Sunday	2:30-4:30 p.m.

Notable Players This Week

Akshay Bhatia
Erik van Rooyen
Jason Dufner
Bill Haas
Nick Watney
Harry Higgs

LPGA TOUR: HSBC WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Sentosa Golf Club (Tanjong Course) hosts the LPGA Tour’s HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore this week. The tournament is a limited-field event with no cut. Jin Young Ko aims to defend her 2022 title.

Live coverage gets underway tonight at 9:30 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel and Peacock.

How To Watch – Wednesday, March 1 – Saturday, March 4 (all times ET)

TV – GOLF Channel
Streaming – Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app

Day	GOLF Channel/Peacock
Wednesday	9:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m.
Thursday	9:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m.
Friday	9:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m.
Saturday	9:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m.

Notable Players This Week

Jin Young Ko
Lydia Ko
Nelly Korda
Jennifer Kupcho
Minjee Lee
Atthaya Thitikul
Brooke Henderson

PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS: COLOGUARD CLASSIC

The 2023 PGA TOUR Champions season continues with the Cologuard Classic from Omni Tucson National (Catalina Course) in Tucson, Ariz., this week. Bernhard Langer, who finished runner-up in this event last year and won the Chubb Classic earlier this month, will look to break his current tie with Hale Irwin and become the all-time leader in victories in PGA TOUR Champions history with 46.

First round coverage begins Friday in primetime at 7 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel.

How To Watch – Friday, March 3 – Sunday, March 5 (all times ET)

TV – GOLF Channel
Streaming – NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app

Day	GOLF Channel
Friday	7-9 p.m.*
Saturday	5-7 p.m.
Sunday	4:30-7 p.m.

*delayed coverage

Notable Players This Week

Bernhard Langer
Ernie Els
Fred Couples
Steve Stricker
David Duval
Colin Montgomerie

COLLEGE GOLF: DARIUS RUCKER INTERCOLLEGIATE

Live final round coverage of the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Presented by Principal Financial and PXG airs today from 2:30-5:30 p.m. ET from Long Cove Club in Hilton Head, S.C., on GOLF Channel and Peacock. Golf Today leads into live coverage.

Click here for more information on NBC Sports’ 2023 spring college golf schedule.

GOLF Channel & Peacock Broadcast Team

Play by Play: Bob Papa
Analyst: Karen Stupples
Holes: Steve Burkowski
On-Course: Julia Johnson

BEYOND THE FAIRWAY

Click here to listen to the latest episode.

BROADCAST NOTES

Golf Central will provide pre- and post-tournament coverage on-site at Bay Hill Club & Lodge on GOLF Channel and Peacock Wednesday-Sunday. Golf Central coverage is anchored by Rich Lerner, Brandel Chamblee, Mark Rolfing, Brentley Romine, Todd Lewis, and Steve Burkowski.

Day	*Golf Central*
Wednesday	5:30-6:30 p.m.
Thursday	1-2 p.m./6-7 p.m.
Friday	1-2 p.m./6-7 p.m.
Saturday	11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m./7-8 p.m.
Sunday	11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m./7-8 p.m.

Note: all times ET, post-round coverage begins following conclusion of play

–NBC SPORTS–

PGA TOUR’S AT&T PEBBLE BEACH PRO-AM ON GOLF CHANNEL AND PEACOCK HEADLINES LIVE GOLF COVERAGE THIS WEEK

February 1, 2023 By admin

PGA TOUR’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Begins Tomorrow Live at 3 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel and Peacock

DP World Tour’s Ras Al Khaimah Championship Gets Underway Tomorrow Live at 3:30 a.m. ET on GOLF Channel

Southwestern Invitational Final Round Tees Off Today at 4:30 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel and Peacock

GOLF Channel to Celebrate Black History Month on Golf Today and Golf Central Throughout February

GOLF Channel Studio Coverage to Originate from TPC Scottsdale During Week of PGA TOUR’s WM Phoenix Open

STAMFORD, Conn. – Feb. 1, 2023 – The PGA TOUR’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am from Pebble Beach Golf Links, Spyglass Hill Golf Course, and Monterey Peninsula Country Club (Shore Course) in Pebble Beach, Calif., headlines live golf tournament coverage this week on GOLF Channel, Peacock and NBC Sports digital platforms.

PGA TOUR: AT&T PEBBLE BEACH PRO-AM

The PGA TOUR season continues this week with the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am played across three courses — Pebble Beach Golf Links, Spyglass Hill Golf Course, and the Shore Course at Monterey Peninsula Country Club — in Pebble Beach, Calif., for the first three rounds of the event. Celebrities will also participate and play a round at each course Thursday-Saturday. Following the cut, Sunday’s final round will be held at Pebble Beach Golf Links.

GOLF Channel and Peacock present live coverage beginning at 3 p.m. ET on Thursday and Friday, and lead-in coverage over the weekend will get underway at 1 p.m. ET.

GOLF Channel & Peacock Broadcast Team

Play by Play: Terry Gannon
Analyst: Frank Nobilo
Holes: Jim Gallagher Jr.
On-Course: Arron Oberholser / Colt Knost
Interviews: Todd Lewis

How To Watch – Thursday, February 2 – Sunday, February 5 (all times ET)

TV – GOLF Channel
Streaming – Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app

Day	GOLF Channel/Peacock
Thursday	3-6 p.m.
Friday	3-6 p.m.
Saturday	1-3 p.m.
Sunday	1-3 p.m.

Notable Players This Week

Jordan Spieth
Viktor Hovland
Matthew Fitzpatrick
Matt Kuchar
Webb Simpson
Justin Rose
Kevin Kisner
Taylor Montgomery

GOLF Channel will present nearly 20 hours of live studio coverage from alongside the 16^th hole at TPC Scottsdale throughout next week’s coverage at the PGA TOUR’s WM Phoenix Open. Next week’s Monday-Wednesday episodes of Golf Today will feature hosts Damon Hack and Eamon Lynch, discussing the latest throughout the world of golf and previewing the WM Phoenix Open. Early-week editions of Golf Central will be hosted by Anna Jackson. Rich Lerner will anchor Golf Central pre- and post-round coverage on GOLF Channel alongside analysts Brandel Chamblee and Paige Mackenzie throughout the weekend, with George Savaricas providing reports. Next week’s coverage from Phoenix is slated to feature a number of interviews with current PGA TOUR players as well as athletes and personalities related to Super Bowl LVII, taking place next weekend in Glendale, Ariz.

DP WORLD TOUR: RAS AL KHAIMAH CHAMPIONSHIP

The DP World Tour’s Middle East swing concludes with the Ras Al Khaimah Championship from Al Hamra Golf Club in United Arab Emirates this week.

Live coverage begins tomorrow at 3:30 a.m. ET on GOLF Channel.

How To Watch – Thursday, February 2 – Sunday, February 5 (all times ET)

TV – GOLF Channel
Streaming – NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app

Day	GOLF Channel
Thursday	3:30-8:30 a.m.
Friday	3:30-8:30 a.m.
Saturday	3:30-8 a.m.
Sunday	3:30-8 a.m.

Notable Players This Week

Padraig Harrington
Rafa Cabrera-Bello
Thomas Bjørn
Nicolai Højgaard
Rasmus Højgaard

COLLEGE GOLF: SOUTHWESTERN INVITATIONAL PRESENTED BY ZIPRECRUITER

Live final round coverage of the Southwestern Invitational Presented by ZipRecruiter airs today at 4:30-7:30 p.m. ET from North Ranch Country Club in Westlake Village, Calif., on GOLF Channel and Peacock. College Central begins coverage at 4 p.m. ET.

Click here for more information on NBC Sports’ 2023 spring college golf schedule.

GOLF Channel & Peacock Broadcast Team

Play by Play: Bob Papa
Analyst: John Cook
Holes: Steve Burkowski
On-Course: Billy Ray Brown

ASIAN TOUR: SAUDI INTERNATIONAL

The 2023 Asian Tour season begins this week with the Saudi International from Royal Greens Golf & Country Club in King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia.

Live coverage gets underway tomorrow at 3 a.m. ET on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.

How To Watch – Thursday, February 2 – Sunday, February 5 (all times ET)

Streaming – NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app

Day	Streaming
Thursday	3-5 a.m./6:30-9:30 a.m.
Friday	3-5 a.m./6:30-9:30 a.m.
Saturday	4:30-9 a.m.
Sunday	4:30-9 a.m.

Notable Players This Week

Cameron Young
Cameron Champ
Lucas Herbert

BROADCAST NOTES

Golf Central will provide pre- and post-tournament coverage on GOLF Channel Wednesday-Sunday. Golf Central coverage is anchored by Rich Lerner, Anna Jackson, Johnson Wagner, Tripp Isenhour, Todd Lewis, and Brentley Romine.
Black History Month: GOLF Channel will celebrate Black History Month as Golf Today and Golf Central feature daily segments honoring Black golf pioneers and bring their stories to life throughout February.

Day	*Golf Central*
Wednesday	7:30-8:30 p.m.
Thursday	2:30-3 p.m./6-7 p.m.
Friday	2:30-3 p.m./6-7 p.m.
Saturday	Noon-1 p.m./7-8 p.m.
Sunday	Noon-1 p.m./6:30-7:30 p.m.

Note: all times ET, post-round coverage begins following conclusion of play

–NBC SPORTS–

NBC SPORTS ANNOUNCES 2023 SPRING COLLEGE GOLF TOURNAMENT COVERAGE ON GOLF CHANNEL AND PEACOCK

January 24, 2023 By admin

Schedule to Feature NCAA Women’s and Men’s Championships, Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, Southwestern Invitational, and Western Intercollegiate

Nearly 150 Hours of College Golf on GOLF Channel and Peacock This Spring, Beginning Monday with the Southwestern Invitational

College Central to Surround Spring College Golf Coverage; Spring Preview Special to Air Today at 4:30 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel

STAMFORD, Conn. – Jan. 24, 2023 – NBC Sports has announced its men’s and women’s spring college golf tournament schedule – totaling nearly 150 hours on GOLF Channel and Peacock – featuring the 2023 NCAA Women’s and Men’s Golf Championships, the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Presented by Principal Financial and PXG, the Southwestern Invitational Presented by ZipRecruiter, and the 76^th Western Intercollegiate Presented by Titleist.

The Southwestern Invitational from North Ranch Country Club in Westlake Village, Calif., next week on Jan. 30-Feb. 1 kicks off the 2023 spring college golf tournament schedule on GOLF Channel and Peacock.

College Central will surround spring college golf and provide pre-round coverage leading into all events on GOLF Channel. A 30-minute special spring preview program will air this afternoon at 4:30 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel.

Below is the full schedule:

Event	Dates	Location
Southwestern Invitational	Jan. 30-Feb. 1	North Ranch Country Club
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate	Feb. 27-March 1	Long Cove Club
Western Intercollegiate	April 10-12	Pasatiempo Golf Club
NCAA Women’s Championships	May 22-24	Grayhawk Golf Club
NCAA Men’s Championships	May 29-31	Grayhawk Golf Club

SOUTHWESTERN INVITATIONAL PRESENTED BY ZIPRECRUITER

The Southwestern Invitational Presented by ZipRecruiter is a 54-hole team and individual stroke play championship that features top Division I men’s golf programs across the country taking place annually at North Ranch Country Club (Lakes & Oaks Courses) in Westlake Village, Calif. Past individual champions of the event include Tiger Woods (1996, Stanford University), Patrick Cantlay (2011, UCLA), Sahith Theegala (2020, Pepperdine University), and Corey Pavin (1978, 1981, UCLA).

2021 national champion Pepperdine University hosts the event, which features four teams in the NCAA top 25 rankings this year, according to the final Golfstat rankings of the 2022 fall season, including defending event champion and No. 4 Arizona State. The 2023 12-team tournament field is:

14 Pepperdine (host)
4 Arizona State
Georgia
Oregon
19 San Diego State
San José State
20 Texas
UCLA
UNLV
USC
Wake Forest
Washington

Live tournament coverage will be presented next week on Monday-Wednesday from 4:30-7:30 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel and Peacock.

Dates	Time (ET)
Monday, Jan. 30	4:30-7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 31	4:30-7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 1	4:30-7:30 p.m.

GOLF Channel & Peacock Broadcast Team

- Play by Play: Bob Papa
- Analyst: John Cook
- Holes: Steve Burkowski
- On-Course: Billy Ray Brown

DARIUS RUCKER INTERCOLLEGIATE PRESENTED BY PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL AND PXG

The Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Presented by Principal Financial and PXG will return after making its television debut on GOLF Channel last year when it became the first all-women’s regular season collegiate golf tournament to be presented live on the network. The annual event, hosted by multi-platinum country artist and PXG ambassador Darius Rucker, is held at Long Cove Club in Hilton Head, S.C., and features a 54-hole stroke play competition for individual and team honors. Past individual champions of the tournament include Maria Fassi (2018, University of Arkansas), Emilia Migliaccio (2020, Wake Forest University), and Cheyenne Knight (2016, 2017, University of Alabama).

The field for the 11^th edition of the tournament features No. 4 South Carolina (host) alongside 10 teams in the NCAA top 25 rankings, according to the final Golfstat rankings of the 2022 fall season, including defending event champion and No. 2 Wake Forest. The 2023 18-team tournament field is:

4 South Carolina (host)
Alabama
15 Arizona State
25 Arkansas
14 Auburn
24 Baylor
17 Duke
Furman
Georgia
Howard
Kentucky
9 LSU
5 Oregon
Northwestern
Texas
19 Vanderbilt
12 Virginia
2 Wake Forest

Live tournament coverage will be presented Monday-Wednesday from 2:30-5:30 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel and Peacock.

Dates	Time (ET)
Monday, Feb. 27	2:30-5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 28	2:30-5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 1	2:30-5:30 p.m.

WESTERN INTERCOLLEGIATE PRESENTED BY TITLEIST

The Western Intercollegiate Presented by Titleist takes place annually in April at Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz, Calif. The event is a 54-hole stroke play and team match play competition and marks the final regular season event for the men’s field prior to the start of the conference championships. The individual champion receives the coveted Blue Jacket, with past winners including Johnny Miller (1968, BYU), Ken Venturi (1953, San José State University), Peter Jacobsen (1974, Arizona State University), Arron Oberholser (1996, San José State University), and Scottie Scheffler (2015, University of Texas). Players who have competed in the Western Intercollegiate have collectively earned 531 PGA TOUR victories and 50 major championships.

San José State hosts the 76^th edition of one of the longest-running collegiate tournaments, which features five teams in the NCAA top 25 rankings, according to the final Golfstat rankings of the 2022 fall season. The 2023 14-team tournament field is:

San José State (host)
22 Arizona
BYU
California at Berkeley
21 Colorado State
Hawaii
Oregon
14 Pepperdine
19 San Diego State
6 Stanford
California at Irvine
UNLV
USC
Washington

GOLF Channel and Peacock will present live tournament coverage all three days.

Dates	Time (ET)
Monday, April 10	7-10 p.m.
Tuesday, April 11	7-10 p.m.
Wednesday, April 12	4-7 p.m.

NCAA WOMEN’S & MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS

GOLF Channel will present the 2023 NCAA Women’s (May 22-24) and Men’s (May 29-31) Golf Championships, totaling nearly 75 hours of comprehensive coverage presented by Stifel, over two weeks in late May. Arizona State will host both Championships at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., marking the third consecutive championships that will be held at the club.

Last year’s champions were University of Texas (men’s team), Stanford University (women’s team), Gordon Sargent (men’s individual, Vanderbilt University), and Rose Zhang (women’s individual, Stanford University). Additional programming details for the 2023 NCAA Women’s and Men’s Golf Championships will be announced in the coming months.

PGA TOUR UNIVERSITY PRESENTED BY VELOCITY GLOBAL

PGA TOUR University Presented by Velocity Global rewards elite college players with access to Tours operated under the PGA TOUR umbrella, while upholding the principles and virtues of collegiate athletics. Introduced in 2020, the program strengthens and elevates the path to the PGA TOUR through the Korn Ferry Tour and PGA TOUR international tours. The No. 1 player in the final Velocity Global Ranking will earn PGA TOUR membership, while players Nos. 2-5 (fully exempt) and Nos. 6-10 (conditional) will earn Korn Ferry Tour membership. Additionally, players finishing 11^th through 20^th will be exempt members on PGA TOUR Canada and PGA TOUR Latinoamérica.

The Velocity Global Ranking will be featured on GOLF Channel each Wednesday on Golf Today and within weekly live tournament coverage during the spring, as well as across GOLF Channel and PGA TOUR digital platforms throughout the year. For more information, please visit www.PGATOUR.com/university and follow PGA TOUR University on Twitter and Instagram (@PGATOURU).

ANNIKA AND HASKINS AWARD PRESENTED BY STIFEL

Rose Zhang of Stanford University won the ANNIKA Award in 2022 and past recipients include Zhang’s Stanford teammate Rachel Heck (2021), two-time winner Maria Fassi (2018, 2019), and Bronte Law (2016, UCLA). Chris Gotterup of The University of Oklahoma took home the Haskins Award last year. Past winners of the Haskins Award include Tiger Woods (1996), Ben Crenshaw (1971-73, University of Texas), Justin Thomas (2012, University of Alabama), and Matt Kuchar (1998, Georgia Tech).

ABOUT GOLF CHANNEL’S COLLEGE GOLF PLATFORM

GOLF Channel is the television home for college golf, currently providing live coverage of nine college golf championships. GOLF Channel deploys its comprehensive portfolio of news, digital and social media coverage year-round in covering collegiate golf, including season preview shows, signing day specials, regional and national qualifying coverage, serving as the exclusive media partner of PGA TOUR University Presented by Velocity Global and the Velocity Global Ranking, and exclusive annual coverage for the Haskins and ANNIKA Awards Presented by Stifel.

Following its announcement in 2013 as the exclusive television provider of the NCAA Golf Championships, GOLF Channel has provided live coverage of the men’s NCAA Championships since 2014 and the women’s NCAA Championships since 2015, which are hosted at the same venue in consecutive weeks at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. GOLF Channel also annually televises the three-day East Lake Cup at historic East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Ga.; the Western Intercollegiate Presented by Titleist, one of the longest-running college tournaments in the U.S. taking place at Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz, Calif.; the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Presented by Principal Financial and PXG at Long Cove Club in Hilton Head, S.C.; the Blessings Collegiate Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark; the Jackson T. Stephens Cup; the Southwestern Invitational Presented by ZipRecruiter at North Ranch Country Club in Westlake Village, Calif.,; and the Southwest Airlines Showcase at Cedar Crest at Cedar Crest in Dallas, Texas.

Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa, Jon Rahm, Viktor Hovland, Jennifer Kupcho, Bronte Law and Maria Fassi are just a few of the professional golfers who appeared on GOLF Channel while competing in college.

–NBC SPORTS–

AUBURN WOMEN AND VANDERBILT MEN WIN 2022 EAST LAKE CUP FINAL

October 27, 2022 By admin

Consolation Matches won by UCLA Women and Pepperdine Men

ATLANTA, (Oct. 26, 2022) – The Auburn women’s golf team and Vanderbilt men’s golf team claimed the eighth annual East Lake Cup Wednesday afternoon to close their fall seasons. The No. 3-seeded Tigers cruised to a 5-0 victory over No. 1 Texas A&M while third-seeded Vanderbilt edged out No. 1 Arizona State 3-2.

Auburn’s dominant afternoon began early with a 6&5 win from freshman Rachel Gourley over Texas A&M graduate student Hailee Cooper. A few minutes later, redshirt freshman Casey Weidenfeld—who sent the Tigers to the championship match on Tuesday—notched a 3&1 win over Aggie junior Zoe Slaughter. Auburn junior Elina Sinz clinched the championship match with a 3&2 triumph against Aggies senior Jennie Park, giving the Tigers their first East Lake Cup crown in program history. Auburn closed out the championship matches by sweeping Texas A7M, with a pair of 4-up wins. Junior Anna Foster defeated the women’s medalist Blanca Fernández García-Poggio while senior Megan Schofill bested sophomore Adela Cernousek.

“I think it helps a lot, just the confidence that we can do it against really good teams,” Auburn head coach Melissa Luellen said. “I mean, Oregon and Texas A&M are both excellent golf teams, and I guess we are, too. I just want to enjoy this, give them a little bit of break and just emphasize how we have to keep working because everyone else in the country’s working hard, too.”

In the men’s final, Vanderbilt outdueled Arizona State, and clinched the title in the penultimate match, which featured a triumphant comeback from senior William Moll.

Senior Matthew Riedel claimed an early point for the Commodores with a quick 7&6 win against Arizona State senior Ryggs Johnston. Vanderbilt 5th-year senior Reid Davenport won 2&1 over freshman Michael Mjaaseth for a second point, which cleared the way for Moll to clinch the East Lake Cup for his Commodores.

Moll was 4 down to Arizona State sophomore Josele Ballester after 10 holes, but battled back with a flurry of late birdies to tie the match and, ultimately, win it 1-up with a birdie on No. 18. Arizona State claimed its two points on wins from freshman Luke Potter, 1-up, over Vanderbilt junior Cole Sherwood and from Sun Devils sophomore Preston Summerhays, 3&1, against sophomore Gordon Sargent.

The win marked Vanderbilt’s second East Lake Cup title in program history, making the Commodores one of just two men’s programs, joining Illinois, with multiple wins at the East Lake Cup.

“I really am proud of them,” Vanderbilt head coach Scott Limbaugh said. “I think certainly the first day here didn’t go the way we wanted. You get out here and the kind of experience you gain on a day like today, it’s invaluable. Learning how to deal with different feelings. Somebody lost, somebody won, it comes down on your shoulders. You can’t replicate that at home, so super proud of them.”

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH RESULTS:

Women’s Division: (3) Auburn def. (1) Texas A&M, 5-0

Men’s Division: (3) Vanderbilt def. (1) Arizona State, 3-2

Women

Texas A&M (1) vs. Auburn (3)

Zoe Slaughter Casey Weidenfeld (3&1)

Jennie Park Elina Sinz (3&2)

Hailee Cooper Rachel Gourley (6&5)

Blanca Fernández García-Poggio Anna Foster (4up)

Adela Cernousek Megan Schofill (4up)

Men

Arizona State (1) vs. Vanderbilt (3)

Luke Potter (1up) Cole Sherwood

Michael Mjaaseth Reid Davenport (2&1)

Ryggs Johnston Matthew Riedel (7&6)

Josele Ballester William Moll (1up)

Preston Summerhays (3&1) Gordon Sargent

CONSOLATION MATCH RESULTS:

Women’s Division: (4) UCLA def. (2) Oregon, 2-1-2

Men’s Division: (4) Pepperdine def. (2) Texas, 4-1

In the women’s consolation match, UCLA outlasted Pac-12 foe Oregon in a tight duel that ended 2-1-2. Oregon senior Briana Chacon gave the Ducks an early lead with a 5&4 win against senior Annabel Wilson. UCLA bounced back with a point from sophomore Caroline Canales, 1-up over Ducks senior Brittany Shin. UCLA redshirt sophomore Alessia Nobilio added a second point, also in 1-up fashion, over Oregon junior Ashleigh Park, which proved to be enough to win the consolation match. UCLA Sophomore Zoe Antoinette Campos tied Oregon senior Ching-Tzu Chen and senior Bruin Emilie Paltrinieri tied Oregon junior Hsin-Yu Lu.

“You know, it was really good for us,” UCLA head coach Carrie Forsyth said. “I think again we were pretty down after the way we played and then that tough loss yesterday. It just reminds you that it’s never over until it’s over, hang in there. We have a long season left to play, we have much work to do, but, you know, it just gives you that little boost of adrenaline.”

Pepperdine, the 2020 East Lake Cup champion, left Atlanta as the men’s consolation match winner with a 4-1 win over reigning national champion Texas.

Graduate student Luke Gifford gave the Waves an early point, with a 7&6 win against Texas sophomore Alejandro Gonzalez. Pepperdine sophomore Ian Maspat mounted a back-nine comeback to win 1-up over senior Mason Nome to add a second Pepperdine point. Junior William Mouw, playing in his third East Lake Cup, closed the consolation match for the Waves with a 4&3 triumph over Longhorns freshman Christiaan Maas. Pepperdine earned a final point with a 1-up victory from graduate student Sam Choi against freshman Keaton Vo. Texas earned its lone point on senior Travis Vick’s 1-up victory over Pepperdine graduate student Derek Hitchner.

“For us as a team, this was an important match today,” Pepperdine head coach Michael Beard said. “I know the consolation—you always want to be playing in that championship match, but I know for our guys it meant something to them and to the coaches as well. To be able to end the way we did today just feels good to end the fall that way. We’ve been here for eight days now and a lot of golf, and a treat to be here at East Lake. To be able to play this course in different conditions, too, was really a great experience for our guys.”

Women

Oregon (2) vs. UCLA (4)

Brittany Shin Caroline Canales (1up)

Briana Chacon (5&4) Annabel Wilson

Ashleigh Park Alessia Nobilio (1up)

Hsin-Yu Lu Tie Emilie Paltrinieri

Ching-Tzu Chen Tie Zoe Antoinette Campos

Men

Texas (2) vs. Pepperdine (4)

Mason Nome Ian Maspat (1up)

Alejandro Gonzalez Luke Gifford (7&6)

Keaton Vo Sam Choi (1up)

Christiaan Maas William Mouw (4&3)

Travis Vick (1up) Derek Hitchner

*Transcripts of post-round interviews with players and coaches at the 2022 East Lake Cup are available here.

*Images of the 2022 East Lake Cup approved for editorial use are available via this Dropbox link.

The East Lake Cup is contested over three days, following the format from the final three days of the NCAA men’s and women’s golf national championships. Monday, Oct. 24, is comprised of eight teams competing in individual stroke play competition to determine the individual champion and to seed for two days of match-play competition. Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 25-26, two match-play tournaments are held simultaneously for the men’s and women’s divisions, with the semifinals taking place on Tuesday and the finals and consolation matches on Wednesday.

Teams for the 2022 East Lake Cup competed on the championship golf course at East Lake Golf Club, home of the TOUR Championship, the season-ending event of the PGA TOUR’s FedExCup Playoffs. The East Lake Cup benefits the East Lake Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to helping families build better lives and children reach their highest potential through its holistic approach to community revitalization incorporating mixed-income housing, cradle-to-college education and community wellness. The East Lake Cup is one of the largest contributors to the East Lake Foundation, having raised more than $1.5 million for the East Lake Foundation since the tournament’s inception in 2015. ZipRecuriter, World Wide Technology, Full Swing, and Bridgestone Golf are official partners of the East Lake Cup.

The 2023 East Lake Cup will be held October 30 to November 1. Due to renovations taking place at East Lake Golf Club next year, the ninth annual East Lake Cup will be hosted by Atlanta Athletic Club.

ABOUT GOLF CHANNEL’S COLLEGE GOLF PLATFORM

GOLF Channel is the television home for college golf, currently providing live coverage of eight college golf championships. GOLF Channel deploys its comprehensive portfolio of news, digital and social media coverage year-round in covering collegiate golf, including season preview shows, signing day specials, regional and national qualifying coverage, serving as the exclusive media partner of PGA TOUR University Presented by Velocity Global and the Velocity Global Ranking, and exclusive annual coverage for the Haskins and ANNIKA Awards Presented by Stifel.

Following its announcement in 2013 as the exclusive television provider of the NCAA Golf Championships, GOLF Channel has provided live coverage of the men’s NCAA Championships since 2014 and the women’s NCAA Championships since 2015, which are hosted at the same venue in consecutive weeks at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. GOLF Channel also annually televises the three-day East Lake Cup at historic East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Ga.; the Western Intercollegiate Presented by Topgolf, one of the longest-running college tournaments in the U.S. taking place at Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz, Calif.; the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Presented by PXG at Long Cove Club in Hilton Head, S.C.; the Blessings Collegiate Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark; the Jackson T. Stephens Cup; and the Southwestern Invitational Presented by Topgolf at North Ranch Country Club in Westlake Village, Calif.

Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa, Jon Rahm, Viktor Hovland, Jennifer Kupcho, Bronte Law and Maria Fassi are just a few of the professional golfers who appeared on GOLF Channel while competing in college.

-NBC Sports-

TEXAS A&M, AUBURN (WOMEN), ARIZONA STATE, VANDERBILT (MEN) ADVANCE TO EAST LAKE CUP FINAL

October 26, 2022 By admin

All-SEC Matchup in the Women’s Final; Men’s Championship Features the No. 2 (Vanderbilt) and No. 4 (Arizona State) teams in Final 2021-2022 Golfstat Ranking

In the Consolation matchup, Oregon vs. UCLA among the Women, and for the Men, Texas faces Pepperdine

ATLANTA, (Oct. 25, 2022) – The women from Texas A&M and Auburn, along with the Arizona State and Vanderbilt men each won their semifinal match Tuesday to punch their ticket into Wednesday’s championship matches at the eighth annual East Lake Cup. The women’s final will showcase an all-SEC matchup, while the men’s features two NCAA Semifinalists from a season ago, with Vanderbilt finishing No. 2 and Arizona State No. 4 in the final 2021-2022 Golfstat ranking.

SEMIFINAL RESULTS:

WOMEN: (1) Texas A&M def. (4) UCLA, 3-2; (3) Auburn def. (2) Oregon 3-2.
MEN: (1) Arizona State def. (4) Pepperdine, 3-2; (3) Vanderbilt def. (2) Texas, 3-1-1.

WOMEN’S SEMIFINALS

The later semifinal was a dramatic match that went to extra holes to decide the clinching point. Auburn’s Casey Weidenfeld, a redshirt freshman, battled back against Oregon junior Hsin-Yu Lu to claim a 1-up victory in 19 holes and send the Tigers to the championship match. The Tigers and Ducks split the first two points of the day. Auburn senior Megan Schofill claimed a 6&5 win over senior Brittany Shin. Oregon then evened things with a 6&4 victory from senior Briana Chacon against freshman Rachel Gourley. Junior Ashleigh Park tallied the next Oregon point, with a 3&2 win over junior Elina Sinz. Auburn evened the match thanks to junior Anna Foster’s 4&2 win over senior Ching-Tzu Chen, which set the stage for Weidenfeld’s clinching point.

“We’ve got some young kids that joined our team this year, and I just let them know what our culture’s like,” Auburn head coach Melissa Luellen said. “We had some match play and saw some, well, maybe a little attitude that I wasn’t really pleased with. It was the opportunity to remind them about our culture—that I don’t care what you shoot, we always fight. You might be shooting 85 and you’re on the last hole and something clicks, and it can carry over to the next day or the next tournament. I said, ‘We never stop fighting,’ and just kind of made that really clear. I’m really proud of them.”

In the early semifinal, UCLA sophomore Caroline Canales earned the first point of the day with a 2&1 win over Texas A&M sophomore Adela Cernousek. The Aggies responded with back-to-back points, starting with a 4&2 victory from junior Zoe Slaughter over redshirt sophomore Alessia Nobilio. The Aggies then claimed the third point, as Monday’s Medalist, senior Blanca Fernández García-Poggio, won 5&4 over UCLA senior Annabel Wilson. Bruins sophomore Zoe Antoinette Campos evened things with a 3&2 victory over Texas A&M senior Jennie Park, leading to a deciding final match featuring UCLA senior Emilie Paltrinieri and Texas A&M’s Hailee Cooper. A graduate student, Cooper claimed the victory, 1-up, for the Aggies, with a chip-in eagle on the par-5 18th hole.

“I think we fought through a bad day,” Texas A&M head coach Gerrod Chadwell said. “I don’t think we had our best just in the matches that I was around. But we had some big wins early which was nice, but we’ll have another tough match tomorrow.”

MEN’S SEMIFINALS

Arizona State freshman Luke Potter picked up a point in the opening match with a 4&3 win over Pepperdine sophomore Ian Maspat. Last year’s East Lake Cup Co-Medalist Preston Summerhays, a sophomore for ASU, added a second points for the Sun Devils with a 1-up victory against grad student Sam Choi. The Waves rode back into the match with back-to-back points beginning with grad student Derek Hitchner’s 1-up win over senior Ryggs Johnston, followed by a 2&1 victory from senior William Mouw against freshman Michael Mjaaseth. In the anchor match, Sun Devils sophomore Josele Ballester punched ASU’s ticket to the championship match with a 3&2 win against Pepperdine grad student Luke Gifford.

“I think we could kind of put anybody against anybody and feel like they could beat them,” Arizona State head coach Matt Thurmond said. “We have five really, really good players. I think we’re a hard match-up, but so is Vanderbilt. They have five great players as well. (We’re) a competitive group; they’re really steady. I think that’s probably the biggest thing is they’re just kind of quietly steady and tough.”

The later semifinal featured a rematch of the NCAA National Semifinals when defending National Champion Texas ousted Vanderbilt. The Commodores claimed the rematch in emphatic fashion.

Texas freshman Christiaan Maas won the only point for the Longhorns with a 4&2 win over 5^th-year Vanderbilt senior Reid Davenport. The first point for Vanderbilt came with a 5&4 victory by senior Matthew Riedel over Texas sophomore Alejandro Gonzalez. The Commodores proceeded to win the next two matches, with senior William Moll and junior Cole Sherwood both claiming 5&4 victories to propel Vanderbilt to Wednesday’s championship.

“We wanted to come out and just play better golf,” Vanderbilt head coach Scott Limbaugh said. “It’s match play, so the game changes a little bit, but we just weren’t very clean yesterday. So just wanted to have a little bit more ‘get up and go’ to what we’re trying to do.”

*Transcripts of post-round interviews with players and coaches at the 2022 East Lake Cup are available here.

*Approved images of the 2022 East Lake Cup Semi-Final matches are available via this Dropbox link.

WEDNESDAY’S CHAMPIONSHIP AND CONSOLATION MATCHES:

Women’s Championship Match: Texas A&M (1) vs. Auburn (3)

Men’s Championship Match: Arizona State (1) vs. Vanderbilt (3)

Women’s Consolation Match: Oregon (2) vs. UCLA (4)

Men’s Consolation Match: Texas (2) vs. Pepperdine (4)

GOLF Channel’s live coverage of Wednesday Finals of team match play will air from 3-6 p.m. ET. College Central Pre-Game (2:30-3 p.m. ET) will preview each championship match and provide updates on matches already in progress.

SEMIFINAL RESULTS:

Women’s Division

(1) Texas A&M def. (4) UCLA, 3-2

(3) Auburn def. (2) Oregon, 3-2

Texas A&M (1) vs. UCLA (4)

Adela Cernousek Caroline Canales (2&1)

Zoe Slaughter (4&2) Alessia Nobilio

Blanca Fernández García-Poggio (5&4) Annabel Wilson

Hailee Cooper (1up) Emilie Paltrinieri

Jennie Park Zoe Antoinette Campos (3&2)

Oregon (2) vs. Auburn (3)

Brittany Shin Megan Schofill (6&5)

Briana Chacon (6&4) Rachel Gourley

Ashleigh Park (3&2) Elina Sinz

Ching-Tzu Chen Anna Foster (4&2)

Hsin-Yu Lu Casey Weidenfeld (1up 19 holes)

Men’s Division

(1) Arizona State def. (4) Pepperdine, 3-2

(3) Vanderbilt def. (2), Texas, 3-1-1

Arizona State (1) vs. Pepperdine (4)

Luke Potter (4&3) Ian Maspat

Preston Summerhays (1up) Sam Choi

Ryggs Johnston Derek Hitchner (1up)

Michael Mjaaseth William Mouw (2&1)

Josele Ballester (3&2) Luke Gifford

Texas (2) vs. Vanderbilt (3)

Christiaan Maas (4&2) Reid Davenport

Alejandro Gonzalez Matthew Riedel (5&4)

Mason Nome William Moll (5&4)

Keaton Vo Cole Sherwood (5&4)

Travis Vick (TIE) Gordon Sargent

The East Lake Cup is being contested over three days, following the format from the final three days of the NCAA men’s and women’s golf national championships. Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 25-26, two match-play tournaments are held simultaneously for the men’s and women’s divisions, with the semifinals taking place on Tuesday and the finals and consolation matches on Wednesday.

Teams for the East Lake Cup are competing on the championship golf course at East Lake Golf Club, home of the TOUR Championship, the season-ending event of the PGA TOUR’s FedExCup Playoffs. The East Lake Cup benefits the East Lake Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to helping families build better lives and children reach their highest potential through its holistic approach to community revitalization incorporating mixed-income housing, cradle-to-college education and community wellness. The East Lake Cup is one of the largest contributors to the East Lake Foundation, having raised more than $1.5 million for the East Lake Foundation since the tournament’s inception in 2015. ZipRecuriter, World Wide Technology, Full Swing, and Bridgestone Golf are official partners of the East Lake Cup.

ABOUT GOLF CHANNEL’S COLLEGE GOLF PLATFORM

Following its announcement in 2013 as the exclusive television provider of the NCAA Golf Championships, GOLF Channel has provided live coverage of the men’s NCAA Championships since 2014 and the women’s NCAA Championships since 2015, which are hosted at the same venue in consecutive weeks at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. GOLF Channel also annually televises the three-day East Lake Cup at historic East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Ga.; the Western Intercollegiate Presented by Topgolf, one of the longest-running college tournaments in the U.S. taking place at Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz, Calif.; the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Presented by PXG at Long Cove Club in Hilton Head, S.C.; the Blessings Collegiate Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark; the Jackson T. Stephens Cup; and the Southwestern Invitational Presented by Topgolf at North Ranch Country Club in Westlake Village, Calif.

-NBC Sports-

FERNÁNDEZ GARCÍA-POGGIO (TEXAS A&M), SARGENT (VANDERBILT) WIN INDIVIDUAL STROKE PLAY AT 2022 EAST LAKE CUP

October 25, 2022 By admin

Texas A&M (Women), Arizona State (Men) Claim No. 1 Seeds for Team Match Play Semifinals (Tuesday, 3-6 P.M. ET on GOLF Channel)

Women’s Semis: (1) Texas A&M vs. (4) UCLA; (2) Oregon vs. (3) Auburn Men’s Semis: (1) Arizona State vs. (4) Pepperdine; (2) Texas vs. (3) Vanderbilt

ATLANTA, (Oct. 24, 2022) – Texas A&M’s Blanca Fernández García-Poggio fired a 2-under 70 to claim women’s medalist honors at the East Lake Cup. Vanderbilt’s Gordon Sargent, reigning NCAA Individual National Champion, earned the men’s individual crown with a 4-under 68.

Fernández García-Poggio was the first Aggie out and opened with two quick birdies in her first three holes. The highlight of Fernández García-Poggio’s round was a seven-hole stretch between Hole Nos. 8 and 14 which the senior played in a clean 5-under. Despite a tough finish, the Spaniard held on for her second-career individual victory and propelled Texas A&M to the No. 1 seed.

“It’s cool, the course is amazing and it’s so pretty,” Fernández García-Poggio said. “It’s just amazing.”

Sargent put together a bogey-free front nine with birdies on Hole Nos. 5, 6 and 7. After a bogey on the 11th hole, Sargent rebounded to birdie the 12th and 14th. He finished with a 4-under-par score of 68, the best of any player in the field.

“I didn’t drive it great, but I just kind of stayed in position all day,” Sargent said. “I hit my irons pretty solid and just did a good job of staying below the hole and giving myself good looks… I didn’t hit a great shot on (No.) 11, but other than that, played really solid.”

*Transcripts of post-round interviews with players and coaches at the 2022 East Lake Cup are available here.

*Approved images of the individual stroke play winners of the 2022 East Lake Cup are available via this Dropbox link.

TUESDAY’S SEMIFINAL MATCHES:

Women’s: (No. 1) Texas A&M vs. (No. 4) UCLA; (No. 2) Oregon vs. (No. 3) Auburn

Men’s: (No. 1) Arizona State vs. (No. 4) Pepperdine; (No. 2) Texas vs. (No. 3) Vanderbilt

GOLF Channel’s live coverage of Tuesday’s semifinals of team match play will air from 3-6 p.m. ET. College Central Pre-Game (2:30-3 p.m. ET) will preview each semifinal match and provide updates on matches already in progress.

WOMEN’S DIVISION – INDIVIDUAL STROKE PLAY RESULTS:

1 Blanca Fernández García-Poggio (Texas A&M) (-2, 70)

T2 Hsin-Yu Lu (Oregon) (E, 72)

T2 Zoe Antoinette Campos (UCLA) (E, 72)

T2 Zoe Slaughter (Texas A&M) (E, 72)

T2 Briana Chacon (Oregon) (E, 72)

T2 Elina Sinz (Auburn) (E, 72)

T2 Adela Cernousek (Texas A&M) (E, 72)

T2 Ashleigh Park (Oregon) (E, 72)

TEAM RESULTS (determines seeding for Tuesday’s Match Play Semifinals):

Texas A&M (No. 1 seed) -1 Oregon (No. 2 seed) +1

Adela Cernousek (E, 72) Briana Chacon (E, 72)

Hailee Cooper (+4, 76) Ching-Tzu Chen (+5, 77)

Blanca Fernández García-Poggio (-2, 70) Hsin-Yu Lu (E, 72)

Jennie Park (+1, 73) Ashleigh Park (E, 72)

Zoe Slaughter (E, 72) Brittany Shin (+1, 73)

Auburn (No. 3 seed) +6 UCLA (No. 4 seed) +18

Anna Foster (+2, 74) Zoe Antoinette Campos (E, 72)

Rachel Gourley (+13, 85) Caroline Canales (+6, 78)

Megan Schofill (+2, 74) Alessia Nobilio (+3, 75)

Elina Sinz (E, 72) Emilie Paltrinieri (+9, 81)

Casey Weidenfeld (+2, 74) Annabel Wilson (+10, 82)

MEN’S DIVISION – INDIVIDUAL STROKE PLAY RESULTS:

1 Gordon Sargent (Vanderbilt) (-4, 68)

T2 Derek Hitchner (Pepperdine) (-3, 69)

T2 Luke Potter (Arizona State) (-3, 69)

T4 Josele Ballester (Arizona State) (-2, 70)

T4 Keaton Vo (Texas) (-2, 70)

T6 Preston Summerhays (Arizona State) (-1, 71)

T6 Michael Mjaaseth (Arizona State) (-1, 71)

T6 Alejandro Gonzalez (Texas) (-1, 71)

TEAM RESULTS (determines seeding for Tuesday’s Match Play Semifinals):

Arizona State (No. 1 seed) -7 Texas (No. 2 seed) -2

Josele Ballester (-2, 70) Alejandro Gonzalez (-1, 71)

Ryggs Johnston (+5, 77) Christiaan Maas (+1, 73)

Michael Mjaaseth (-1, 71) Mason Nome (+6, 78)

Luke Potter (-3, 69) Travis Vick (E, 72)

Preston Summerhays (-1, 71) Keaton Vo (-2, 70)

Vanderbilt (No. 3 seed) E Pepperdine (No. 4 seed) +4

Reid Davenport (+2, 74) Sam Choi (+3, 75)

William Moll (+2, 74) Luke Gifford (+1, 73)

Matthew Riedel (+3, 75) Derek Hitchner (-3, 69)

Gordon Sargent (-4, 68) Ian Maspat (+4, 76)

Cole Sherwood (E, 72) William Mouw (+3, 75)

NOTE: The top four scores for each team are used to calculate team totals

The East Lake Cup is being contested over three days, following the format from the final three days of the NCAA men’s and women’s golf national championships. Tuesday (tomorrow) and Wednesday, Oct. 25-26, two match-play tournaments will be hosted simultaneously for the men’s and women’s divisions, with the semifinals taking place on Tuesday and the finals and consolation matches on Wednesday.

ABOUT GOLF CHANNEL’S COLLEGE GOLF PLATFORM

Following its announcement in 2013 as the exclusive television provider of the NCAA Golf Championships, GOLF Channel has provided live coverage of the men’s NCAA Championships since 2014 and the women’s NCAA Championships since 2015, which are hosted at the same venue in consecutive weeks at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. GOLF Channel also annually televises the three-day East Lake Cup at historic East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Ga.; the Western Intercollegiate Presented by Topgolf, one of the longest-running college tournaments in the U.S. taking place at Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz, Calif.; the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Presented by PXG at Long Cove Club in Hilton Head, S.C.; the Blessings Collegiate Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark; the Jackson T. Stephens Cup; and the Southwestern Invitational Presented by Topgolf at North Ranch Country Club in Westlake Village, Calif.

-NBC SPORTS-

I AM A GOLFER FOUNDATION UNVEILS NATIONALLY TELEVISED “SOUTHWEST AIRLINES SHOWCASE AT CEDAR CREST”

October 21, 2022 By admin

Top Black Collegiate Men and Women to Compete in Televised Event on GOLF Channel at Historic Cedar Crest Golf Course with Goal of Positively Impacting Southern Dallas

DALLAS, Texas – Oct. 21, 2022 – The I AM a Golfer Foundation, a Dallas nonprofit focused on historic Cedar Crest Golf Course, with support from Dallas-based Southwest Airlines, announced today an addition to GOLF Channel’s 2023 lineup of live televised college golf tournaments: The Southwest Airlines Showcase at Cedar Crest. The event will be comprised of Black collegiate golfers, and include development opportunities for participants and area residents.

The top-21 male and 21 female Black collegiate golfers in the country will compete in 54-hole stroke play contests in their respective divisions. The inaugural three-day tournament will debut November 13, 2023, with a second event scheduled for 2024. GOLF Channel will televise all three rounds live and replay the tournaments in the evenings.

“We are delighted to announce this new event that provides opportunity for these talented collegiate golfers to showcase their talents on national television, exposure that is generally limited to players on a handful of Division 1 teams,” said Dave Ridley, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Foundation. “This event will highlight the history of Cedar Crest and the impact the Foundation is making on the lives of young people through our varied programs at the course and within the Dallas community.”

Chartered in 1919, Cedar Crest was designed by famed golf course architect A.W. Tillinghast. Among other significant national tournaments, Cedar Crest hosted the 1927 PGA Championship won by Walter Hagen and the 1954 UGA Negro National Open won by Charlie Sifford. Tillinghast, Hagen, and Sifford are members of the World Golf Hall of Fame.

“Cedar Crest Golf Course is a special place with a rich history,” said Ira Molayo, Co-Founder and Vice Chairman of IAMGF. “Our Foundation’s mission is to help this ‘hidden gem’ be a catalyst for community transformation in the Cedar Crest neighborhood and surrounding communities.”

Since inception in 2018, IAMGF has engaged more than 450 area youth in instructional programming, created and hosted 71 paid internship positions for area students, and awarded more than $95,000 in college and higher education scholarships.

“Showing up for people in the markets we serve – including our hometown of Dallas – is at the heart of who we are,” said Ryan Green, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at Southwest Airlines. “The contributions made by IAMGF align with our commitment to Dallas and support our mission to be a part of the surrounding communities.”

In addition to its youth programs, IAMGF founded the Dallas Amateur Championship in 2018 for DFW-area competitive golfers and as a fund-raiser for the Foundation. More than 600 participants compete annually.

“I could not be more proud and thankful to the leadership at the Foundation and Southwest Airlines for creating this event that will showcase our great city to a national audience,” said Mayor of Dallas Eric Johnson. “This unique collegiate, community and cause-related event will serve a purpose unlike any other in our city.”

A Saturday evening gala dinner with a keynote speaker and a Sunday morning 18-hole Collegiate-Amateur event will precede the three days of competition.

During the morning of each day’s competition, the schedule allows for conferences, seminars, and job fairs, not only for the participants in the event but also for area youth.

“I have long seen Cedar Crest Golf Course as an untapped economic engine for this community,” said Dallas City Councilmember for District 4, Carolyn King Arnold. “This new tournament, with its national reach, will add fuel to that engine and help attract a broad range of stakeholders who can help build on the momentum we have in the southern Dallas corridor to have a positive impact on our neighborhoods and residents.”

The Southwest Airlines Showcase at Cedar Crest will be the very first televised tournament exclusively featuring the top male and female Black collegiate players and showcased as part of GOLF Channel’s annual coverage of college golf throughout the fall and spring.

“We are excited to introduce this dynamic, historic event into our college golf portfolio beginning next fall and continue to raise the profile of student athletes throughout the year across our platforms,” said Tom Knapp, Executive Vice President, Partnerships & Programming, NBC Sports.

“We are looking forward to showcasing not only the achievements of the Black men and women on the course at historic Cedar Crest during this tournament, but also telling the stories of their important, long-standing impact in the local Dallas community together with the Foundation,” added Damon Phillips, Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives & Head of Diversity and Inclusion, NBC Sports.

The tournament will be the first-ever televised event at historic Cedar Crest Golf Course. GOLF Channel will provide live afternoon coverage of all three rounds with an encore presentation of each round totaling six telecasts and 18 total hours of programming.

“For Cedar Crest to host these talented collegiate players is a testament to Southwest Airlines’ investment in the communities that support them and to the city’s partnership with I Am a Golfer and Cedar Crest golf professionals. This golf gathering is creating economic development opportunities for southern Dallas that will ensure the course remains the “crown jewel” of this community and a favorite among golfers,” said Arun Agarwal, President, Dallas Park and Recreation Board.

Cedar Crest Golf Course is the oldest of six golf courses in the Dallas Park and Recreation collection, and the only course to have hosted tournaments on a national level including a major championship.

“Cedar Crest has been the stage for larger-than-life and blue-ribbon moments in golf history. Its rich legacy continues with this tournament’s debut, a game changer for our park system and for golf in this country,” said John D. Jenkins, director, Dallas Park and Recreation Department. “Hosting the Southwest Airlines Showcase is significant not only for Cedar Crest but also for Oak Cliff and southern Dallas neighborhoods. Recent enhancements to the greens and facility will give golfers an incredible playing experience.”

In addition to Southwest Airlines as Title Sponsor, the Louis L. Borick Foundation will serve as a “Foundational” supporter of the event. Two corporate “Proud Partners” are being pursued as well as various “Official Sponsor” partnerships.

Eligibility criteria for the 42-player invitational field of Black collegiate contestants will include, but not be limited to:

Must still be in college
Top TBD available men based on rankings
Top TBD available women based on rankings
Other accomplished men and women players in college
Up to eight (8) tournament/sponsor exemptions; 4 men / 4 women

The final field of contestants is scheduled to be announced in late June or early July of 2023, after the completion of the college golf season and championships.

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About the I Am a Golfer Foundation

The I AM a Golfer Foundation (IAMGF) was established in 2018 with the mission to be a catalyst for community renewal and transformation in southern Dallas through the programming, preservation, and promotion of the historic Cedar Crest Golf Course. IAMGF’s belief is that the promotion of the sport and activity to diverse and historically underserved communities will have an impact beyond the course and into the daily lives of those reached by its initiatives. Since inception, IAMGF has engaged over 450 area youth in instructional programming, created and hosted 71 paid internship positions for area students, and awarded more than $95,000 in college and higher education scholarships. Additionally, IAMGF has advocated for and assisted with more than $1 million in improvements at Cedar Crest and annually conducts the Dallas Amateur Championship, Friends of Cedar Crest Golf Classic, and other events designed to bring increased awareness to the historic course and community. For additional info, visit www.iamagolfer.com.

About Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines Co. operates one of the world’s most admired and awarded airlines, offering its one-of-a-kind value and Hospitality at 121 airports across 11 countries. Having celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2021, Southwest took flight in 1971 to democratize the sky through friendly, reliable, and low-cost air travel and now carries more air travelers flying nonstop within the United States than any other airline. Based in Dallas and famous for an Employee-first corporate Culture, Southwest maintains an unprecedented record of no involuntary furloughs or layoffs in its history. By empowering its more than 62,000 People to deliver unparalleled Hospitality, the maverick airline cherishes a passionate loyalty among as many as 130 million Customers carried a year.

About Cedar Crest Golf Course

Built in 1919 as a private club and designed by legendary course architect A.W. Tillinghast, Cedar Crest Golf Course has long been regarded as a favorite by both local and national golf enthusiasts. After hosting the Dallas Open in 1926 won by MacDonald Smith, Cedar Crest was awarded the 1927 PGA Championship won by World Golf Hall of Fame member Walter Hagen. This was the first major championship played in the southwest. After purchase by the city of Dallas in 1946, Cedar Crest hosted the 1954 UGA Negro National Open won by Charlie Sifford, along with the USGA’s acclaimed Public Links Championship.

The surrounding neighborhood and residents played a pivotal role in the fight for desegregation and civil rights throughout the ‘50s and ‘60s and has been home to notable residents including Dr. Emmett J. Conrad, the first African American on the Board of Trustees for the Dallas Independent School District, Civil Rights leader Crawford Bunkley Jr., a Supreme Court case-winning attorney, and Dallas Cowboy and Olympic great “Bullet Bob” Hayes. Over the course’s 100-year history, the tradition of high-quality golf and service to the community has remained and is stewarded today by General Manager and Director of Golf Ira Molayo, PGA.

About GOLF Channel’s College Golf Platform

Following its announcement in 2013 as the exclusive television provider of the NCAA Golf Championships, GOLF Channel has provided live coverage of the men’s NCAA Championships since 2014 and the women’s NCAA Championships since 2015, which are hosted at the same venue in consecutive weeks at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. GOLF Channel also annually televises the three-day East Lake Cup at historic East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Ga.; the Western Intercollegiate Presented by Topgolf, one of the longest-running college tournaments in the U.S. taking place at Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz, Calif.; the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Presented by PXG at Long Cove Club in Hilton Head, S.C.; the Blessings Collegiate Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark; the Jackson T. Stephens Cup; and the Southwestern Invitational Presented by Topgolf at North Ranch Country Club in Westlake Village, Calif.

Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa, Jon Rahm, Viktor Hovland, Jennifer Kupcho, Bronte Law and Maria Fassi are just a few of the professional golfers who appeared on GOLF Channel while competing in college.