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OKLAHOMA STATE, DUKE (WOMEN), OKLAHOMA STATE, OKLAHOMA (MEN) ADVANCE TO EAST LAKE CUP FINAL

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Women’s Final to Present Big 12, ACC Matchup; Men’s Championship to Feature Top Two Ranked Teams in Final 2021 Golfstat Ranking 

Championship: Oklahoma State vs. Duke (Women); Oklahoma State vs. Oklahoma (Men) Consolation: Ole Miss vs. Arizona (Women); Pepperdine vs. Arizona State (Men)

 

ATLANTA, GA (Oct. 26, 2021) – Oklahoma State and Duke (women), along with Oklahoma State and Oklahoma (men) each won their semifinal match on Tuesday to secure a spot in Wednesday’s championship match at the East Lake Cup. The women’s final will present a matchup pitting Big 12 against ACC, while the men’s championship match will feature golf’s version of bedlam – one of college sport’s biggest rivalries – and the top two teams in the final Golfstat rankings published this March (Oklahoma State – No. 1; Oklahoma – No. 2).

SEMIFINAL RESULTS:

  • WOMEN: (1) Okla. State def. (4) Arizona, 3-2; (3) Duke def. (2) Ole Miss, 4-1.
  • MEN: (4) Oklahoma def. (1) Pepperdine, 3-1-1; (3) Okla. State def. (2) Arizona State, 3-1-1.

 

WOMEN’S SEMIFINALS

Hailey Jones (junior) earned the first point of the day for Oklahoma State 3&2 over Caitlin Whitehead (freshman), after Arizona’s Ya “Money” Chun Chang (senior) recorded the first point of the match 5&4 over Caley McGinty (junior). Freshman Wildcat Lilas Pinthier defeated individual stroke play medalist Rina Tatematsu (sophomore) 1up, but victories from Oklahoma State’s Isabella Fierro (junior) and Maddison Hinson-Tolchard (sophomore), 19 Holes and 5&4 respectively, helped the Cowgirls advance to Wednesday’s championship match.

“It was a grind out there,” Oklahoma State head coach Greg Robertson said. “I mean, Arizona played well. For Chang to get out there and get that big win over Caley was I’m sure a big boost to them. Isabella, her match was crazy with her being 4 up and then 1 down, and up again, and down again and getting it to sudden death, and we needed it. Just proud of them, the way they kept at it. Match play can be a crazy thing, but they played hard and came out on top.”

In the other women’s semifinal, Ole Miss senior Ellen Hume notched the match’s first point 4&3 over Duke’s Rylie Heflin (freshman). The Blue Devils dominated the rest of the match, starting with 2021 Tom Cousins Award Winner Phoebe Brinker’s (sophomore) 2up victory over Natacha Husted (freshman). Duke’s Anne Chen (sophomore) and Megan Furtney (junior) each won 3&2, with Furtney recording the match-clinching point. The Blue Devils’ Erica Shepherd (junior) finished 1up over Ole Miss junior Chiara Tamburlini in the final match.

“I didn’t know for sure what got us up at the Windy City,” Duke head coach Dan Brooks said. “Seemed like we didn’t really handle the wind that well, but today we handled the wind very well. You know, I think I learned that they’re as good as I thought they were.”

 

MEN’S SEMIFINALS

Oklahoma State’s Eugenio Chacarra (senior) earned a lopsided victory in the opening match winning 4&3 over Arizona State individual stroke play co-medalist Preston Summerhays (freshman). The Cowboys proceeded to close out the Sun Devils in short order recording victories in the next two matches with wins from Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (senior) 1up over Ryggs Johnston (junior) and the deciding point from Brian Stark (junior) 2&1 over David Puig.

“I think our guys showed a lot of toughness,” said Oklahoma State head coach Alan Bratton. “We had guys fall behind in their matches. I think our first three matches our guys were behind early and they just kept plugging along. Eugenio Chacarra did a wonderful job of leading us out there. He lost the first hole and then after that, his opponent didn’t have another putt to win a hole the rest of the match.

The other semifinal saw a rematch of the 2020 East Lake Cup men’s finals and 2021 NCAA D1 Men’s Golf Championship between Pepperdine and Oklahoma. Pepperdine bested the Sooners in the first two meetings, but the third time was the charm for Oklahoma today at East Lake Golf Club. After Pepperdine took an early 1-0 lead, Stephen Campbell Jr. (R-Freshman) and Jaxon Dowell (R-Freshman) earned the first two Sooner points within minutes of each other. Campbell took home a 3&1 win over Pepperdine’s William Mouw (junior) and Dowell never trailed in his 4&2 win over Joey Vrzich (R-Senior). Freshman Drew Goodman notched the clinching point in the anchor match. Goodman closed out a 4&3 win with a par on the iconic par-3 15th hole.

“I can tell you this, and this is something that we’ve struggled with in the last three or four years,” said Oklahoma head coach Ryan Hybl. “We felt like we kind of need to be perfect with a few guys and today we were not perfect with our better players and, quote-unquote, what people would think is the bottom end of our lineup won a match for us today, which we have not been able to do the last three or four years in match play. So that was huge, and that was the first thing I told Bill, my assistant; man, we finally won us a match where our big guns didn’t actually go out and produce for us, which is huge for us. That’s showing depth, that’s showing some grit and determination on their part.”

*Transcripts of post-round interviews with players and coaches at the 2021 East Lake Cup are available here.*

 

*Images of the 2021 East Lake Cup approved for editorial use are available via

this Dropbox link.*

 

WEDNESDAY’S CHAMPIONSHIP & CONSOLATION MATCHES:

Women’s Championship Match: (1) Oklahoma State vs. (3) Duke

Men’s Championship Match: (3) Oklahoma State vs. (4) Oklahoma

Women’s Consolation Match: (2) Ole Miss vs. (4) Arizona

Men’s Consolation Match: (1) Pepperdine vs. (2) Arizona State

 

GOLF Channel’s live coverage of Wednesday’s team match play finals 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.

 

 

SEMIFINAL RESULTS:

 

Women’s Division

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

(3) Duke def. (2) Ole Miss, 4-1-0

 

Okla. State (1)                             vs.                            Arizona (4)

Caley McGinty                                                           Ya Chun Chang (5&4)

Isabella Fierro (19 holes)                                         Caitlin Whitehead

Hailey Jones (3&2)                                                   Ellinor Sudow

Rina Tatematsu                                                           Lilas Pinthier (1up)

Maddison Hinson-Tolchard (5&4)                         Carolina Melgrati

 

Ole Miss (2)                           vs.                                Duke (3)

Natacha Husted                                                           Phoebe Brinker (2up)

Ellen Hume (4&3)                                                     Rylie Heflin

Julia Johnson                                                              Anne Chen (3&2)

Andrea Lignell                                                            Megan Furtney (3&2)

Chiara Tamburlini                                                      Erica Shepherd (1up)

 

 

Men’s Division

(4) Oklahoma def. (1) Pepperdine, 3-1-1

(3) Oklahoma State def. (2) Arizona State, 3-1-1

 

Pepperdine (1)                             vs.                            Oklahoma (4)

Dylan Menante (1up)                                               Chris Gotterup

William Mouw                                                            Stephen Campbell, Jr. (3&1)

Joey Vrzich                                                                 Jaxon Dowell (4&2)

Joe Highsmith                                Tie                        Logan McAllister

Derek Hitchner                                                           Drew Goodman (4&3)

 

Arizona State (2)                            vs.                        Okla. State (3)

Preston Summerhays                                                  Eugenio Chacarra (4&3)

Ryggs Johnston                                                           Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (1up)

David Puig                                                                  Brian Stark (2&1)

Cameron Sisk                                   Tie                      Rayhan Thomas

Mason Anderson (4&3)                                            Hazen Newman

 

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 (tomorrow), Oct. 26-27, 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.

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 and Uber Eats are the co-presenting sponsors of the East Lake Cup, with World Wide Technology, Bridgestone Golf, and Topgolf serving as additional sponsors.

OLE MISS (WOMEN), PEPPERDINE (MEN) WIN 2020 EAST LAKE CUP

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ATLANTA, (Oct. 28, 2020) – Ole Miss (women) and Pepperdine (men) won the sixth annual East Lake Cup on Wednesday afternoon, closing out their fall seasons with a victory in hopes of carrying momentum into next spring. The Rebels (No. 1 seed) defeated (No. 2) South Carolina, 3-2 in the championship match, while (No. 2) Pepperdine took down (No. 1) Oklahoma, 4-1.

Despite dropping its opening two matches, Ole Miss rallied to secure points in each of the final three contests, thanks to wins from Ellen Hume (7&6), Julia Johnson (1up) and Andrea Lignell (3&2). The Rebels captured the East Lake Cup in their inaugural appearance in the event.

“To see them in pressure situations and for them to be able to pull it off is really impressive,” said Ole Miss head coach Kory Henkes, whose team outlasted Henkes’ alma mater: South Carolina. “I think they are a great team and they have a good chance at winning the national championship if they just keep working hard in the offseason.”

In the men’s final, Pepperdine topped an Oklahoma squad that had been rolling, picking up match victories from Derek Hitchner (3&2), Joe Highsmith (5&4), RJ Manke (2&1) and Dylan Menante (5&4). Pepperdine closed out its fall campaign in dominant fashion, and will look to continue its momentum when kicking off its spring schedule in January as host of the Southwestern Invitational, an event that – as announced earlier today – will air live on GOLF Channel (Jan. 25-27).

“To be able to come here all the way across the country and play against three of the best teams around, [it’s] really impressive and [I’m] so proud of our guys,” said Pepperdine head coach Michael Beard. “To know that we can win in match play I think is going to go a long way not only for our team, but for the individual guys.”

*Transcripts of post-round interviews with players and coaches at the 2020 East Lake Cup are available here.*

 

CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS:

  • WOMEN: (1) Ole Miss def. (2) South Carolina, 3-2
  • MEN: (2) Pepperdine def. (1) Oklahoma, 4-1

 

(1) Ole Miss                           vs.                   (2) South Carolina

Chiara Tamburlini                                          Mathilde Claisse (3&2)

Kennedy Swann                                              Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (3&2)

Ellen Hume (7&6)                                         Pimnipa Panthong

Julia Johnson (1up)                                      Lois Kaye Go

Andrea Lignell (3&2)                                   Paula Kirner

 

(1) Oklahoma                        vs.                    (2) Pepperdine

Logan McAllister                                           Derek Hitchner (3&2)

Patrick Welch                                                 Joe Highsmith (5&4)

Jonathan Brightwell (2&1)                          William Mouw

Quade Cummins                                             RJ Manke (2&1)

Garett Reband                                                 Dylan Menante (5&4)

 

CONSOLATION RESULTS:

  • WOMEN: (3) Florida def. (4) Texas, 4-0-1
  • MEN: (4) Texas def. (3) Texas Tech, 5-0

 

Florida overcame its disappointing showing on Tuesday with an emphatic 4-0-1 victory over Texas in the consolation match. The Gators’ points came in quick fashion, as none of the four matches made it past the par-4 16th hole, earning victories from Annabell Fuller, Marina Escobar Domingo, Maisie Filler and Addie Baggarly.

“There was obviously a little mental letdown after yesterday, but I felt like when they got ready to go this morning, they were refocused,” said Florida head coach Emily Bastel Glaser. “My hope for this week is that we can take this experience and use it to our advantage to be a little tougher next time and just be more prepared and know what to expect.”

Similar to the women’s consolation match, Texas put forth a lopsided showing on the men’s side, sweeping fellow Big 12 conference foe Texas Tech, 5-0. While the defending East Lake Cup champions ultimately fell short of defending their title, the Longhorns were able to salvage some positive momentum to close out their fall season.

“The guys came out firing and playing really well,” said Texas head coach John Fields. “There’s five top-10 teams in the Big 12 [conference] right now, and we’re one of them. This was an outstanding, incredible golf tournament. East Lake is a formidable golf course, and it definitely will make our team better.”

 

(3) Florida                              vs.                    (4) Texas

Annabell Fuller (4&3)                                  Kaitlyn Papp

Marina Escobar Domingo (3&2)                 Sophie Guo

Maisie Filler (5&4)                                       Bentley Cotton

Addie Baggarly (4&3)                                  Ashleigh Park

Clara Manzalini                      Tie                   Hailee Cooper

 

(3) Texas Tech                        vs.                  (4) Texas

Andy Lopez                                                    Travis Vick (1up)

JP Roller                                                         Cole Hammer (4&2)

Markus Braadlie                                             Pierceson Coody (2&1)

Baard Skogen                                                  Parker Coody (4&3)

Garrett Martin                                                 Chris Bring (6&5)

 

The East Lake Cup was contested over three days, following the format of the final three days of the NCAA men’s and women’s golf national championships.

Teams for the 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 help 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 and Uber Eats are the co-presenting sponsors of the East Lake Cup, with Bridgestone Golf, Mercedes-Benz and Topgolf serving as additional sponsors.

-NBC Sports Group-

2020 EAST LAKE CUP – DAY 2 RECAP

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ATLANTA, (Oct. 27, 2020) – Ole Miss and South Carolina (women), along with Oklahoma and Pepperdine (men) each won their semifinal match on Tuesday to secure a spot in Wednesday’s championship match at the East Lake Cup in Atlanta. The women’s final will present a matchup of Southeastern Conference (SEC) foes, while the men’s championship match will feature the top two teams in the final Golfstat rankings published on March 19 (Pepperdine – No. 1; Oklahoma – No. 2).

EAST LAKE CUP FINAL DAY NOW AIRING LIVE AT 11:30 A.M. ET WEDNESDAY: Due to anticipated inclement weather on Wednesday, tee times have been moved up for the championship and consolation matches. Tee times now will begin at 8:30 a.m. ET, using split tees (championship matches off No. 1 tee; consolation matches off No. 10 tee). As a result, GOLF Channel’s live tournament coverage now will begin at 11:30 a.m. ET and continue until play concludes. A live College Central show will precede the live tournament telecast, airing from 11-11:30 a.m. ET. Golf Central also is scheduled to follow the live tournament telecast at 2:30 p.m. ET, with the tournament telecast re-airing at 3 p.m. ET.

SEMIFINAL RESULTS:

  • WOMEN: (1) Ole Miss def. (4) Texas, 4-0-1; (2) South Carolina def. (3) Florida, 3-1-1
  • MEN: (1) Oklahoma def. (4) Texas, 3-2; (2) Pepperdine def. (3) Texas Tech, 3-2

WOMEN’S SEMIFINALS

Kennedy Swann (senior) earned the first point of the day for Ole Miss, and Ellen Hume (junior), Julia Johnson (senior), along with Chiara Tamburlini (sophomore) each followed suit with respective 2&1 victories to help the Rebels advance to Wednesday’s championship match.

“[I’m] really excited to move on and [am] proud of the way the girls finished today,” said Ole Miss head coach Kory Henkes. “We’re going to go out and give it our best again, kind of enjoy this for a moment and hit the reset button and get our minds straight. We’re just glad to be in that championship match.”

In the other women’s semifinal, South Carolina notched 1up victories from sophomores Pauline Roussin-Bouchard and Mathilde Claisse before having to rely on extra holes to clinch the match, courtesy of a win by Lois Kaye Go (senior) in 19 holes.

“It was a phenomenal match, lots of really good golf,” said South Carolina head coach Kalen Anderson. “Just a lot of really good, clutch golf coming in. We’re going to have to be ready to play great golf again tomorrow.”

MEN’S SEMIFINALS

Pepperdine’s Derek Hitchner (junior) and Joe Highsmith (junior) both earned lopsided victories, winning 6&4 and 4&3 respectively. Texas Tech countered with wins from its freshmen duo of Baard Skogen and JP Roller, paving the way for Pepperdine’s Dylan Menante (sophomore) to seize the deciding point with a 2up victory over Andy Lopez (senior).

“I think it’s easy to get wrapped up in the competition and tournaments, but really [you have] to stop and think how fortunate we are to be able to play this fall,” said Pepperdine head coach Michael Beard. “All in all, we’re really excited about tomorrow, and we’ll get a game plan tonight and get ready to go.”

The other semifinal saw golf’s version of The Red River showdown, pitting Big 12 conference adversaries Oklahoma and Texas against one another. What ensued was a battle that came down to the deciding match, as Oklahoma grabbed two hard-earned 19 hole victories from Logan McAllister (junior) and Jonathan Brightwell (redshirt senior), while Texas secured emphatic 5&4 wins from juniors Cole Hammer and Pierceson Coody. The Sooners’ Quade Cummins (redshirt senior) held off Chris Bring (senior) to eliminate the Longhorns’ opportunity to win back-to-back East Lake Cup titles.

“Any time you play Texas, it’s going to be a fight to the finish,” said Oklahoma head coach Ryan Hybl. “The guys just kept fighting and hanging in there. At the end of the day, the goal tomorrow is to just go out and play fantastic golf, and then we’ll settle up.”

*Transcripts of post-round interviews with players and coaches at the 2020 East Lake Cup are available here.*

 

WEDNESDAY’S CHAMPIONSHIP & CONSOLATION MATCHES:

Women’s Championship Match: (1) Ole Miss vs. (2) South Carolina

Men’s Championship Match: (1) Oklahoma vs. (2) Pepperdine

Women’s Consolation Match: (3) Florida vs. (4) Texas

Men’s Consolation Match: (3) Texas Tech vs. (4) Texas

 

SEMIFINAL RESULTS:

 

Women’s Division

(1) Ole Miss def. (4) Texas, 4-0-1

(2) South Carolina def. (3) Florida, 3-1-1

 

Ole Miss (1)                             vs.                              Texas (4)

Kennedy Swann (1up)                                              Sophie Guo

Ellen Hume (2&1)                                                     Kaitlyn Papp

Chiara Tamburlini (2&1)                                        Bentley Cotton

Julia Johnson (2&1)                                                 Hailee Cooper

Andrea Lignell                        Tied                            Ashleigh Park

 

South Carolina (2)                   vs.                             Florida (3)

Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (1up)                            Annabell Fuller

Mathilde Claisse (1up)                                             Marina Escobar Domingo

Pimnipa Panthong                                                       Addie Baggarly (2&1)

Lois Kaye Go (19 holes)                                            Clara Manzalini

Paula Kirner                            Tied                              Maisie Filler

 

Men’s Division

(1) Oklahoma def. (4) Texas, 3-2

(2) Pepperdine def. (3) Texas Tech, 3-2

 

Oklahoma (1)                             vs.                           Texas (4)

Logan McAllister (19 holes)                                     Parker Coody

Patrick Welch                                                             Cole Hammer (5&4)

Jonathan Brightwell (19 holes)                                Travis Vick

Garett Reband                                                             Pierceson Coody (5&4)

Quade Cummins (1up)                                             Chris Bring

 

Pepperdine (2)                            vs.                          Texas Tech (3)

RJ Manke                                                                    Baard Skogen (4&3)

Derek Hitchner (6&4)                                              Garrett Martin

Joe Highsmith (4&3)                                                Markus Braadlie

William Mouw                                                            JP Roller (2&1)

Dylan Menante (2up)                                                Andy Lopez

 

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.

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 help 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 and Uber Eats are the co-presenting sponsors of the East Lake Cup, with Bridgestone Golf, Mercedes-Benz and Topgolf serving as additional sponsors.

-NBC Sports Group-

LAUREN WAIDNER, JP ROLLER RECEIVE SIXTH ANNUAL TOM COUSINS AWARD

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ATLANTA, (Oct. 27, 2020) – The recipients of the 2020 Tom Cousins Award were announced Monday night in conjunction with the East Lake Cup in Atlanta, as Lauren Waidner (University of Florida) and JP Roller (Texas Tech University) received the sixth annual presentation of the award.

The honor recognizes a female and male collegiate golfer who best represent the values of the award: excelling in academics and engagement in the community.

Waidner (Fleming Island, Fla.) earned the distinction for her selfless commitment to several charitable causes, and she also took part in an internship last summer centered around pediatric hospital care. The experience ultimately led the senior psychology and biology major to join a volunteer program that includes weekly hospital visits to mentor critically ill youth.

Roller, a freshman for the Red Raiders, has taken part in several service projects in his hometown (Jenks, Okla.), utilizing golf as a fundraising vehicle for helping others in need. Roller’s efforts also led to him being awarded the Jerry Cole Sportsmanship Award in 2019, presented by the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA).

The Tom Cousins Award is named after developer and philanthropist Tom Cousins, who laid out an aspirational blueprint to revitalize the East Lake community of Atlanta by providing cradle-to-college education, mixed-income housing and community wellness to break the cycle of poverty to create a holistic environment. East Lake now acts as a national model for community redevelopment through Purpose Built Communities for transforming a struggling community into a thriving neighborhood.

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. On Monday, the eight teams competed in individual stroke play competition to determine the individual men’s and women’s champion and to seed for two days of match-play competition. Today and tomorrow, two match-play tournaments are being hosted simultaneously for the men’s and women’s divisions, with the semifinals taking place today 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 help children reach their highest potential. 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. ZipRecruiter and Uber Eats are the co-presenting sponsors of the East Lake Cup, with Bridgestone Golf, Mercedes-Benz and Topgolf serving as additional sponsors of the event.

-NBC Sports Group-

2020 EAST LAKE CUP – DAY 1 RECAP

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ATLANTA, (Oct. 26, 2020) – A pair of Ole Miss Rebels (Ellen Hume; Kennedy Swann) shared individual stroke play honors in the women’s division, while Patrick Welch (Oklahoma) earned low honors in the men’s division at the sixth annual East Lake Cup in Atlanta.

Hume collected three birdies on her final five holes, while Swann matched her teammate’s low round amongst the women’s division by converting for birdie on each of the par-5s on East Lake Golf Club’s back-nine. On the men’s side, Welch strung together eight birdies en route to a five-under round of 67.

“It’s really special,” said Swann. “Ellen’s an amazing person, amazing golfer, amazing teammate, so I’m really, really happy to be able to share it with her.”

“I think this will give us great momentum going into tomorrow,” added Hume. “We’re all very, very talented and it’s been super close going into this tournament and it’s nice to see all our hard work starting to pay off.”

“I’ve been close to winning a few times, and hadn’t won yet,” said Welch. “I’d been close and then I’ve kind of shot myself in the foot some days. Today I just tried to take it one shot at a time and hit the best shot I could, and whatever happened, happened.”

*Transcripts of post-round interviews with players and coaches at the 2020 East Lake Cup are available here.*

 

TUESDAY’S SEMIFINAL MATCHES:

Women’s: (No. 1) Ole Miss vs. (No. 4) Texas; (No. 2) South Carolina vs. (No. 3) Florida

Men’s: (No. 1) Oklahoma vs. (No. 4) Texas; (No. 2) Pepperdine vs. (No. 3) Texas Tech

 

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 (2-3 p.m. ET) will preview each semifinal match and provide updates on matches already in progress.

 

WOMEN’S DIVISION – INDIVIDUAL STROKE PLAY RESULTS:

T1                    Ellen Hume (Ole Miss)                       (-3, 69)

T1                    Kennedy Swann (Ole Miss)                (-3, 69)

T3                    Lois Kaye Go (South Carolina)          (-1, 71)

T3                    Pimnipa Panthong (South Carolina)   (-1, 71)

T3                    Sophie Guo (Texas)                            (-1, 71)

T3                    Marina Escobar Domingo (Florida)   (-1, 71)

 

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

 

Ole Miss (No. 1 seed)                                             South Carolina (No. 2 seed)

Chiara Tamburlini (E, 72)                                           Pimnipa Panthong (-1, 71)

Ellen Hume (-3, 69)                                                    Paula Kirner (+7, 79)

Andrea Lignell (+4, 76)                                              Lois Kaye Go (-1, 71)

Kennedy Swann (-3, 69)                                             Mathilde Claisse (+4, 76)

Julia Johnson (+1, 73)                                                 Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (+1, 73)

 

Florida (No. 3 seed)                                                  Texas (No. 4 seed)

Clara Manzalini (+2, 74)                                             Ashleigh Park (+9, 81)

Addie Baggarly (+2, 74)                                             Bentley Cotton (+5, 77)

Maisie Filler (+3, 75)                                                  Hailee Cooper (+6, 78)

Marina Escobar Domingo (-1, 71)                              Sophie Guo (-1, 71)

Annabell Fuller (+2, 74)                                             Kaitlyn Papp (+3, 75)

 

MEN’S DIVISION – INDIVIDUAL STROKE PLAY RESULTS:

1                      Patrick Welch (Oklahoma)                 (-5, 67)

T2                    Quade Cummins (Oklahoma)             (-3, 69)

T2                    RJ Manke (Pepperdine)                      (-3, 69)

T4                    Garrett Martin (Texas Tech)              (-2, 70)

T4                    Travis Vick (Texas)                            (-2, 70)

T4                    Jonathan Brightwell (Oklahoma)       (-2, 70)

 

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

 

Oklahoma (No. 1 seed)                                 Pepperdine (No. 2 seed)

Garett Reband (+2, 74)                                   Derek Hitchner (-1, 71)

Patrick Welch (-5, 67)                                     Joe Highsmith (+2, 74)

Jonathan Brightwell (-2, 70)                           RJ Manke (-3, 69)

Logan McAllister (E, 72)                               Dylan Menante (-1, 71)

Quade Cummins (-3, 69)                                William Mouw (+2, 74)

 

Texas Tech (No. 3 seed)                                Texas (No. 4 seed)

JP Roller (+1, 73)                                           Pierceson Coody (-1, 71)

Baard Skogen (-1, 71)                                     Chris Bring (+3, 75)

Markus Braadlie (+2, 74)                               Travis Vick (-2, 70)

Garrett Martin (-2, 70)                                    Parker Coody (E, 72)

Andy Lopez (E, 72)                                        Cole Hammer (+3, 75)

 

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. 27-28, 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.

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 and Uber Eats are the co-presenting sponsors of the East Lake Cup, with Bridgestone Golf, Mercedes-Benz and Topgolf serving as additional sponsors.

-NBC Sports Group-

SIXTH-ANNUAL EAST LAKE CUP TO AIR LIVE ON GOLF CHANNEL, MONDAY-WEDNESDAY (OCT. 26-28)

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ORLANDO, Fla., (Oct. 22, 2020) – Eight of the top programs in college golf will gather in Atlanta next week for the sixth annual East Lake Cup presented by ZipRecruiter and Uber Eats. The competition will take place Monday through Wednesday (Oct. 26-28) and air live on GOLF Channel from East Lake Golf Club:

Monday, Oct. 26         3-6 p.m. ET (Live)

Tuesday, Oct. 27         3-6 p.m. ET (Live)

Wednesday, Oct. 28    3-6 p.m. ET (Live)

The East Lake Cup has become an annual staple on college golf’s fall calendar, traditionally reconvening the semifinal teams from both the women’s and men’s NCAA Championships from earlier in the year. As a result of COVID-19 and the 2020 NCAA Championship being canceled, the field this year will include the top-four ranked women’s and men’s golf programs (competing this fall), based on the final Golfstat rankings published on March 19. The 2020 East Lake Cup also will be contested without spectators.

EAST LAKE CUP FIELD: The women’s field will include Florida, Ole Miss, South Carolina and Texas, with each team competing in the event for the first time. The men’s side will feature Oklahoma, Pepperdine, Texas and Texas Tech. The Texas men’s team will look to defend its 2019 East Lake Cup title, while Pepperdine and Texas Tech make their first appearance in the event.

The field will feature several of golf’s top-ranked amateurs (according to the World Amateur Golf Rankings), including: Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (No. 4 – South Carolina) and Kaitlyn Papp (No. 18 – Texas) on the women’s side. The men’s field is scheduled to include at least three players ranked inside the top-20: Pierceson Coody (No. 7 – Texas), William Mouw (No. 16 – Pepperdine) and Quade Cummins (No. 17 – Oklahoma). Cummins also is currently ranked No. 9 in the latest top-10 of the PGA TOUR University ranking. Initially announced in June, “PGA TOUR U” is a new program designed to give post-college playing privileges to the top Division I golfers (in their senior year) on the TOUR’s various developmental tours, including the Korn Ferry TOUR.

EVENT FORMAT: The tournament format is modeled after the NCAA Championships, consisting of an opening round of stroke play to determine an individual male and female champion, and to assign seeding for the following two days of match play.

Male winners of the stroke play portion at the East Lake Cup include Scottie Scheffler (2016) and Viktor Hovland (2018), each of whom returned to East Lake last month as two of the 30 players competing in the PGA TOUR’s season-culminating TOUR Championship. Notably on the women’s side, Andrea Lee won the individual format in 2016 as a freshman, and is currently 48th in the Race to the CME Globe standings while competing in her rookie season on the LPGA Tour.

BROADCAST TEAM: GOLF Channel’s live tournament broadcast team will be anchored by Bob Papa, Curt Byrum and Steve Burkowski in the broadcast booth. Billy Ray Brown also will contribute to coverage as an on-course reporter.

NEWS COVERAGE: Preceding live tournament coverage will be a special College Central show outlining top storylines each day from 2-3 p.m. ET. Cara Banks will host College Central and be joined in-studio by Tripp Isenhour and college insider Ryan Lavner. Burkowski will offer reports from on-site at East Lake Golf Club.

GOLF Channel associate editor Brentley Romine also will be on-site at East Lake providing editorial coverage, as well as content for the network’s digital and social media platforms.

EAST LAKE FOUNDATION: The event benefits the East Lake Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to helping families build better lives and children reach their highest potential. The foundation fosters a holistic approach to community revitalization, incorporating mixed-income housing, cradle-to-college education and community wellness.

The Tom Cousins Award is an annual recognition at the East Lake Cup, presented to an outstanding male and female golfer who exemplify the values of the East Lake Foundation: exceling in academics and engagement in his or her community. The award – presented on Monday night of tournament week – is named for Atlanta philanthropist Tom Cousins, founder of the East Lake Foundation, who led the transformation of a community in despair into a thriving neighborhood which has become a national model for community redevelopment through Purpose Built Communities.

The East Lake Cup is one of the largest contributors to the East Lake Foundation, having raised more than $1.5 million for the foundation since the tournament’s inception in 2015. ZipRecuriter and Uber Eats are the presenting sponsors of the 2020 East Lake Cup, with Bridgestone Golf, Mercedes-Benz and Topgolf serving as additional sponsors of the tournament.

HOME OF COLLEGE GOLF: GOLF Channel is the television home for college golf, televising six college golf championships. 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 now are hosted at the same venue in consecutive weeks. The 2021 NCAA Women’s and Men’s Golf Championships will take place at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz.

In addition to the NCAA Championships and the East Lake Cup, GOLF Channel also televises 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 Maridoe Collegiate Invitational at Maridoe Golf Club in Texas, and the Blessings Collegiate Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark. GOLF Channel also deploys its comprehensive portfolio of news, digital and social media coverage year-round in covering collegiate golf, including specials for regional and national qualifying, on-site and wraparound news from golf’s biggest college events, and year-end award shows for the Haskins and ANNIKA Awards presented by Stifel.

-NBC Sports Group-

 

ALEX GREEN (UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA) RECEIVES 4TH ANNUAL TOM COUSINS AWARD AT 2018 EAST LAKE CUP

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Award Recognizes Outstanding Collegiate Golfer Who

Excels in Academics, is Engaged In Their Community

ATLANTA, (Oct. 30, 2018) – The recipient of the 4th annual Tom Cousins Award was announced Monday night in conjunction with the East Lake Cup in Atlanta, with Alex Green (University of Alabama) being presented with the award. The honor recognizes a collegiate golfer best representing the values of the award: excelling in academics and engagement in the community.

A junior majoring in finance (minor in economics), Green (Fairhope, Ala.) is a member of the university’s honors college and has been among the Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll for the duration of his collegiate career, and is a two-time member of the Southeastern Conference All Community Service team. His long list of community involvement includes volunteering at the University of Alabama Special Olympics and serving as the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee campus collaboration chairman. Green also was presented with the Alabama Men’s Golf Scholastic Achievement Award earlier this year.

The Tom Cousins Award is named after developer and philanthropist Tom Cousins, who laid out an aspirational blueprint to revitalize the East Lake community of Atlanta by providing cradle-to-college education, mixed-income housing and community wellness to break the cycle of poverty to create a holistic environment. East Lake now acts as a national model for community redevelopment through Purpose Built Communities for transforming a struggling community into a thriving neighborhood.

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. Day 1 consists of an individual stroke play competition to determine the individual champion and to seed for two days of match-play competition. The final two days of the competition feature two match-play tournaments 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.

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 has raised nearly $1.5 million for the East Lake Foundation since its inception in 2015. Mercedes-Benz, CSX, Bridgestone Golf and ZipRecruiter are sponsors for the 2018 East Lake Cup.

For more information about the East Lake Cup please visit the tournament website www.golfchannel.com/eastlakecup. Stay connected with the championship using the hashtag #EastLakeCup.

 

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-NBC Sports Group-