In the 54-hole event, the field will begin play with 36 holes on Monday, March 25, with a shotgun start and will conclude with 18 holes on Tuesday, March 26, with a shotgun start.

The 16-team field includes 14 other teams ranked in the top 65 in the country, including top-ranked North Carolina, and five teams in the top ten. North Carolina will look to defend its title from last season.

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2024 FIELD

Alabama
Arizona State
Arkansas
Duke
Florida State
Houston
Lamar
North Carolina
Ohio State
Oklahoma
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
Vanderbilt
Wake Forest

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Six of the top 10 in the Golfweek/AmateurGolf.com World Rankings are in the field this week. The No. 1 ranked player, Gordon Sargent of Vanderbilt, highlights the field while No. 3 David Ford of North Carolina, No. 6 Luke Clanton of Florida State, No. 7 Dylan Menante of North Carolina, No. 9 Maxwell Moldovan of Ohio State, and No. 10 Wenyi Ding of Arizona State are all teeing it up.

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No. 11 Preston Summerhays of Arizona State, No. 12 Christiaan Maas of Texas, No. 17 Cole Sherwood of Vanderbilt, No. 18 Neal Shipley of Ohio State, and No. 20 Austin Greaser of North Carolina are also in the stacked field. 

HISTORY

The Valspar Collegiate is a 54-hole collegiate invitational hosted at The Floridian. Team (best four scores out of five players each round) and individual competitions. Began in 2014 and is already one of the elite college events on the schedule.

COURSE

The Floridian, designed by Gary Player in 1996, was the private course of Wayne Huizenga and was recently sold to Jim Crane. The course has been redesigned by Tom Fazio, with a re- opening in November of 2011. Butch Harmon has signed on to build a Harmon Golf School at the Floridian.