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9/30/2024 | by Justin Golba of AmateurGolf.com
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The Arkansas-hosted event will be broadcast on Golf Channel for 3 hours each day, showing off the top collegiate talent
The Arkansas women’s and men’s golf programs will host the fifth annual Blessings Collegiate Invitational from Monday, Sept. 30 to Wednesday, Oct. 2, at the Blessings Golf Club.
Live television coverage will be on GOLF Channel from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. central time each day. The men’s and women’s teams will play the same course at the same time, and each school will have all five members of its team playing the same holes together.
Format
The four best scores each day count toward the team score, and there will be 18 holes of competition each day.
On Wednesday, a men’s team, a women’s team, an individual male champion, an individual female champion, a combined team champion, and combined individual best-ball champions will be crowned.
The Field
Arkansas
BYU
Kansas State
Kent State
LSU
Louisville
Mississippi State
Missouri
Ohio State
Virginia Tech.
According to Arkansas Athletics, the host school Razorbacks will field two sets of teams on both the men’s and women’s sides: one with five members to count for the team and individual titles and a group of individuals playing together who will be eligible to compete for medalist honors.
History
According to Arkansas Athletics, Arkansas women have won three of the four BCI team titles, with Mississippi State winning in 2022. The Arkansas men won team titles in 2021 and 2023, with Alabama winning the inaugural men’s title and Texas A&M winning in 2022.
Also, a Razorback woman has taken home medalist honors in three of the first four BCI’s. Arkansas’ Brooke Matthews won the first two, Miss State’s Julia Lopez Ramirez won in 2022, and Arkansas’ Maria Jose Marin won last season.
The previous men’s champions were Kentucky’s Alex Goff (2020), Arkansas’ Luke Long (2021), Texas A&M’s Daniel Rodrigues (2022) and Arkansas’ John Driscoll III (2023). Arkansas also has three of the four combined team titles (2020, 2021 and 2023) and three of the four individual combined best ball championships (2020, 2021 and 2023). Texas A&M won the combined team in 2022 and Miss State had the combined individual medalists in 2022.
Last year
In last years invitationals, it was a host school sweep, Maria Jose Marin and Arkansas ran away with the women's competition, while John Driscoll and Arkansas secured the win on the men's side.
Broadcast Schedule (All coverage on Golf Channel)
Monday, September 30: 3:30 - 6:30pm CT
Tuesday, October 1: 3:30 - 6:30pm CT
Wednesday, October 2: 3:30 - 6:30pm CT
Arkansas Athletics Department contributed to this report
Results: Blessings Collegiate
| Place | Player | Location | Pts | Scores |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | , Iceland | 600 | 71-67-71=209 | |
| 2 | , Sweden | 400 | 72-76-63=211 | |
| 3 | Pearland, TX | 300 | 71-71-72=214 | |
| 4 | Springboro, OH | 300 | 72-69-74=215 | |
| 5 | , Paraguay | 300 | 75-70-72=217 |
About the Blessings Collegiate
Started in 2020, the Blessings Collegiate Invitational features men’s and women’s teams competing in a 54- hole stroke play format for individual and team honors.
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