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FAYETTEVILLE – The Arkansas women’s and men’s golf program, ranked 3rd and 11th respectively by Golfweek, will host the fourth annual Blessings Collegiate Invitational, presented by Tyson Foods, from Oct. 2-4 (Mon.-Wed.) at the Blessings Golf Club. Live television coverage will be on GOLF Channel from 3:30-6:30 pm each day. Admission and parking are free.
The unique format includes:
• Men’s and women’s teams play the same course at the same time.
• Each school will have all five members of its team playing the same holes together.
• There will be 18 holes of competition each day with tee times starting at approximately 8:45 am each day.
• On Wednesday, a men’s team, a women’s team, an individual male champion, an individual female, a combined team champion and combined low individuals will be crowned champions.
The 2023 field includes Arkansas, Clemson, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi State, NC State, North Texas, South Carolina and Washington. Of Note, the Razorbacks will field two sets of fivesomes. One with five members to count for the team and individual titles and five others playing together that will be eligible to compete for individual medalist honors.
Arkansas’ women won the first two BCI titles with Mississippi State taking the title last season. The Arkansas men won in 2021 with Alabama winning the inaugural men’s title and Texas A&M winning last season. Also, Arkansas’ Brooke Matthews claimed the first two individual medalist honors with Miss State’s Julia Lopez Ramirez winning last season. The previous men’s champions were Alex Goff (current Kentucky senior) in 202, Arkansas’ Luke Long in 2021 and Daniel Rodrigues (Texas A&M last season). Arkansas also won the first two combined team titles and the first two individual combined best ball championships. Texas A&M won the combined team title last season and Miss State had the combined individual medalists.
BLESSINGS COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL
Oct. 2-4 • 18 holes each day
Blessings Golf Club
Fayetteville, Ark.
Par 72 || 7,700 yards (M) // 6,422 yards (W)
Field (Coaches Preseason Rankings):
#27 Arkansas (M) • #35 Arkansas (W)
#38 Clemson (M) • #25 Clemson (W)
Kentucky (M) • #32 Kentucky (W)
Minnesota (M) • Minnesota (W)
#21 Mississippi State (M) • #6 Mississippi State (W)
NC State (M) • NC State (W)
North Texas (M) • North Texas (W)
#40 South Carolina (M) • #7 South Carolina (W)
#29 Washington (M) • Washington (W)
Razorback Men’s Lineup:
Thomas Curry
John Daly II
John Driscoll III
Manuel Lozada
Jacob Skov Olesen
Christian Castillo (Ind.)
Kaelen Dulany (Ind.)
Matthew Griggs (Ind.)
Matthis Lefevre (Ind.)
Mateo Pulcini (Ind.)
Razorback Women’s Lineup:
Miriam Ayora
Maria Jose Marin
Kajal Mistry
Kendall Todd
Reagan Zibilski
Ela Anacona (Ind.)
Giovanna Fernandez (Ind.)
Julia Gregg (Ind.)
Cory Lopez (Ind.)
Abbey Schutte (Ind.)
Note to Our Readers: Portions of this story were sourced directly from the University of Arkansas Office of Communcations, Mike Cawood.
