Representatives from the Jackson T. Stephens Cup announced on July 26 the field and teams for its second annual golf tournament, to be held October 9-12. The Jackson T. Stephens is a national collegiate golf tournament, named in honor of the late Jack T. Stephens, who was Chairman of the Augusta National Golf Club and CEO of Stephens Inc.
“Our goal is to create a distinctive and highly-competitive collegiate tournament that is comprised of tomorrow’s PGA TOUR and LPGA stars playing some of the country’s premier golf courses,” said tournament chairman Warren Stephens. “Dad (Jack Stephens) truly believed that golf instilled life lessons and built character, especially when started young. Therefore, he would be very humbled and proud that this tournament is named in his honor.”
This year’s tournament is to be held at the prestigious Seminole Golf Club in Juno Beach, Florida, considered to be one of the finest examples of golf course routing in the world. “We are excited to host this year’s Jackson T. Stephens Cup at Seminole Golf Club,” said Jimmy Dunne, President of Seminole Golf Club. “I, along with all our members, look forward to welcoming these talented young players and hope Seminole’s rich golf history and traditions will inspire them to play their very best. It will be a special week for amateur golf.”
Seven of the top NCAA’s Division men’s and women’s teams will be represented:
Men’s Teams
- Oklahoma State University (Third-ranked)
- University of North Carolina (Fifth-ranked)
- University of Texas (Seventh-ranked, 2022 National Champion)
- University of Arkansas (Twelfth-ranked)
- University of Notre Dame (Sixteenth-ranked)
- Stanford University (Seventeenth-ranked)
- Florida State University (Twenty-third-ranked)
Women’s Teams
- Stanford University (Top-ranked, 2022 National Champion)
- University of South Carolina (Fourth-ranked)
- Wake Forest University (Fifth-ranked)
- Louisiana State University (Eleventh-ranked)
- University of Southern California (Sixteenth-ranked)
- University of Arkansas (Twentieth-ranked
- Duke University (Twenty-first-ranked)
The tournament will also feature a number of players from U.S Military Service Academies and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) who will be competing as individuals. “With these additions of collegiate golfers from HBCUs and U.S. Military Service Academies, we celebrate diversity of education, ethnicity, and background, recognizing the sport is stronger with representation that reflects America,” said Stephens. “All of these young men and women are the future of golf and core to its growth. ”
The format of the tournament will feature 54-holes of stroke play which will decide the seeding for the following 18 holes of match-play. The competition will be televised live on GOLF Channel for every day of official tournament play: Monday, Oct. 10 from 4-7 p.m. EDT, Tuesday Oct. 11 from 3-6 p.m. EDT, and Wednesday Oct. 12 from 3-6 p.m. EDT.
Tournament schedule:
Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022: Practice Rounds/Collegiate-Am Event
Monday, Oct. 10, 2022: Stroke Play (27 holes)
Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022: Stroke Play (27 holes)
Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022: Match Play Final Round by seed (1 vs. 2, 3 vs. 4, etc.)
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