The University of North Carolina men’s and women’s golf teams have the privilege of playing at Finley Golf Course, one of the country’s premier collegiate venues.
This fall, those same UNC golf teams are traveling to one of the world’s premier golf venues.
Earlier today, it was announced that North Carolina will travel to Scotland and face off against Georgetown, Notre Dame and Vanderbilt in the inaugural St. Andrews Links Collegiate tournament.
According to GoHeels.com, teams will play two rounds of stroke play at the Jubilee Course, plus one day of match play at the Old Course.
“We are thrilled and thankful to be part of the inaugural St. Andrews Collegiate,” UNC men’s golf team head coach Andrew DiBitetto told GoHeels.com. “It’s been a tremendous effort by NBC Sports, the GOLF Channel, and the St Andrews Link Trust to put this together. This new tournament will be an incredible experience and opportunity for our golf programs, especially our student-athletes.”
UNC is quite familiar with St. Andrews, playing in three previous tournaments (2002, 2006, 2010) and capturing the 2006 International Collegiate tournament.
To give you a little context on how historic St. Andrews is, it’s a 30-time host of The Open Championship, also known as the world’s oldest golf tournament. Savannah, Ga. native Brian Harman just won the 2023 tournament over the weekend, carding a 13-under-par to finish six strokes ahead of former world number one Jason Day.
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