Prestige 2020 – Syndication Server

Watch: Valspar Collegiate final-round livestream from College Golf Live

The College Golf Live Spring Series concludes Tuesday, March 17, as Golfweek livestreams final-round coverage of the Valspar Collegiate in Palm City, Fla. Audiences can tune in at Golfweek.com/Valspar2020 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. ET to view the …

A PGA Tour exemption is on the line for the individual champion at Floridian National Golf Club, where current Tour member Matthew Wolff won in 2019. The event, hosted by 16-time national champion University of Houston, boasts the top-ranked regular season field in college golf. This year’s Valspar Collegiate field includes teams from the SEC, ACC, and Big 12 conferences.

PGA Champion, three-time NCAA champion, and veteran golf commentator Steve Elkington will call the action alongside broadcaster Taylor Zarzour and on-course reporter Diane Knox.

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Teams competing this year:

Texas
Duke
Georgia Tech
LSU
Auburn
Wake Forest
Florida State
Vanderbilt
Texas A&M
Arkansas
Baylor
South Carolina
Houston
USF

Bandon Dunes Collegiate final-round livestream from College Golf Live

The College Golf Live Spring Series moves to Oregon’s coastline Tuesday as Golfweek livestreams final-round coverage of the Bandon Dunes Collegiate. Audiences can tune in at Golfweek.com/BandonDunes2020 from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET to view the …

Teams will compete at the Pacific Dunes course, renowned masterpiece of golf course architect Tom Doak. This year’s event, hosted by University of Idaho, is a Pac 12 showdown between six conference teams including Oregon, UCLA, and Washington. It’s a rare opportunity to view elite live golf at Bandon Dunes, which also is the site of the 2020 U.S. Amateur Championship.

Coverage for the livestream is provided by PGA Tour favorite Ricky Barnes, who will call the action alongside ESPN personality Ben Lyons.

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Teams competing this year:

UCLA
Oregon
Washington
Oregon State
Washington St
Utah
San Jose State
Idaho
Seattle U
Denver
Northern Colorado
Cal-Baptist
Fresno State
Seton Hall
Boise State
Kansas

Watch: Southern Highlands Collegiate 2020 final-round streaming from College Golf Live

A PGA Tour event exemption is up for grabs as 10 programs square off in Las Vegas, Nev., for the Southern Highlands Collegiate. Golfweek will livestream final-round coverage March 3 as part of College Golf Live’s 2020 Spring Series. Audiences can …

Audiences can tune in at Golfweek.com/SouthernHighlands2020 to view the action from Southern Highlands Golf Club, annual host of the PGA Tour’s Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. The field for the event, hosted by UNLV, features major golf programs from the SEC, ACC, Big 12, and Pac 12 conferences.

Coverage for the livestream will be provided by Ricky Barnes, Taylor Zarzour and Diane Knox.

Former winners of this event include: Stewart Cink, David Duval, David Gossett, Ryan Moore and Phil Mickelson. Other PGA Tour veterans to play include Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler, Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm, Patrick Rodgers and Rich Beem.

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Teams competing this year:

Oklahoma
Texas Tech
Duke
SMU
Georgia
Florida
New Mexico
Southern California
UCF
TCU

The Prestige: Texas runs away with team title, San Diego State’s Leo Oyo eagles for individual win

The Texas men’s golf team ran away with team title at The Prestige while San Diego State’s Leo Oyo took the individual honors.

We’re just a few weeks into the spring portion of the college golf season, but this week at The Prestige just might have been foreshadowing for the NCAA Championship.

Three of the top-10 and six of the top-25 men’s college golf teams were on hand at PGA West in La Quinta, California, but all eyes were on No. 7 Texas and No. 1 Pepperdine.

The Longhorns, who finished runner-up at last year’s NCAAs, entered Wednesday’s final round with a five-shot lead over the Waves and never looked back, claiming the team title at 20 under. Spencer Soosman, the lone senior in a starting lineup dominated by young talent, shot a 6-under 65 on Wednesday to climb into third place on the individual leaderboard and propel Texas to the win.

“Spencer Soosman’s round today, 65 on this golf course with these hole locations, was outstanding,” said longtime Texas coach John Fields. “We’ve been waiting for a little bit of a breakout performance from him and today was that.”

Texas began the spring with a second-place finish at the Amer Ari Invitational earlier this month after a successful fall campaign ended with a win at the East Lake Cup in Atlanta.

“We’ve been wanting to win for a while,” added Fields, noting his team’s sole win last season was at its home course for the 2019 NCAA Austin Regional. “These guys wanted to win outside of Austin.”

The Prestige: Leaderboard

Pepperdine (-14) won its first two events of the spring at its own Southwestern Invitational and the Amer Ari and added a second runner-up finish to a stellar season of results. The Waves haven’t placed lower than fourth since the opening event of the season at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate.

San Diego State finished third at 11 under, followed by Texas Tech at 9 under and Oklahoma State at 7 under.

Worst to first

Oklahoma State’s Austin Eckroat took the clubhouse lead atop the individual leaderboard at 10 under before San Diego State sophomore Leo Oyo, who started the round bogey-bogey, chipped-in for eagle on the par-5 16th hole to take the lead at 11 under. Oyo made par on the final two holes to win his first collegiate event, carding a 5-under 66 in the final round.

The Tokyo native was emotional after the win, and for good reason: last season he finished this event in last place.

Talk about improvement… One year ago at The Prestige San Diego State's Leo Oyo shot 80-77-79 for a 23-over 236 and beat only 5 players finishing in 72nd place (out of 77 players) … TODAY he wins The Prestige with rounds of 66-66-68 for an 11-under 202.

— Lance Ringler (@GolfweekRingler) February 19, 2020

“I finished dead last last year, I worked pretty hard to get to where I am, so this means a lot,” said Oyo, fighting back tears.

Eckroat finished second, followed by Soosman at 9 under. SMU’s Ollie Osborne and Wyoming’s Dan Starzinski round out the top five at 6 under.

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Event info, players to watch as college golf’s best compete at The Prestige

Everything you need to know for the 20th playing of men’s college golf’s The Prestige.

Three of the top-10 and six of the top-25 men’s college golf teams in the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings will tee it up this week at the 20th playing of The Prestige, Feb. 17-19 in La Quinta, California.

The Greg Norman Course at PGA West plays host once again for the three-day event featuring a field of 16 teams highlighted by No. 1 Pepperdine, No. 6 Texas Tech, No. 7 Texas and No. 15 SMU. Defending national champion Stanford is also in the field, along with 2018 NCAA champion Oklahoma State and host-school UC Davis.

Golfweek will livestream the final-round coverage as part of College Golf Live’s 2020 Spring Series. You can catch the final round action at Golfweek.com/Prestige2020 on Feb. 19 from 1-6 p.m. ET.

PGA Champion, three-time NCAA champion and veteran golf commentator Steve Elkington will call the action alongside ESPN personality Ben Lyons, with analyst Will Haskett delivering onsite coverage.

Here’s everything you need to know for The Prestige.

Where

Greg Norman Course at PGA West, La Quinta, California. Par 71, 7,100 yards.

Schedule

Feb. 17-19. 18 holes each day, beginning at 10:30 a.m. ET off Nos. 1 and 10.

Field

Arkansas, Iowa State, LSU, Northwestern, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Pepperdine, San Diego State, SMU, Stanford, Texas, Texas Tech, UC Davis, UCLA, Wyoming and University of Stirling (Scotland).

Players to watch

Sahith Theegala, senior, Pepperdine

Theegala, ranked No. 2 in the nation, has won twice this season, bringing his collegiate total to four. A fifth win this week at The Prestige would set a new program record. His 69.08 scoring average is tied for sixth best in the country.

Sandy Scott, senior, Texas Tech

The Scottish senior finished 10th in Hawaii at the Amer Ari Intercollegiate to start the Spring, his third top 10 on the season. He won the Red Raiders first event of the year at the Carmel Cup and is 18-12-0 against the top 50 players in the country. Ranked No. 3 by Golfweek/Sagain.

Noah Goodwin, junior, SMU

If it’s a par 5, chances are Goodwin’s making birdie. His 4.40 scoring average on the long holes is T-4 in the nation, and his 3-1 record vs. the top 23 (7-3 vs. the top 50) isn’t too shabby, either.

Pierceson Coody, sophomore, Texas

Former No. 1 Amateur Cole Hammer gets a lot of the headlines, and deservedly so. But Coody should get a fair share, as well. The sophomore has three top 10 – and two top five – finishes this season, including a fifth-place showing last week at the Amer Ari, where he shot 66-67 in the final two rounds. Ranked No. 6 in the country.

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The Prestige final round to stream on Golfweek as College Golf Live launches

Sixteen of college golf’s premier programs square off next week in The Prestige, and Golfweek will livestream final-round coverage as part of College Golf Live’s 2020 Spring Series. Audiences can tune in at Golfweek.com/Prestige2020 on Feb. 19 from …

Sixteen of college golf’s premier programs square off next week in The Prestige, and Golfweek will livestream final-round coverage as part of College Golf Live’s 2020 Spring Series.

Audiences can tune in at Golfweek.com/Prestige2020 on Feb. 19 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. PT to watch. Ten-time PGA Tour winner, three-time NCAA champion, and veteran golf commentator Steve Elkington will call the action alongside ESPN personality Ben Lyons, with analyst Will Haskett delivering onsite coverage.

This event promises to be a competitive tournament, featuring 2019 NCAA champion Stanford, NCAA runner-up Texas, final eight match play participants Oklahoma State (2018 NCAA champion) and SMU, along with NCAA finals teams Pepperdine and LSU (2015 NCAA champion).

The tournament perennially features professional golf’s future stars. Last year’s champion was current PGA Tour member Viktor Hovland, and past participants include Jon Rahm, Xander Schauffele, Gary Woodland, Brandt Snedeker, Luke Donald, Patrick Rodgers and Kevin Chappell.

In its 20th year, The Prestige presented by Charles Schwab will be played at the Greg Norman course at PGA West in Southern California’s Coachella Valley.

Below are the teams that will compete this year: