Esteemed Seminole Golf Club will open its gates to 14 of the top men’s and women’s programs in college golf with the playing of the second annual Jackson T. Stephens Cup, a combined 54-hole stroke and match play event beginning on Monday in Juno Beach, Florida.
The event, named in honor of the late chairman of Augusta National Golf Club and prominent Arkansas businessman Jackson (Jack) Stephens, will feature 54-holes of stroke play followed by one day of match play. The first 54-holes of team stroke play will be used to determine the seeding for the men’s and women’s fields for the final day of match play. Individual and team champions will be crowned accordingly.
The men’s field is headlined by No. 2 (Golfweek/Sagarin) Stanford, No. 10 North Carolina, No. 11 Oklahoma State, No. 16 Florida State, No. 22 and defending NCAA Champion Texas, Notre Dame and Arkansas.
The women’s field features four of the top 10 teams in the country in No. 1 Stanford, No. 2 Wake Forest, No. 5 South Carolina and No. 9 Arkansas, along with top-20 teams from Duke (12), USC (13) and LSU (19).
In addition, The Stephens Cup will feature some of the top players from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and U.S. Military Service Academies (Army, Navy and Air Force).
The individuals featured in the women’s stroke play competition are Marley Franklin (Howard University), Kendall Jackson (Howard University), Jayla Rogers (North Carolina A&T) and Eve Worden (Naval Academy).
The event will be broadcast on Golf Channel at the following times:
Monday, October 10: 4-7 p.m. ET
Tuesday, October 11: 3-6 p.m. ET
Wednesday, October 12: 3-6 p.m. ET
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