ST ANDREWS, Scotland – The No. 4-ranked Vanderbilt men’s golf team heads across the pond this week to compete at the Home of Golf for the inaugural St Andrews Links Collegiate, presented by TopGolf and World Wide Technology. The three-day tournament will begin this Monday, with NBC Golf Channel broadcasting each round.
Tournament Format
The St Andrews Links Collegiate features two 18-hole rounds of stroke play on Monday and Tuesday, with Wednesday’s final round consisting of a medal match play. Each team will have six golfers participating, with the five best scores from each round counting towards the overall team score.
Stroke play will occur on St Andrews’ Jubilee Course, a 6,707-yard course that plays as a par 70. Wednesday’s match play will take place on the legendary Old Course at St Andrews, a 6,721-yard, par-72 course.
The Field
Vanderbilt will take on No. 1 North Carolina, Georgetown, and Notre Dame at the St Andrews Links Collegiate. The women’s golf team from each respective university will also be playing in a separate tournament at the St Andrews Links Collegiate.
Vanderbilt Lineup
1) Cole Sherwood 2) Matthew Riedel 3) William Moll 4) Jackson Van Paris 5) Wells Williams 6) Ben Loomis
Tee Times
The Commodores will tee off the first round at 3:30 a.m. CT on Monday. Vanderbilt begins Tuesday’s second round at 4:42 a.m. CT.
Tee times for Wednesday’s medal match play will be determined based on the results of the first two rounds, with the top two teams playing for the St Andrews Links Collegiate title.
Live Scoring
Fans can follow the St Andrews Links Collegiate via live scoring at GolfStat.com.
NBC Golf Channel Coverage
NBC Golf Channel and Peacock will air entire the St Andrews Links Collegiate starting on Monday. Coverage for each day takes place from 8-11 a.m. CT.
NBC Golf Channel will also run a three-hour replay of the St Andrews Links Collegiate. The first round replay will air at noon on Monday, while the second round replay airs Tuesday at 7 p.m. The medal match will replay Wednesday at noon, then again at 4 p.m., and once more on Thursday at noon.
Coach Limbaugh on the St Andrews Links Collegiate
“This is such a fun and exciting opportunity to end our fall season,” said Vanderbilt men’s golf head coach Scott Limbaugh. “One of the most exciting things about my job is to help these guys create memories that will last a lifetime and that is our hope for this trip. It is also an honor to do this alongside our women’s program and their coaches.
“I’m excited to see this group compete at the Home of Golf, in what looks to be a challenging forecast. Gordon will not be playing with us this week, due to him playing at the World Amateur Team Championship, so it will be exciting to see who steps up in his absence. I’m excited about the lineup we have this week. We take a lot of pride in finishing strong and I know it’s important to finish this fall season strong so we can carry momentum into the offseason.”
Latest Rankings
Vanderbilt came in at No. 4 in the most recent NCAA Division I Bushnell/Golfweek Coaches Poll, which was released on Oct 6. The full poll can be viewed by clicking the link here.
The Commodores are currently No. 3 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Ratings Presented by StrackaLine, with a rating of 67.80 through three events. The Golfweek/Sagarin Ratings can be seen by clicking the link here.
Sargent Helps USA Win the World Amateur Team Championships
Junior Gordon Sargent guided the United States to its first World Amateur Team Championship title in nine years on Saturday in Abu Dhabi. Sargent carded 13-under 275 over four rounds of play to help the United States post a team score of 36-under 540. The junior finished in a tie for fifth on the player leaderboard and had his score count in three of the four rounds.
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