FAYETTEVILLE – The 20th year of head coach Brad McMakin’s tenure at Arkansas features the Razorbacks hosting the Blessings Collegiate Invitational and the Cabo Collegiate, with a return to six past events and the addition of one new event to the schedule rotation.
Carmel Cup – Aug. 29-31 at Spyglass Hill Golf Course / Pebble Beach, Calif.
- Opened the team’s season schedule seven straight times over an eight-year span (2014-15 season to 2021-22 season)
- Has finished third three times in the highly competitive, 8-team field
- In 2018-19, Luis Garza fired an 8-under 64 to tie for the third-best, 18-hole score in school history behind a pair of 63s
- This will be the third time Arkansas has played in the Bearcat Invitational, making back-to-back appearances in the fall of 2017 and ‘18
- Finished runner-up in both previous appearances (13-team fields)
- In 2017, Arkansas was 26-under-par (826 total), which stands as the 10th-best score in relation to par in school history
- Arkansas’ fall home tournament
- Will mark the 6th consecutive year to host one of college golf’s most unique events
- The men’s program won the BCI in 2021 and 2023 thanks to individual medalists Luke Long (2021) and John Driscoll III (2023)
- The Razorback men’s and women’s programs have won the combined team title in 4 of the 5 previous events
- This will mark the first time playing in the third annual Fallen Oak Collegiate
- This will be the second time the Razorbacks have played in the Watersound Invitational
- The only other time Arkansas played in the event was Feb. 2022 and Luke Long tied for fourth
- Arkansas' annual spring tournament, which annually hosts one of the strongest fields in college golf and is one of the most anticipated by the players and coaches alike
- 16th consecutive year for the event
- Arkansas won the first two CABO COLLEGIATE events and has finished among the top 4 in each of the last two years
- Returns to the Twin Dolphin Club for the fourth consecutive year
- 3 of the past 5 champions have additionally earned an exemption to a PGA TOUR event
- Arkansas has played in the event on 21 previous occasions
- Arkansas first played in the All-American Intercollegiate in the spring of 1967
- Deane Pappas won the event in 1992 and Taylor Moore won it in 2016
- Arkansas won the event three times, first in the Spring of 1992 and in each of the last two times it participated in it (Spring of 2012 and 2016)
- This will be the 13th time to play in the event, including an appearance for the third-straight year
- Arkansas was also set to play in the 2020 Valspar Collegiate before the event was cancelled due to COVID
- Like the CABO COLLEGIATE, the Valspar Collegiate annually hosts one of the strongest fields in college golf
- This will be the 11th consecutive year the event has been played
- Arkansas will be making its second appearance, winning the second year of the event in the fall of 2016
- In that 2016 win, Luis Garza finished fourth while Dylan Naidoo and Alvaro Ortiz each tied for fifth
The 2026 NCAA Regionals will be played May 18-20 with the following schools serving as hosts: Arizona State, Georgia, Ohio State, Oregon State, Texas A&M and Wake Forest.
The 2026 NCAA Championships return to Omni La Costa Resort - North Course in Carlsbad, Calif., for the third-straight year. Stroke play is set for May 29-June 1, while match play is set for June 2-3
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