Courtesy of Howard Athletics
STAMFORD, Conn., and ST ANDREWS, Scotland – NBC Sports activities and St. Andrews Hyperlink Belief revealed their discipline for the 2024 St. Andrews Hyperlinks Collegiate, offered by TopGolf and World Broad Know-how, the place Howard College males’s and ladies’s golf groups have been among the many chosen individuals. The announcement got here on July 9. Howard would be the solely HBCU taking part on this 12 months’s occasion. The three-day tourney (Oct. 14-16) is ready to happen in St. Andrews, Scotland, the birthplace of golf. NBC Sports activities will current stay protection on the GOLF Channel and Peacock within the U.S., whereas Sky Sports activities will present protection within the U.Okay. The second annual occasion options males’s and ladies’s golf groups from 4 establishments with two days of stroke play on the Jubilee Course, adopted by medal match play on the Outdated Course at St. Andrews. “It’s an honour for us to host the second St Andrews Hyperlinks Collegiate, delivered by our companions at NBC Sports activities, and we’re delighted to have TopGolf and World Broad Know-how on board to help this occasion, mentioned Neil Coulson, Chief Government of St Andrews Hyperlinks Belief. “We’re happy these 4 iconic establishments have accepted the invitation to compete and supply this once-in-a-lifetime alternative to their student-athletes. Will probably be an important day to look at the groups go head-to-head whereas that includes on stay TV protection and we look ahead to welcoming them to the House of Golf later this 12 months.”
Becoming a member of the Bison of HBCU golf on this 12 months’s discipline consists of Arizona, Northwestern and host St. Andrews. This marks the primary look within the occasion for all 4 universities. “We’re proud to associate with St Andrews Hyperlinks Belief on the second annual collegiate match on the House of Golf,” mentioned Andrea Starkey, NBC Sports activities VP, Golf Partnerships and Rights Administration. “The inaugural St Andrews Hyperlinks Collegiate was successful for all concerned and we’re excited to showcase 4 new males’s and ladies’s groups from the distinguished universities of the College of Arizona, Northwestern College, Howard College and the native College of St Andrews.” Coming into the season, the boys’s crew seems to repeat as Northeast Convention (NEC) Champions whereas the ladies’s squad continues its pursuit for an NEC title in spring 2025.
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