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Toledo will host the 17th Inverness Intercollegiate on Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 9-10.
Toledo to Host Top-Notch Field Next Week in 17th Inverness Intercollegiate
9/5/2024 3:19:00 PM | Men's Golf
Six of top 12 amateurs in world, five of nation's top teams to compete in tourney on Monday and Tuesday
TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo men's golf team will host some of the nation's top teams and players at the 17th Inverness Intercollegiate on Monday-Tuesday, Sept. 9-10. The 54-hole tournament will be played at the Inverness Club, a renowned course that has hosted numerous major golf championships. Admission is free for the event that will begin with 36 holes on Monday (9:30 a.m. shotgun start) followed by the final 18 holes on Tuesday (8:30 a.m., tee times on Holes No. 1 and 10).Â
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The Inverness Club was founded in 1903, and along with the University of Toledo, served as host for the 2009 NCAA Men's Golf Championships. Inverness hosted the 2021 Solheim Cup in addition to previously hosting four U.S. Opens, two U.S. Senior Opens, two PGA Championships and one U.S. Amateur. In the future, Inverness will host the 2027 U.S. Women's Open and the 2029 U.S. Amateur.
Thirteen of the 14 programs competing in the tournament were represented in NCAA postseason play last year as a team or individually, highlighted by defending national team champion Auburn. The tournament field also includes Cal Poly, Clemson, College of Charleston, Louisville, Michigan, Oklahoma, Purdue, SMU, Texas Tech, Vanderbilt, Virginia, and Wake Forest.Â
Auburn is ranked No. 1 in the Bushnell/Golfweek Division I Preseason Coaches Poll and will be joined in the Glass City by No. 4 Vanderbilt, No. 6 Virginia, No. 12 Oklahoma, and No. 15 Texas Tech. Also receiving votes in the poll from the Inverness field are Clemson, Louisville, SMU, and Wake Forest.
The tournament will also feature six of the top 12 players in the World Amateur Golf Rankings in Vanderbilt's Gordon Sargent (No. 2), Auburn's Jackson Koivun (No. 3), Virginia's Ben James (No. 5), Vanderbilt's Jackson Van Paris (No. 8), Auburn's Brendan Valdes (No. 11), and Texas Tech's Calum Scott (No. 12).
Texas Tech is the tournament's two-time defending champion after capturing titles in 2019 and 2022. The Red Raiders outdistanced Tennessee by eight strokes in 2019 and Georgia Tech by six shots in 2022.
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The Inverness Intercollegiate will be Toledo's second tournament this fall. The Rockets opened their season last weekend with a fourth-place showing at Boston College's Red Bandanna Invitational in Verona, N.Y.
Sophomore Marijn Hoogeveen led the way for UT by tying for ninth place with a four-over par 220 (73-69-78). Sophomore Mason Deal tied for 14th place at nine-over par 225, while junior Mads Jensen tied for 16th place at 10-over par 226.
ESPN+ COVERAGE
A portion of Tuesday's final round can be viewed on ESPN+ with a scheduled air time of 12:00-3:30 p.m. It will mark the fifth men's golf tournament that The University of Toledo's Department of Communications and Athletic Department have teamed up to televise this event. Since its inception in the 2015-16 academic year, the Rockets have produced events for ESPN3 and ESPN+ in baseball, basketball, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis and volleyball.
LIVE SCORING
• Live scoring for the Inverness Intercollegiate can be found at golfstat.com.
THE INVERNESS INTERCOLLEGIATE
The Rockets posted their best two finishes at the Inverness Intercollegiate with a third-place showing in 2011 and a fifth-place standing in 2002. Dugan Murphy fired a five-under par 66 in 2011's rain-shortened event and is the only Rocket to win the tournament.
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ELITE GOLFERS AT INVERNESS|
Some of the golfers who have played at the Inverness Club during their collegiate careers rank among the best in professional golf. They include major champions Brian Harman (Georgia), Dustin Johnson (Coastal Carolina), Brooks Koepka (Florida State), Colin Morikowa (California) and Patrick Reed (Augusta). Some former Inverness Intercollegiate participants who have played professionally include Viktor Hovland (Oklahoma State), Rickie Fowler (Oklahoma State), Hudson Swafford (Georgia), Ludvig Aberg (Texas Tech), Nick Watney (Fresno State), Graeme McDowell (UAB), Billy Horschel (Florida), Corey Conners (Kent State), Jimmy Walker (Baylor), Alex Noren (Oklahoma State), Hunter Mahan (Oklahoma State), Jonas Blixt (Florida State), Anthony Kim (Oklahoma), Luke List (Vanderbilt), Kyle Stanley (Clemson), Jamie Lovemark (USC), and J.B. Holmes (Kentucky).
ON THE HORIZON
The Rockets will return to action on Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 21-22 at the Purdue Fall Classic in West Lafayette, Ind.
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The Inverness Club was founded in 1903, and along with the University of Toledo, served as host for the 2009 NCAA Men's Golf Championships. Inverness hosted the 2021 Solheim Cup in addition to previously hosting four U.S. Opens, two U.S. Senior Opens, two PGA Championships and one U.S. Amateur. In the future, Inverness will host the 2027 U.S. Women's Open and the 2029 U.S. Amateur.
Thirteen of the 14 programs competing in the tournament were represented in NCAA postseason play last year as a team or individually, highlighted by defending national team champion Auburn. The tournament field also includes Cal Poly, Clemson, College of Charleston, Louisville, Michigan, Oklahoma, Purdue, SMU, Texas Tech, Vanderbilt, Virginia, and Wake Forest.Â
Auburn is ranked No. 1 in the Bushnell/Golfweek Division I Preseason Coaches Poll and will be joined in the Glass City by No. 4 Vanderbilt, No. 6 Virginia, No. 12 Oklahoma, and No. 15 Texas Tech. Also receiving votes in the poll from the Inverness field are Clemson, Louisville, SMU, and Wake Forest.
The tournament will also feature six of the top 12 players in the World Amateur Golf Rankings in Vanderbilt's Gordon Sargent (No. 2), Auburn's Jackson Koivun (No. 3), Virginia's Ben James (No. 5), Vanderbilt's Jackson Van Paris (No. 8), Auburn's Brendan Valdes (No. 11), and Texas Tech's Calum Scott (No. 12).
Texas Tech is the tournament's two-time defending champion after capturing titles in 2019 and 2022. The Red Raiders outdistanced Tennessee by eight strokes in 2019 and Georgia Tech by six shots in 2022.
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The Inverness Intercollegiate will be Toledo's second tournament this fall. The Rockets opened their season last weekend with a fourth-place showing at Boston College's Red Bandanna Invitational in Verona, N.Y.
Sophomore Marijn Hoogeveen led the way for UT by tying for ninth place with a four-over par 220 (73-69-78). Sophomore Mason Deal tied for 14th place at nine-over par 225, while junior Mads Jensen tied for 16th place at 10-over par 226.
ESPN+ COVERAGE
A portion of Tuesday's final round can be viewed on ESPN+ with a scheduled air time of 12:00-3:30 p.m. It will mark the fifth men's golf tournament that The University of Toledo's Department of Communications and Athletic Department have teamed up to televise this event. Since its inception in the 2015-16 academic year, the Rockets have produced events for ESPN3 and ESPN+ in baseball, basketball, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis and volleyball.
LIVE SCORING
• Live scoring for the Inverness Intercollegiate can be found at golfstat.com.
THE INVERNESS INTERCOLLEGIATE
The Rockets posted their best two finishes at the Inverness Intercollegiate with a third-place showing in 2011 and a fifth-place standing in 2002. Dugan Murphy fired a five-under par 66 in 2011's rain-shortened event and is the only Rocket to win the tournament.
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ELITE GOLFERS AT INVERNESS|
Some of the golfers who have played at the Inverness Club during their collegiate careers rank among the best in professional golf. They include major champions Brian Harman (Georgia), Dustin Johnson (Coastal Carolina), Brooks Koepka (Florida State), Colin Morikowa (California) and Patrick Reed (Augusta). Some former Inverness Intercollegiate participants who have played professionally include Viktor Hovland (Oklahoma State), Rickie Fowler (Oklahoma State), Hudson Swafford (Georgia), Ludvig Aberg (Texas Tech), Nick Watney (Fresno State), Graeme McDowell (UAB), Billy Horschel (Florida), Corey Conners (Kent State), Jimmy Walker (Baylor), Alex Noren (Oklahoma State), Hunter Mahan (Oklahoma State), Jonas Blixt (Florida State), Anthony Kim (Oklahoma), Luke List (Vanderbilt), Kyle Stanley (Clemson), Jamie Lovemark (USC), and J.B. Holmes (Kentucky).
ON THE HORIZON
The Rockets will return to action on Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 21-22 at the Purdue Fall Classic in West Lafayette, Ind.
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