No. 8 Gamecocks to Compete in Inaugural Stephens Cup Monday

ROLAND, Ark. — No. 8 South Carolina is set to compete in the inaugural Jackson T. Stephens Cup starting Monday at the Alotian Club. The newly formed annual tournament features top women’s and men’s teams from around the country and will feature 54-hole stroke play followed by match play. 
 
In addition to the schools competing for the Jackson T. Stephens Cup team titles, 12 individuals (six men and six women) representing PGA Works, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and the United States Service Academies will also compete in the stroke play portion of the tournament.
 
Golf Channel will have live coverage of the tournament every day from 4-7 p.m. (ET). College Central on Golf Channel will air prior to each broadcast beginning at 3:30 p.m. (ET).
 
The event is named in memory of the late Augusta National Chairman, Jackson T. Stephens. The 2022 tournament will be held at Seminole Golf Club, in Juno Beach, Fla., followed by the Trinity Forest Golf Club, in Dallas, Texas in 2023.
 
Spanning more than 1,500 acres overlooking Lake Maumelle in Roland, Ark., the Alotian Club, a 2004 Tom Fazio design, is ranked No. 31 on the Golf Digest “America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses” list and 14th on Golfweek’s Best list of the top 200 modern courses in the United States. The Alotian Club has a history of supporting amateur golf, hosting the Western Amateur in 2013 and the Arnold Palmer Cup in 2019.
 
The name “Alotian” is derived from an annual trip among friends in which the group would visit the best golf destinations in the country. The trip was labeled the “America Lights Out Tour,” or ALOT. They referred to themselves as “Alotians,” with an “Alotian” being someone who enjoys having a good time and loves the game of golf. This is the spirit in which Alotian was founded.
 
Live scoring is available for the duration of the tournament via Golfstat. The first edition of the Golfstat Team Rankings were released earlier this week on Oct. 12. The Gamecocks debuted eighth in the polls. Three more top-10 teams will join them in the field this week in Arkansas.
 
It’s the same lineup for South Carolina this week as the team’s first two events of the season.
 
2021 Jackson T. Stephens Cup Women’s Field
1. No. 3 Arkansas
2. No. 10 Baylor
3. No. 35 LSU
4. No. 30 Ole Miss
5. No. 8 South Carolina
6. No. 4 Virginia
 
2021 Jackson T. Stephens Cup Gamecock Lineup
1. Hannah Darling 
2. Mathilde Claisse
3. Tai Anudit
4. Louise Rydqvist
5. Justine Fournand
 
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