FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, May 20th, 2021
NBC SPORTS PRESENTS NEARLY 30 HOURS OF LIVE 2021 NCAA WOMEN’S AND MEN’S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS COVERAGE OVER NEXT TWO WEEKS ON GOLF CHANNEL
Grayhawk Golf Club to Host NCAA Women’s Golf Championships Next Monday-Wednesday & Men’s Golf Championships Monday, May 31-Wednesday, June 2
Four National Championships to be Awarded Over Two-Week Span in Individual Stroke Play and Team Match Play
ANNIKA Award and Haskins Award presented by Stifel Winners to be Announced Live on GOLF Channel
STAMFORD, Conn. – May 20, 2021 – NBC Sports presents nearly 30 hours of live coverage, including 24 hours in primetime, of the 2021 NCAA Women’s and Men’s Golf Championships over the next two weeks on GOLF Channel, beginning on Monday, May 24. Coverage of the women’s individual stroke play national championship gets underway Monday at 5 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel from Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz.
The NCAA Women’s and Men’s Golf Championships will award four National Championships over the two weeks in both individual stroke play and team match play. GOLF Channel will present live coverage of the announcements of the ANNIKA Award (May 25) and Haskins Award (June 1) winners on College Central, which honor the nation’s most outstanding female and male Division I collegiate golfer. Stifel recently signed a multi-year extension as the presenting sponsor of the ANNIKA Award and Haskins Award as well as the NCAA Golf Championships telecasts.
“For more than a decade, Stifel has been a proud supporter of college golf, and our commitment to the sport grows stronger with each passing year,” said Ron Kruszewski, Chairman and CEO, Stifel. “Once again, we’re excited to bring you GOLF Channel’s coverage of the NCAA Championships, along with the Haskins and ANNIKA Awards, honoring college golf’s top male and female performers. These athletes have gracefully handled the challenges of this unconventional season, and we salute them for their remarkable resiliency.”
College Central and Golf Central will provide pre-and post-round coverage daily over the course of the two weeks of competition.
NCAA WOMEN’S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
The field for the 2021 NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championships has been finalized and the No. 1 seeds are: LSU, Georgia, Florida State and Stanford. Arizona State will serve as the host of the championships. Click here for the full field of participants.
The 2021 NCAA Women’s Golf Individual Champion as well as a representative selected from the winning team will each receive an exemption to compete in the LPGA Tour’s 2021 Marathon Classic Presented by Dana, taking place July 8-11 at Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania, Ohio.
GOLF Channel Broadcast Team
- Play by Play: Bob Papa
- Analyst: Paige Mackenzie
- Tower: Steve Burkowski
- On-Course: Karen Stupples / Notah Begay / Arron Oberholser
- Reporter: Cheyenne Woods
How To Watch – Monday, May 24 – Wednesday, May 26 (all times ET)
- TV – GOLF Channel
- Streaming – NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app
| Date | Event | GOLF Channel |
| Monday | Individual National Championship | 5-9 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Team Match Play Quarterfinals | 12-2:30 p.m. |
| Team Match Play Semifinals | 5-9 p.m. | |
| Wednesday | Team Match Play National Championship | 5-9 p.m. |
NCAA MEN’S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
The field for the 2021 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships has been finalized and the No. 1 seeds are: Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, Florida State, Texas, Vanderbilt and East Tennessee State. Arizona State will serve as the host of the championships. Click here for the full field of participants.
GOLF Channel Broadcast Team
- Play by Play: Bob Papa
- Analyst: Curt Byrum
- Tower: Steve Burkowski
- On-Course: Jim “Bones” Mackay / Billy Ray Brown / Notah Begay
How To Watch – Monday, May 31 – Wednesday, June 2 (all times ET)
- TV – GOLF Channel
- Streaming – NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app
| Date | Event | GOLF Channel |
| Monday | Individual National Championship | 5-9 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Team Match Play Quarterfinals | 12-2:30 p.m. |
| Team Match Play Semifinals | 5-9 p.m. | |
| Wednesday | Team Match Play National Championship | 5-9 p.m. |
ANNIKA AWARD AND HASKINS AWARD WINNERS
The winners of two of the most prestigious awards in college golf – the ANNIKA Award and Haskins Award, both presented by Stifel – will be announced live on GOLF Channel. The ANNIKA Award will be announced on Tuesday, May 25, on College Central at 4:30 p.m. ET. The winner will receive an exemption to compete in the 2022 Amundi Evian Championship in France, one of the LPGA Tour’s five major championships.
The Haskins Award will be announced on Tuesday, June 1, on College Central at 4:30 p.m. ET. The pair of awards honor the nation’s most outstanding female and male Division I collegiate golfer as selected by their peers, coaches and the golf media.
EAST LAKE CUP
The East Lake Cup, taking place in late October at historic East Lake Golf Club, will feature the top-performing teams from the 2021 NCAA Women’s and Men’s Golf Championships. Invitations for the field will be extended to the semifinalists of the team match play rounds at both championships. Modeled after the NCAA Golf Championships, the format for the East Lake Cup consists of an opening round of stroke play to crown an individual male and female champion and to determine seeding for the following two days of match play competition. GOLF Channel will air exclusive live coverage of the competition.
PGA TOUR UNIVERSITY
The inaugural class of PGA TOUR University will be finalized at the conclusion of Men’s Golf Championships individual stroke play on Monday, May 31. The top-five finishers will receive Korn Ferry Tour membership and be exempt into all open, full-field events beginning with the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation on June 10-13, while players finishing 6th-15th will receive membership onto one of the PGA TOUR’s International Tours: PGA TOUR Latinoamérica or Forme Tour. Click here for more information.
All GOLF Channel coverage also streams on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app via “TV Everywhere,” giving consumers additional value for their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.
ABOUT GOLF CHANNEL’S COLLEGE GOLF PLATFORM
GOLF Channel is the television home for college golf, currently providing live coverage of seven college golf championships. GOLF Channel deploys its comprehensive portfolio of news, digital and social media coverage year-round in covering collegiate golf, including specials for regional and national qualifying, on-site and wraparound news from golf’s biggest college events, and year-end shows for the Haskins and ANNIKA Awards presented by Stifel.
Following its announcement in 2013 as the exclusive television provider of the NCAA Golf Championships, GOLF Channel has provided live coverage of the men’s NCAA Championships since 2014 and the women’s NCAA Championships since 2015, which now are hosted at the same venue in consecutive weeks. GOLF Channel also annually televises the three-day East Lake Cup at historic East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Ga.; the Western Intercollegiate presented by Topgolf, one of the longest-running college tournaments in the U.S. taking place at Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz, Calif.; the Maridoe Collegiate Invitational at Maridoe Golf Club in Texas; the Blessings Collegiate Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark; and the Southwestern Invitational.
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