{"id":213633,"date":"2025-10-15T01:08:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T01:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/213633\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T01:08:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T01:08:15","slug":"what-is-the-st-andrews-links-collegiate-golf-tournament-and-who-is-playing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/213633\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the St Andrews Links Collegiate golf tournament and who is playing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the best college golfers in the world are on show at the Home of Golf this week for the St Andrews Links Collegiate.<\/p>\n<p>Students from three of the top universities in the United States have joined the University of St Andrews for the three-day competition.<\/p>\n<p>The US are represented by Princeton University, Michigan State University, and the University of California, Berkeley, with both men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams competing.<\/p>\n<p>The first two days will consist of stroke play on the Jubilee Course at St Andrews, with the final round being a medal match play format over The Old Course.<\/p>\n<p>Each University has six players in each of their teams, and the third playing of the event is hosted by the St Andrews Links Trust and NBC Sports, with live coverage available in the UK on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/golf\" data-entity-type=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Sports Golf<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>St Andrew&#8217;s Links Collegiate: R1 men&#8217;s team leaderboard<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">1<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">Michigan State<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">-4<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">2<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">Princeton<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">-3<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">3<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">California<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">E<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">4<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">St Andrews<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">+2<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scoreboard.clippd.com\/tournaments\/239919\/scoring\/player\" data-entity-type=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">View full individual scores<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>St Andrew&#8217;s Links Collegiate: R1 women&#8217;s team leaderboard<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">1<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">Princeton<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">E<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">2<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">California<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">E<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">3<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">St Andrews<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">+6<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">4<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">Michigan State<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">+12<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scoreboard.clippd.com\/tournaments\/239921\/scoring\/player\" data-entity-type=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">View full individual scores<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After day one on the Fife coast, St Andrews has three players in the top 4 in the women\u2019s competition, with Ellie Monk earning the outright lead after a 4-under 68.<\/p>\n<p>Caitlin Maurice is one shot behind, while Mathilda Orring is one 2-under as only seven of the 24 players in the field managed to break the par of 72.<\/p>\n<p>Princeton and California are tied for the lead on level par in the women\u2019s team competition, while Michigan State had the best combined score in the men\u2019s event.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Michigan\u2019s Lorenzo Pinili fired a 68 for a one-shot lead, with Ollie George heading the St Andrews challenge after a 70.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some of the best college golfers in the world are on show at the Home of Golf 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