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Arkansas opens season at Pebble Beach again

For the fourth straight year, Arkansas will open its fall season at historic Pebble Beach Golf Club.

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FAYETTEVILLE — For the fourth straight year, Arkansas will open its fall season at historic Pebble Beach Golf Club, taking part in the seventh annual Carmel Cup.

Ranked No. 33 in the Golfstat preseason poll and receiving votes in the Preseason Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll, the Razorbacks return their top six players from a season ago and will send them all to the season-opening tournament in California.

Unlike traditional collegiate tournaments, the Carmel Cup format features six players per team with the top five counting scores contributing to each round’s total.

In golf’s version of the Big 12/SEC Challenge, four programs from each league make up the field that features three of the top six teams in the country.

Live hole-by-hole scoring for all three rounds is available at Golfstat.com or via the Golfstat Live app.

Returning for his sophomore campaign, Mason Overstreet recorded the second-best finish in program history last season, finishing runner-up at the NCAA National Championship as an individual to earn PING All-America honorable mention honors from the Golf Coaches Association of America.

He became the second player in school history to finish inside the top five at the National Championship and was a combined 5-under in three postseason events.

As the only upperclassmen on the traveling squad, senior Alvaro Ortiz and junior Charles Kim will look to capitalize on their experience, combining to play in 53 events, five NCAA Regionals and two NCAA National Championships.

Both players recorded victories during their sophomore seasons and Ortiz finished runner-up at Pebble Beach last season at 12-under.

Coach Brad McMakin enters his 12th season at the helm of the program and has led Arkansas to 10 straight NCAA Regional bids and five NCAA Championship appearances.

He has guided the Razorbacks to 24 tournament titles, including 19 during the last seven years, averaging over 2.7 wins per season.

Arkansas will tee off Friday morning starting at 10 a.m. CT with Vanderbilt, Texas Tech and Oklahoma.

The Rundown
Schedule: Sept. 1-3 | 54 holes, 18 each day
Course: Pebble Beach Golf Club
Yardage: 6,828 – Par 72
Format: Play 6, count 5

Razorback Lineup
1. Mason Overstreet, So.
2. Luis Garza, So.
3. Alvaro Ortiz, Sr.
4. Charles Kim, Jr.
5. William Buhl, So.
6. Dylan Naidoo, So.

The Field
No. 33 Arkansas
No. 31 Georgia
No. 57 Ohio State
No. 6 Oklahoma
No. 3 Oklahoma State
No. 14 Texas Tech
No. 60 TCU
No. 1 Vanderbilt

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2024 Razorbacks Football

Thu, Aug 29vs UAPB (Little Rock)W, 70-0
Sat, Sep 7@ Oklahoma StateL, 31-39 2OT
Sat, Sep 14vs UABW, 37-27
Sat, Sep 21@ AuburnW, 24-14
Sat, Sep 28vs Texas A&M (Arl)L, 21-17
Sat, Oct 5vs TennesseeW, 19-14
Sat, Oct 19vs LSUL, 34-10
Sat, Oct 26@ Mississippi StateW, 58-25
Sat, Nov 2vs Ole MissL, 63-35
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2024 High School Rankings

Following is the Arkansas Sports Media High School Football Poll including the Overall Top 10, the top five in Classes 7A, 6A, 5A, 4A, 3A and 2A, plus the top three in the 8-man division, as voted by a panel of sports media from around the state for the week ending August 24. Ranking is given with first-place votes received, records, total points and ranking from last week's poll:
OVERALLRecordPtsPrv
1.Bryant (18)8-02521
2.Conway (6)8-02302
3.Greenwood (2)8-02103
4.Little Rock Parkview7-11714
5.Bentonville5-31416
6.Benton7-11265
7.Fayetteville6-21008
8.Pulaski Academy6-2757
9.Rogers5-3459
10.Shiloh Christian6-24010
Others receiving votes: Marion 13, Valley View 9, Joe T Robinson 8, Mountain Home 4, Cabot 3, Elkins 3.
CLASS 7A
1.Bryant (20)8-01241
2.Conway (6)8-01052
3.Bentonville5-3753
4.Fayetteville6-2455
5.Pulaski Academy6-2354
Others receiving votes: Rogers 5.
CLASS 6A
1.Greenwood (26)8-01301
2.Benton7-11022
3.Shiloh Christian6-2713
4.Marion7-1524
5.Mountain Home7-131
Others receiving votes: Little Rock Catholic 4.
CLASS 5A
1.Little Rock Parkview (23)7-11271
2.Joe T Robinson7-1902
3.Valley View (3)8-0803
4.Hot Springs Lakeside7-1484
5.Farmington7-130
Others receiving votes: Camden Fairview 4, Maumelle 4, Morrilton 3, Greenbrier 2, Harding Academy 1.
CLASS 4A
1.Elkins (19)8-01161
2.Arkadelphia (5)6-2792
3.Little Rock Mills (1)8-0703
4.Warren6-2404
5.Malvern (1)8-0315
Others receiving votes: Dardanelle 22, Southside Batesville 11, Mena 8, Bauxite 7, DeWitt 4, Highland 2.
CLASS 3A
4.Bismarck (15)8-01054
5.Fordyce (4)8-0765
Prescott (3)7-1531t
1.Osceola (2)6-149
3.Mayflower (1)8-036
Others receiving votes: Booneville (1) 31, Rivercrest 19, Mansfield 14, Charleston 4, Rison 3.
CLASS 2A
1.Carlisle (21)8-01211
2.Conway Christian (4)8-01042
3.Des Arc7-1663
4.Bigelow (1)6-2455
5.Murfreesboro6-230
Others receiving votes: Marked Tree 10, Mineral Springs 6, Junction City 5, Cross County 1, Mount Ida 1, Poyen 1
8-MAN SANCTIONED
1.Strong-Huttig (25)5-0761
2.Midland (1)7-0502
3.Cedar Ridge7-1253
Others receiving votes: Rector 5.

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