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48th-Annual Rutherford Intercollegiate |
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Dates |
Saturday-Sunday, April 12-13 |
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Location |
Penn State Blue Course | State College, Pa. | Par 71, 7,130 yards |
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Scoring |
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Field |
Binghamton, Bucknell, Connecticut, Delaware, Long Island, Longwood, Oakland, Penn State (host), Rhode Island, St. Bonaventure, Towson, Western Carolina |
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Competing Nittany Lions |
Team lineup: Jake Griffin, Alex Creamean, Andres Barraza, Zach Smith, Morgan Lofland Competing as individuals: Jud Langille, Robby O’Regan, Will Preston |
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State men’s golf team is set for its lone home tournament of the 2024-25 season this weekend when the Nittany Lions host the 48th-annual Rutherford Intercollegiate at Penn State’s Blue Course Saturday and Sunday.
The 54-hole tournament plays at a par 71 with a 7,130-yard layout with two rounds on Saturday, April 12 and a final 18 holes on Sunday, April 13. Saturday's first round begins with 7:30 a.m. tee times with the second round to follow. Sunday’s final round will feature 8 a.m. tee times. Tee times, pairings and live scoring for both days will be available via Scoreboard.
The 12-team field includes host Penn State, Binghamton, Bucknell, Connecticut, Delaware, Long Island, Longwood, Oakland, Rhode Island, St. Bonaventure, Towson, Western Carolina.
Scores from Jake Griffin, Alex Creamean, Andres Barraza, Zach Smith, and Morgan Lofland are eligible to count toward Penn State's team total. Nittany Lions Jud Langille, Robby O’Regan and Will Preston will compete as individuals.
The Nittany Lions have dominated the Rutherford since it was established as the Nittany Lion Invitational in 1975, winning the tournament 31 times including each of the last nine events. Twenty-one Penn State golfers have medaled atop the leaderboard, the last being James Allen in 2022.
The tournament became known as the Rutherford Intercollegiate in 1983 to honor R.B. “Pop” Rutherford Sr., the man known to the Nittany Lions as the “father of Penn State golf.” Rutherford organized the first Penn State golf team in 1922 and coached it until 1949. R.B. Rutherford Jr. continued his father’s coaching tradition from 1950-1956 and furthered a legacy recalled each spring.
Penn State has won nine-straight Rutherford Intercollegiate championships heading into this weekend’s 48th edition of the event that has become one of the top events in the Northeast. The Nittany Lions won last season’s tournament with a team score of 858 thanks in part to a strong final round that saw Penn State turn a two-stroke lead into a 10-stroke victory. Three Nittany Lions finished in the top 10, with five placing the top 20.
Live scoring of the 2025 Rutherford Intercollegiate will be available throughout the event via Scoreboard.