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At precisely 1 p.m. on Monday, the golfers on the course participating in the first round of the Folds of Honor Collegiate at the American Dunes Golf Club in Grand Haven, Mich., will lay their golf clubs down and stand at attention.
An incredible rendition of “Taps” will then be played over speakers placed around the course. The powerful sound of a bugler playing Taps is a call to remember those who gave their lives in the service of the United States.
The Third Annual Folds of Honor Collegiate will be played Sept. 9-11 at the American Dunes Golf Club in and be broadcast on GOLF Channel with simulcast on both Peacock and Golf Channel's digital platforms. The three-day, 54-hole stroke play event includes 15 collegiate men’s, and 15 collegiate women’s teams including two service academies (Army West Point and Navy) one HBCU (Arkansas Pine Bluff) and one non-Division I School (Grand Valley State).
“It is an incredible honor to play in this event,” said Florida State Head Coach Amy Bond. “To have the opportunity to play alongside our men’s team makes it even more special. I’m really looking forward to the great golf that will be played, and I am eagerly anticipating the ceremonial playing of Taps each day at 1:00. It’s going to be emotional for everybody on the course.”
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The mission of the Folds of Honor is to provide life-changing scholarships to the spouses and children of America’s fallen or disabled military members. The mission was recently expanded to the families of America’s first responders.
Proceeds from the event will benefit the Folds of Honor, whose goal it is to provide, through scholarships, to the families of America's fallen or disabled military and first responders. To date, the organization has awarded more than 52,000 scholarships.
The event has an added dimension of pride for both Seminole teams as the American Dunes Golf Club — known as "the church Jack built" — serves a living memorial for the sacrifices made by America's service men and women that will see the legendary Jack Nicklaus himself in attendance.
Nicklaus knows the Florida State programs well. He designed the Seminole Legacy Golf Club in Tallahassee, which serves as the Seminoles’ beautifully renovated home course.
Each of Florida State’s players will play with a special bag tag commemorating the event. The Seminoles will proudly display the bag tag number of 185 – the total number of students who have received scholarships from the Folds of Honor to attend Florida State University.
There are 22 different colleges and universities represented among the 30 teams in the combined men’s and women’s fields at the 2024 Folds of Honor Collegiate. Since its inception in 2007, Folds of Honor has awarded scholarships to 2,664 students attending 20 schools, with an educational impact of nearly $10 million. A record of 9,300 scholarships were awarded for the 2023-24 academic year, with 471 of those going to the schools playing in the 2024 Folds of Honor Collegiate.
The event is co-hosted by Florida State and Michigan State.
“We are honored to be a co-host for the Folds of Honor Collegiate and help build upon the success the event has garnered over the last two years,” said Bond. “The Folds of Honor program is a blessing to so many family members who have had a loved one serve in the military or as a first responder. Some of these heroes have paid the ultimate sacrifice and all have put their lives at risk to protect our country and our communities. I am thankful to be a part of this event, especially as we add women’s college teams to the tournament.”
The 15-team women’s field has four teams currently ranked in the Division I Mizuno WGCA (Women’s Golf Coaches Association) Coaches Poll, led by No. 4 Texas, the No. 14 Seminoles, and five teams that were either ranked or received votes in the Golf Channel preseason poll. Grand Valley State is ranked in both the men’s and women’s Div. II polls.
The Seminoles, who finished in a tie for 11th place in the NCAA Championship finals in 2024, enter the season ranked No. 6 by Golfweek, No. 14 by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association and No. 16 by Golf Channel.
On the men’s side, the field includes No. 5 Florida State, No. 7 Texas, No. 8 Illinois, the 2022 Folds of Honor Collegiate champion, No. 15 Arizona, No. 16 Alabama and No. 24 Ohio State.
“We are very pleased to be included in the preseason rankings,” said Bond. “We have to prove we are worthy of such acclaim on the course, and that opportunity to prove ourselves begins on Monday. This is a very exciting time of the season because everything is new. We are looking forward to beginning our season at the Folds of Honor.”
Under Bond, the Seminoles are one of only four teams in the nation that has played in each of the last eight NCAA Championship Finals. The Seminoles are joined by Southern California, Stanford, and Texas in an elite group of programs that have played during the final week of the season in each NCAA Championship since 2016.
Florida State played in the NCAA Women’s Golf Championship Finals for the 15th season and for a school record eighth consecutive season in 2024. The Seminoles’ appearance in the 2024 NCAA Championship marks the first time in school history Florida State has competed in the NCAA Golf Championship in eight consecutive seasons.
Seminoles’ lineup
1-Lottie Woad (Junior, Farnham, England)
2-Mirabel Ting (Junior, Miri, Malaysia)
3-Kaylah Williams (Senior, Western Province, South Africa)
4-Sophia Fullbrook (Freshman, Hertfordshire, England)
5-Christina Surcey (Freshman, Cartersville, Ga.)
The Seminoles lineup features one senior (Kaylah Williams), two juniors (Lottie Woad and Mirabel Ting) and two freshmen (Sophia Fullbrook and Christina Surcey).
Woad is the No. 1 ranked amateur golfer in the world in the latest WAGR – a position she has held for 11 of the last 12 weeks.
Woad helped lead the Great Britain & Ireland team to the Curtis Cup championship on Sunday at the Sunningdale Golf Club in Sunningdale, England. She was named to the ANNIKA Award Fall Watch List earlier this week and is one of the top-25 women’s collegiate golfers in the nation who begins the season in consideration for the sports’ top individual honor.
Ting is ranked 20th in the most recent WAGR and completed in the 2024 Arnold Palmer Cup for the second time in her career.
Florida State is one of the most consistent teams across the nation in recent years, having earned eight consecutive top-five regional finishes under Bond – second at Shoal Creek (2016), third at Columbus (2017), second at Tallahassee (2018), second at Auburn (2019), first at Louisville (2021), first at Tallahassee (2022), fifth at Raleigh (2023), and fifth at Las Vegas (2024).
Folds of Honor TV
Golf Channel
Monday, September 9
Women morning/early afternoon
Men afternoon/evening
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
4:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Tuesday, September 10
6 hours live, split between morning and primetime
Men morning/early afternoon
Women afternoon/evening
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
4:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Wednesday, September 11
Women morning/early afternoon
Men afternoon/evening
11:30 am – 2:30 pm
4:30 – 7:30 pm
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