Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic

Each year the nation's top collegiate golfers head to El Paso, Texas for the premier individual stroke play event  — the Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic.

Since its inception in 1974, the Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic has featured some of the nation's top college golfers. The field annually includes the best of the best. Six of the top 10 players on the PGA Tour's career money list have played in El Paso — Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Davis Love III, Jim Furyk, David Toms and Justin Leonard.

Annually, the Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic ranks as the No. 1 tournament in the country, according to the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index.

Throughout the years, many Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic competitors have gone on to pursue successful careers in the Professional Golfers’ Association of America and on the PGA Tour. Some of the past champions include Ricky Barnes (2000), Notah Begay (1994), David Duval (1991), Matt Kuchar (1999), Davis Love III (1984), Chris Nallen (2003), Jerry Pate (1974) and Tiger Woods (1995).

Alumni of the Golf Classic have gone on to earn more than $969 million on the PGA Tour. In all, 125 colleges and universities have participated in the tournament, raising more than $596,000 in scholarship money for the participating institutions.

Each university is awarded a $1,000 scholarship if a golfer from that school competes in the tournament.

Following is a schedule of events (times are MST):

Sunday, Nov. 23
Titleist Long Drive Contest (9 a.m.)
PING Putting Contest (10 a.m.)
Practice round (noon)

Monday, Nov. 24
First and second rounds, 36 holes (7:30 a.m.)

Tuesday, Nov. 25
Final round, 18 holes (7:30 a.m.)
Trophy presentation (following final round, approximately 1 p.m.)