The PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship, the most culturally significant championship in collegiate golf, annually hosts student-athletes enrolled in Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and other Minority-Serving Educational Institutions. 189 students from 41 schools competed in 2019.
PORT ST. LUCIE, FL – May 11: Zahidali Nathu of the University of British Columbia-Vancouver plays a tee shot at the 12th hole of the Ryder Course during the second round of the 33rd PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship held at The PGA Golf Club at PGA Village on May 11, 2019 in Port St. Lucie, Florida. (Photo by Darren Carroll/PGA of America)
PORT ST. LUCIE, FL – May 11: Yudika Rodriguez of Bethune-Cookman University plays her tee shot on the ninth hole of the Ryder Course during the second round of the 33rd PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship held at The PGA Golf Club at PGA Village on May 11, 2019 in Port St. Lucie, Florida. (Photo by Darren Carroll/PGA of America).
PORT ST. LUCIE, FL – May 9: Livingstone College contestants interact on the 18th hole on the Wanamaker course during the practice round for the 33rd PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship held at The PGA Golf Club at PGA Village on May 9, 2019 in Port St. Lucie, Florida. (Photo by Hailey Garrett/PGA of America)
PORT ST. LUCIE, FL – May 11: Felicia Davenport of Chicago State University discusses her tee shot at the eighth hole of the Ryder Course with head coach Angela Rayhill during the second round of the 33rd PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship held at The PGA Golf Club at PGA Village on May 11, 2019 in Port St. Lucie, Florida. (Photo by Darren Carroll/PGA of America)
The PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship is a stroke play and match play event contested across five divisions: NCAA Men’s Division I, Men’s Division II, an overall Women’s Team Division, Men’s Individual, and Women’s Individual. The Championship consists of 54 holes of stroke play. The individual competition is open to all minority men and women student-athletes playing collegiate golf at the Division I or Division II level, or participants who are enrolled in one of the PGA of America’s PGA Golf Management University Programs.
In 2019, 77% of the student-athletes who competed in the event were non-Caucasian, while 16% of the field’s home country was outside the United States.