ELIGIBILITY

The PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship highlights competitive golf programs within the scope of the most under-served and/or underrepresented Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) in the country. MSIs are defined by the U.S. Department of Education. The total field will be a maximum of 202 players, consisting of 30 teams and 52 individuals. PGA REACH reserves the right to modify eligibility requirements. The field for the Team Division is determined with the following guidelines: 

The Team Division is open to Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) with NCAA Division I and Division II golf programs.  Priority is given to all Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs) including but not limited to schools in the MEAC, SWAC, CIAA, and SIAC Conferences.

Additional Considerations:

1. Scoreboard/Clippd National Ranking (at time of application deadline - March 19, 2024)

2. Tournament schedule and results

3. Hispanic Serving Institutions and Predominantly Black Institutions must be ranked within 15% of the top ranked HBCU (through Scoreboard/Clippd National Ranking) at the time of the registration deadline

4. PGA REACH reserves the right to invite additional teams not included in the categories listed above

The Individual Division is open to ALL eligible student-athletes on the current roster of their collegiate golf team (DI, DII, DIII, NAIA, NJCAA) that do not have a represented team at the Championship, or students participating in the Professional Golf Management (PGM) programs. 

• All individual participants must confirm that they've received approval by their coach or administrator to participate in the 2024 PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship

• All individual participants must be a current, eligible student-athlete on your college/university roster. Individual participants must maintain NCAA eligibility at the time of application throughout the entirety of the Championship

Participants competing in the Individual Division MUST be one of the following ethnic origins:

• African American Latinx

• Alaska Native Middle Eastern

• American Indian Native Hawaiian

• Asian North African

• Hispanic Other Pacific Islander

Additional Considerations:

1. World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) 

2. Scoreboard/Clippd National Ranking

3. Tournament schedule and results

4. Playing Ability Test scores (Passed PAT for PGM students)

5. PGA REACH reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above

17.12.5.2 Annual Exemptions
The maximum number of dates of competition in golf shall exclude the following: 

1. (b) Season-Ending Event. Competition in one season-ending event (e.g., NCAA championships). A season-ending event involves competition after the end of the regular season between teams that are not identified until the close of the regular season.

The PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship is considered a postseason, season-ending event per NCAA legislation. The exemption for season-ending events legislation applies per student-athlete. Therefore, a student-athlete may exempt the PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship as their one season-ending event.