Fan Details Announced for Fighting Illini Spring Collegiate

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Fighting Illini men’s golf program and the Atkins Golf Club at the University of Illinois announced fan details for the upcoming Fighting Illini Spring Collegiate, set for April 22-23.

The Fighting Illini Spring Collegiate – a 54-hole stroke play event that will cap the 2023 regular season – will officially christen the championship-caliber Atkins Golf Club at the University of Illinois. The event not only marks the first collegiate event at the newly renovated facility, located just minutes from the team’s state-of-the-art practice facility, but also the Fighting Illini men’s golf program’s first event in the Urbana-Champaign community since the 2010-11 season.

The nationally ranked Fighting Illini headline a field that will feature eight other top programs, including five Big Ten foes – Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, and Northwestern – along with Ball State, Eastern Michigan and Loyola Marymount.

The event will serve as the Illini’s final tune-up before turning their attention to the 2023 Big Ten Championship in search of the team’s conference-record eighth consecutive Big Ten title, it’s 13^th of 14 dating back to 2009, and the program’s 20^th overall.

FREE ADMISSION AND PARKING

Admission and parking will be free of charge and open to the public for both competition days on Saturday, April 22 (Rounds 1 and 2) and Sunday, April 23 (Round 3). Primary event parking will be available at the Atkins Golf Club Clubhouse at 2560 S. Stone Creek Blvd. Additional on-street parking may also be available throughout the surrounding Stone Creek neighborhood along Stone Creek Blvd.

Saturday will feature 36 holes of continuous play with tee times starting at 7:30 a.m. CT, while tee times for Sunday’s final round will begin at 8 a.m. CT. Pairings are still to be determined, and time are subject to change.

FOOD/BEVERAGE PROVIDED BY HOMEGROWN

Homegrown, Atkins Golf Club’s farm-to-table restaurant, will offer food and beverages on site throughout the event. No outside food or drink will be allowed. In addition to the main restaurant location at the clubhouse, a beverage hut will also be located on the course near the greens for Holes 2 and 16.

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