Florida State University Athletics
Monday, March 2
Hilton Head Island, S.C.
TBD
Florida State
vs
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
Seminoles Play In Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
3/1/2026 10:12:00 AM | Women's Golf
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – Florida State head coach Amy Bond celebrates her birthday on Sunday. She didn't ask for gifts, flowers, or candy to be sent her way. All she hoped for was to spend time with her team - the young women who mean the most to her and who give her the most joy.
Bond and her team will spend her birthday on a golf course because her birthday falls in her happiest time of the year – the spring golf season.
This year, Bond and the No. 26 ranked Seminoles are on the beautiful course at the Long Cove Club preparing for the Darius Rucker Invitational. It's the third time Bond and the Seminoles will play in the celebrated event hosted by Rucker, the former Hootie and the Blowfish Grammy Award-winning singer. The Seminoles won the team championship in 2019 and return looking for a top finish in 2026.
On Sunday night, the entire field will be treated to a special one-man show by Rucker, an avid golfer himself and alumnus of the University of South Carolina, the host school.
"This is always a wonderful tournament to play in because the girls are treated so well by everyone involved in the event," said Bond. "The course is in great shape, the staff and members at the course are incredibly helpful, and we will enjoy a great concert by Darius Rucker. It all makes for a great event and a championship we love playing in."
Florida State begins play in the 54-hole event on Monday. The teams will play 18 holes each day with the team and individual champions decided on Wednesday. Then freshman Frida Kinhult won the individual championship and led the Seminoles to the team championship in 2019 as the Seminoles outdistanced Duke and Wake Forest by 17 strokes to win the championship.
The Seminoles begin play in the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate looking for their second team championship of the spring after winning the season-opening Collegiate Championship at the Guadalajara Country Club. Sophomore Sophia Fullbrook finished in a tie for sixth place in the individual standings at the Collegiate Championship.
Fullbrook will be joined in the Seminoles' lineup at the Darius Rucker by freshman Haruhi Nakatani, and sophomores Alexandra Gazzoli, Layla Pedrique, and Elin Pudas Remler.
Fullbrook and Pudas Remler were named as Florida State's team captains earlier this week by the Seminole coaching staff and announced at the Florida State Golf Captains Dinner.
"I have learned that our play as a team definitely stacks up to the best in the country," said Fullbrook. "We proved that in Guadalajara with the win. I'm looking forward to playing in another great field which will be good test in getting us ready for the postseason."
Fullbrook, the No 46 ranked individual golfer in the nation by Scoreboard by Clipp'd, is Florida State's leading golfer with stroke average of 72.17 and one top-10 finish this spring.
The 18-team Darius Rucker field is filled with the top teams in the nation with each of the 18 teams ranked within the top 60 in the nation. The tournament field includes No. 5 Auburn, No. 6 Wake Forest, No. 9 Texas, No, 12 Duke, No. 14 Vanderbilt, No. 15, Ole Miss, No. 18 South Carolina, No. 20 Northwestern, No. 21 Arizona State, No. 23 Arizona, No. 26 Florida State, No. 30 Kent State, No. 34 Kentucky, No. 35 LSU, No. 41 Ohio State, No. 57 Alabama, and No. 58 Georgia.
"This field has a national championship caliber feel to it," said Bond. "I'm really looking forward to the event being televised by the Golf Channel because it gives our girls another learning experience of playing with cameras walking with them throughout the round."
The event will be televised on the Golf Channel during each of the three days of competition from 2:30 – 5:30 pm. The Darius Rucker made its Golf Channel debut in 2022, marking the first (and still the only) all-women's regular season collegiate golf event televised live by the Golf Channel.
Bond and her team will spend her birthday on a golf course because her birthday falls in her happiest time of the year – the spring golf season.
This year, Bond and the No. 26 ranked Seminoles are on the beautiful course at the Long Cove Club preparing for the Darius Rucker Invitational. It's the third time Bond and the Seminoles will play in the celebrated event hosted by Rucker, the former Hootie and the Blowfish Grammy Award-winning singer. The Seminoles won the team championship in 2019 and return looking for a top finish in 2026.
On Sunday night, the entire field will be treated to a special one-man show by Rucker, an avid golfer himself and alumnus of the University of South Carolina, the host school.
"This is always a wonderful tournament to play in because the girls are treated so well by everyone involved in the event," said Bond. "The course is in great shape, the staff and members at the course are incredibly helpful, and we will enjoy a great concert by Darius Rucker. It all makes for a great event and a championship we love playing in."
Florida State begins play in the 54-hole event on Monday. The teams will play 18 holes each day with the team and individual champions decided on Wednesday. Then freshman Frida Kinhult won the individual championship and led the Seminoles to the team championship in 2019 as the Seminoles outdistanced Duke and Wake Forest by 17 strokes to win the championship.
The Seminoles begin play in the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate looking for their second team championship of the spring after winning the season-opening Collegiate Championship at the Guadalajara Country Club. Sophomore Sophia Fullbrook finished in a tie for sixth place in the individual standings at the Collegiate Championship.
Fullbrook will be joined in the Seminoles' lineup at the Darius Rucker by freshman Haruhi Nakatani, and sophomores Alexandra Gazzoli, Layla Pedrique, and Elin Pudas Remler.
Fullbrook and Pudas Remler were named as Florida State's team captains earlier this week by the Seminole coaching staff and announced at the Florida State Golf Captains Dinner.
"I have learned that our play as a team definitely stacks up to the best in the country," said Fullbrook. "We proved that in Guadalajara with the win. I'm looking forward to playing in another great field which will be good test in getting us ready for the postseason."
Fullbrook, the No 46 ranked individual golfer in the nation by Scoreboard by Clipp'd, is Florida State's leading golfer with stroke average of 72.17 and one top-10 finish this spring.
The 18-team Darius Rucker field is filled with the top teams in the nation with each of the 18 teams ranked within the top 60 in the nation. The tournament field includes No. 5 Auburn, No. 6 Wake Forest, No. 9 Texas, No, 12 Duke, No. 14 Vanderbilt, No. 15, Ole Miss, No. 18 South Carolina, No. 20 Northwestern, No. 21 Arizona State, No. 23 Arizona, No. 26 Florida State, No. 30 Kent State, No. 34 Kentucky, No. 35 LSU, No. 41 Ohio State, No. 57 Alabama, and No. 58 Georgia.
"This field has a national championship caliber feel to it," said Bond. "I'm really looking forward to the event being televised by the Golf Channel because it gives our girls another learning experience of playing with cameras walking with them throughout the round."
The event will be televised on the Golf Channel during each of the three days of competition from 2:30 – 5:30 pm. The Darius Rucker made its Golf Channel debut in 2022, marking the first (and still the only) all-women's regular season collegiate golf event televised live by the Golf Channel.
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