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Southeastern Conference Rory Asselta, who's in contention to be ranked as the No. 1 player in the country in his class, has announced his commitment to Auburn . . . The schedule begins with the ANNIKA Intercollegiate in Minneapolis with a three-day tournament beginning on Sept. 7 . . . Auburn returns four of its five starters from last year's team, along with sixth man and substitute Billy Davis. But they'll be pushed and have to continue to earn their spots with three top 2026 recruits now on campus . . . The Arnold Palmer Cup is a Ryder Cup-style tournament featuring the top men's and women's college golfers, matching the United States against a team of international players. The competition begins Friday . . . Next season, the Auburn Tiger decided to forego that, heading to the PGA Tour and will begin competing in July at the John Deere Classic . . . Koiviun clinched a share of the low amateur with Oklahoma's Ryder Cowan with a score of 5-over par . . . Koivun is making his second US Open appearance as an amateur, which will be his final amateur appearance . . . Koivun, the No. 1 amateur golfer in the world, has brought home some serious hardware during his time on the Plains . . . The Auburn men's golf superstar is a two-time national champion and the first player ever in college golf to sweep the national player of the year awards (Ben Hogan, Fred Haskins, Jack Nicklaus) twice . . . "Auburn made it really hard for me to want to leave . . . That's part of the culture that Clinard, Chris Williams and the Auburn staff has continued to push and it has helped the Tigers become the hottest program in the country . . . Auburn is becoming one of college golf's true power programs . . . "I was just trying to hold in my tears . . . There was no question that Auburn was the best team in the country . . . The championship capped a dominant week for the Tigers. Auburn finished first in stroke play for the first time in program history before defeating Stanford 3-1-1 in the quarterfinals and sweeping defending national champion Oklahoma State 5-0 in the semifinals . . . Auburn never trailed in Wednesday's match, capping off a memorable season with a national championship . . . Superstar Jackson Koivun went down on hole No. 2 and was down for a couple holes, but he refused to go down during his quest to get a second national championship . . . The Tigers defeated UCLA in Wednesday's national championship match at the Omni La Costa resort in Carlsbad, California . . . "I'm just so damn proud of these guys, and how hard they work . . . The national championship tees off at 4:25 p.m. CT, with players going off in 10-minute increments. TV coverage on the Golf Channel begins airing at 5 p.m. CT . . . "I coach for the national championship. I don't hide from that. I tell them that in the first team meeting . . . The Tigers advanced to the national championship by taking down Oklahoma State in the match play semifinals on Tuesday . . . Koivun becomes just the fourth multi-time winner of the Haskins Award, joining an elite group that includes Ben Crenshaw, Bobby Clampett and Phil Mickelson. He is also the first player in college golf history to win multiple Haskins and Hogan Awards . . . "He decided to stay at Auburn . . . The Tigers won their quarterfinal match against Stanford 3.5-1.5 to open match play. That puts Auburn into the match play semifinals, where it will face Oklahoma State . . . No. 3 Texas and No. 11 Vanderbilt are the Tigers' nearest trailers, eight shots back . . . The Tigers are back at the NCAA Championship out in Carlsbad, California, looking to finish the season on top . . . He became just the third man in history to win the Ben Hogan Award for a second time . . . All 30 teams that qualify for the NCAA Championship will participate in three rounds of stroke play Friday through Sunday. After round three, the top 15 teams and nine individuals not on an advancing team will make the 54-hole cut and play the final round of stroke play Monday . . .
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