WAYNESVILLE, N.C. – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros men's golf team is set to kick off their fall season when they tee it up at the JT Poston Invitational starting on Sunday at Waynesville Inn and Golf Club.
The 54-hole event will feature 18 holes each day Sunday through Tuesday. Play will start on Sunday and Monday at 8 a.m. with the final round on Tuesday starting at 8:30 a.m.
Waynesville Inn and Golf Club plays 6,720 yards and is a par 70.
The Competition
There will be a 15-team field that will feature UTRGV, host Western Carolina, Charleston Southern, Coastal Carolina, Drexel, Eastern Kentucky, Francis Marion, James Madison, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Kennesaw State, Lipscomb, Mercer, Wofford, and Xavier.
Starting Five
Making Their Debuts
Luis Limon and
Arthit Kruaprayong will be making their debuts for UTRGV at the JT Potson Invitational earning a spot in the starting lineup.
Limon is a transfer from Missouri Southern where he was named MIAA Golfer of the Year last season after winning the MIAA Individual Championship. He earned GCAA All-Region honors while also competing at the NCAA DII National Championship.
Kruaprayong comes to UTRGV from Dodge City Community College where he helped the program to an NJCAA Division I National Championship while earning NJCAA Division I PING All-American honors. He was also the Region 6 individual champion and the KJCCC Player of the Year.
About the JT Poston Invitational
Beginning as the WCU Intercollegiate in 2004 before being rebranded the Hummingbird Intercollegiate in 2008, the fall tournament for the Western Carolina took its current name honoring one of its best-known alum – two-time PGA TOUR event winner, JT Poston – in 2019.
This year's three-day, 54-hole event is being held at the renovated, redesigned, and reconfigured Waynesville Inn and Golf Club in Waynesville, N.C. The historic course dates back to 1926 with some of the original layouts created by famed golf course designer Donald Ross. What was once three, nine-hole courses to comprise a 27-hole layout has been reworked into an 18-hole Championship course, along with a full practice facility that reopened in July 2023.
The JT Poston Invitational will crown a tournament and individual champion with the winners being awarded the unique trophy that accompanies the title – a purple mailbox that likens to Poston's Tour nickname, "The Postman."
Upcoming Schedule
Bayou City Collegiate Classic – Sept. 30 – Oct. 1
Trinity Forest Invitational – Oct. 6-8
Monterrey Collegiate Classic – Oct. 25-26
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