No. 2 Virginia Set to Host Lewis Chitengwa Memorial at BirdwoodNo. 2 Virginia Set to Host Lewis Chitengwa Memorial at Birdwood

No. 2 Virginia Set to Host Lewis Chitengwa Memorial at Birdwood

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – No. 2 Virginia men’s golf team will host the fifth annual Lewis Chitengwa Memorial on April 13-14 at Birdwood Golf Course. Admission to the tournament is free and open to the public. The home tournament will the final competition for the Cavaliers before ACC Championships later this month.

Live Coverage: https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/238839/scoring/team

Format – 54-hole stroke play with the low four scores counted each round for the team total. All teams will play 36 holes with a shotgun start a 8:30 a.m. on Monday. The tournament concludes on Tuesday with the final 18 holes with tee times beginning at 8:30 a.m.

UVA in the Rankings
Golf Coaches Association of America (March 27) – No. 2
Scoreboard National Collegiate Golf Rankings (April 8) – No. 2

Cavalier Lineup
Paul Chang
Ben James
Michael Lee
Bryan Lee
Josh Duangmanee
Sam O'Hara (Individual)
Maxi Puregger (Individual)
Alex Wells (Individual)

The Field (Scoreboard Powered by Clippd top-25 rankings)
No. 2 Virginia (Host)
No. 14 Tennessee
No. 21 Charlotte
No. 25 Florida State
Liberty
Loyola Maryland
Maryland
NC State
SMU
Texas State
Toledo
Virginia Tech

Notes on the field
• A total of 8 players ranked in the top 100 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) including Cavalier upperclassmen Ben James (No. 2), Paul Chang (No. 34), Josh Duangmanee (No. 35) and Bryan Lee (No. 54) 
12 players in the field are featured on the PGA Tour University Rankings. 
13 individuals slated to play at Birdwood are in the Scoreboard powered by Clippd Individual rankings top-150.

The Course
Birdwood Golf Club – Par 71, 7116 yards

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The tournament’s namesake, Lewis Chitengwa, was a two-time All-American at Virginia (1995, 1996) and earned All-ACC honors in 1995 when he was named the league’s rookie of the year. He finished seventh at the 1996 NCAA Championships, at the time the best finish by a UVA performer in 50 years. During his four-year career he won two tournaments and recorded 17 top-10 finishes.

Chitengwa turned professional in 1998 and played on the Tear Drop, Buy.com and Canadian Tours in addition to competing at the PGA’s St. Jude Memphis Classic. At the age of 26, he passed away as a result of meningitis. At the time, he was competing in the Canadian Tour’s Edmonton Open. In 2015, he was recognized posthumously for his immense contribution to golf by being inducted into Mercedes-Benz Southern African Golf Hall of Fame.

Past Tournament Team Champions
2022: Virginia (-18, 837)
2023: Florida State (-41, 811)
2024: Tennessee (-27, 825)
2025: Florida State (-13, 839)

Past Individual Medalists
2022: Spencer Cross, Tennessee (-12, 201)
2023: Ben James, Virginia & Cole Anderson, Florida State (-11, 202)
2024: Luke Clanton, Florida State (-15, 198)
2025: Luke Clanton, Florida State (-5, 208)

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