EL PASO--Texas A&M's Jordan Russell and Cameron Peck begin play on Monday in the 2011 Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic at the El Paso Country Club.
The pair join over two dozen of the nation's top collegiate golfers in one of the country's premier amateur events.
The field includes seven of the top 11 amateur golfers in the world, according to the R&A World Amateur Golf Rankings – Russell, Texas' Jordan Spieth, Washington's Chris Williams, Arkansas Sebastian Cappelen, Stanford's Andrew Yun, San Diego State's J.J. Spaun and Illinois Luke Guthrie.
Two rounds will be contested on Monday with a final 18 holes on Tuesday.
Alumni of the Golf Classic have gone on to earn more than $1.4 billion and win 561 events on the PGA Tour. In all, 144 colleges and universities have participated in the tournament, raising almost $700,000 in scholarship money for the participating institutions.
Each university represented by the Western Refining College All-Americans will receive a $1,000 scholarship.