HONOLULU – For the fourth consecutive year, the University of Hawai'i men's golf team will host the John A. Burns Intercollegiate at the Ocean Course at Hokuala in Līhu'e, Kaua'i. The 48^th edition of the tournament – which is the seventh-longest in collegiate golf – runs Thursday, Feb. 13 through Saturday, Feb. 15.
 
The tournament has been held on the island of Kaua'i for the past 10 years and moved to Hokuala in 2022 after seven years down the road at Wailua Golf Course.
 
"The Burns" will feature a 17-team field headlined by 10^th-ranked Illinois while six other teams are ranked in the Top 50. A total of 13 of the 17 teams are ranked inside the Top 100 making this year's field one of the toughest ever.
 
Along with host Hawai'i, making up the field are BYU (#21), California (#58), Fresno State, Grand Canyon (#55), Illinois (#10), Long Beach State (#39), Missouri, New, Mexico (#63), Saint Mary's (#71), San Diego State (#23), Santa Clara (#68), Texas A&M (#28), UNLV (#40), Utah (#16), UTEP (#86), and Washington State.
 
This year's field includes six past champions who have won a combined 20 titles, including five-time champion California (2011, '12, '13, '14, '15), four-time winners Brigham Young (1977, 2000, '07, '23) and UNLV (1991, '98, '99 & 2010), and three-time champions New Mexico (2001, '05, & '22) and Texas A&M (2009, '18, & '20).  San Diego State won the 2002 title.
 
The highest individual ranked golfer in this year's field is Illinois' Jackson Buchanan, who is ranked No. 15 while Utah's Sergio Jimenez is No. 22.
 
Participants will play a total of 54 holes over the three-day tournament at the 7,098-yard, par-70 course with an 9:00 a.m., shotgun start each day. Hokuala has been rated as a Top 10 top golf courses in the state by Golf Digest and Golfweek and was picked as one of the "World's Most Beautiful Golf Courses" by MSN Travel.

The John A. Burns Intercollegiate is named after the former Governor of the state of Hawai'i and was created by former UH head coach Robert Takano in 1977.

UH opened the spring season last week on the Big Island with the Amer Ari Intercollegiate where they finished in 16^th place. The Burns is the sixth tournament on the schedule for the Rainbow Warriors, who will field a lineup of Tyler Ogawa, Josh Hayashida, James Whitworth, Anson Cabello, and Dane Watanabe.
 
Hayashida was UH's top finisher last week, finishing at 5-under 211 for a tie for 58^th place. Whitworth competed as an individual and shot 6-under 210 for a tie for 51^st place.
 
Tournament #6
Dates: February 13-15, 2025
Format: Three-days; 54 holes (18 holes each day); 5-count-4
Time: 9:00 a.m. shotgun start each day
Course: Ocean Course at Hokuala
Location: Lihu'e, Kaua'i
Yardage (Par): 7,098 (70)
Live Scoring: Scoreboard.Clippd.com

Participating Teams (17):
Hawai'i, BYU, California, Fresno State, Grand Canyon, Illinois, Long Beach State, Missouri, New Mexico, Saint Mary's, San Diego State, Santa Clara, Texas A&M, UNLV, Utah, UTEP, Washington State
 
Tournament History
For nearly half a century, the John A. Burns Intercollegiate is considered the University of Hawai'i's premiere golf tournament, providing some of the nation's top-ranked programs with the opportunity to compete against one another in the 50th state.
 
The annual spring tournament has seen tremendous growth since its first year in 1977. The tournament was held primarily at Kane'ohe Klipper Golf Course before moving to Leilehua Golf Course in 2000 for an 11-year run. The tournament then moved to Turtle Bay Resort from 2011-13 and then to Wailua Golf Course on Kaua'i in 2014 for the next seven years. The tournament remained on Kaua'i, relocating to Ocean Course at Hokuala in 2022.
 
Among the who's-who of Burns champions include Bob Clampett, who won at Wailua in 1978, Steve Pate (UCLA, 1983), Notah Begay (Stanford, 1995), Tiger Woods (Stanford, 1996), and Bo Van Pelt (Oklahoma State, 1997). Oklahoma State has a won record six Burns titles while California captured five straight titles from 2011-15.
 
As governor of the state of Hawai'i, Burns longed to see the growth of UH's athletes at a competitive level with the rest of the nation. He took part in initiating statehood in 1959 and also started the planning and construction for Aloha Stadium – home of UH football and the NFL's Pro Bowl, as well as other island sporting events and music concerts.
 
Before he passed away on April 15, 1975 at the age of 66, Burns had a hand in upgrading UH's athletics program. Shortly after his death, his namesake tournament was founded. This tournament reflects back to Burns, the political power who was really a "sportsman at heart."