ATHENS — The Georgia men’s golf team will open the fall portion of the 2016-17 schedule this weekend in The Carmel Cup in Pebble Beach, Calif.
The Bulldogs are slated to play 54 holes Friday through Sunday at Pebble Beach Golf Links. The course has been set up as a par-72 covering 6,828 yards. Georgia's players will tee off in 10-minute increments beginning at 11 a.m. on Friday.
Haack will use a lineup of seniors Jaime Lopez Rivarola and Greyson Sigg, junior Zach Healy, sophomore Tye Waller, and freshmen Will Chandler and Spencer Ralston -- a recent Gainesville High graduate. The tournament format consists of six players with five counting (as opposed to the typical five players with four counting). Sigg had three individual wins and Healy one a year ago as they were the only Bulldogs to see action in every tournament.
The Bulldogs, who won The Carmel Cup in 2014, are ranked No. 9 in the first Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll of the season. Joining the Bulldogs in the tournament will be No. 4 Oklahoma State, No. 5 Vanderbilt, No. 10 Oklahoma, No. 20 Arkansas, Texas Tech, Ohio State and TCU.
“We’re very excited to get the season under way,” said Coach Chris Haack, who begins his 21st season overseeing the Bulldogs. “The fall tournaments give us the opportunity to knock off some rust, see where our games are, and start finding out what our team’s identity will be. And that’s not even mentioning how honored we are to playing at Pebble Beach, one of the most famous facilities in golf. It’s going to be a real test for our guys.”
Haack’s squad will have five fall tournaments. After The Carmel Cup, the Bulldogs will play in The Franklin American Mortgage Intercollegiate at The Grove Sept. 18-20 in Nashville, Tenn.; the Nike Invitational Oct. 2-4 in Fort Worth, Texas; the Cypress Point Classic Oct. 31-Nov. 1 in Monterey, Calif.; and the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic Nov. 4-6 in Maui, Hawaii.
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