University of Georgia Athletics
Georgia Golf Report
May 21, 2012 | Men's Golf
May 21, 2012
ATHENS, Ga. --- The Georgia men's golf team has been seeded 20th for the NCAA Championships taking place next week, according to an announcement made on Monday.
The NCAAs will be held May 29-June 3 at the Rivera Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif. The 30 teams in the field will play 54 holes of stroke play, with the top eight advancing to match play. The individual national champion also will be crowned after 54 holes.
The Bulldogs will begin pursuit of the national title on Tuesday, May 29, when they tee off in 10-minute increments from 7:20 to 8 a.m. along with Central Florida and Iowa. On Wednesday, May 30, Georgia, Central Florida and Iowa will tee off from 12:40 to 1:20 p.m. The third-round tee times and pairings will be based on the 36-hole scores.
Live scoring and tee times can be found at golfstat.com.
The Bulldogs -- sporting a lineup of one junior, three sophomores and a freshman -- advanced to the NCAAs for the 14th time in 16 seasons under Coach Chris Haack with a fourth-place finish in the Athens Regional last week. Georgia won the 1999 and 2005 NCAA titles and came in second in 2007 and 2011.
"Making it to the NCAAs is a feeling that never gets old," Haack said. "It's an honor to be in the field, and that's how we look at it. Without question, this is an elite field and we will have to play our best to be in the hunt. That said, our guys are excited about the opportunity and can't wait for this challenge."
