University of Georgia Athletics
Wednesday, April 20
St. Simons Island, Ga.
University of Georgia
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SEC Championships
Georgia's Nicolas Cassidy
Photo by: Beth Hall
Bulldogs Eyeing Another SEC Championship
April 19, 2022 | Men's Golf
ATHENS, Ga. --- The Georgia men's golf team will begin its postseason schedule this week in the Southeastern Conference Championship on St. Simons Island.
Schedule and Format: Georgia and the other squads will have 18 holes of stroke play Wednesday through Friday. The top eight teams will advance to match play, with the quarterfinals and semifinals set for Saturday, and the final taking place on Sunday. The Golfstat rankings are being used for seeding, placing the No. 12 Bulldogs third behind No. 3 Vanderbilt and No. 10 Arkansas. The Bulldogs, the Commodores, and the Razorbacks will be paired together for the first round on Wednesday starting at 8 a.m.
Course: Sea Island Golf Club's Seaside Course (par 70, 7,005 yards).
Field: Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt.
Lineup: Senior Trent Phillips, juniors Nicolas Cassidy and Ben van Wyk, and freshmen Buck Brumlow and Maxwell Ford.Â
Live Results: Golfstat will provide live scoring, pairings, and tee times.
Rankings: No. 9 Bushnell Golfweek Coaches, No. 10 Golfweek/Sagarin, No. 12 Golfstat.
Television Broadcast: The match play semifinals will air on SEC Network+ on Saturday from 4:30-7 p.m., while the final will be shown on the SEC Network from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. The broadcasters include Taylor Zarzour, Steve Melnyk, and Peter Burns.
Last Time: The Bulldogs came in sixth in the Calusa Cup in Naples, Fla., as Phillips placed fourth for the 23rd top-10 effort of his career.
Rich SEC History: Georgia has been a dominant force at the SECs, winning a league-best 29 conference titles. Under Coach Chris Haack, the Bulldogs have secured eight SEC titles, including six of the tournaments held at Sea Island. Haack has been named SEC Coach of the Year five times and has produced six of Georgia's seven SEC Players of the Year (including Davis Thompson a year ago) and seven of the Bulldogs' eight SEC Freshman of the Year honorees. Georgia boasts 16 SEC medalists, including Haack pupils Bryant Odom (2001), Brendon Todd (2004), Russell Henley (2010) and Lee McCoy (2016).
Coach Chris Haack Says: "We purposely built a tough regular-season schedule to get ready for the postseason, starting with the SEC Championship. Our league is so strong top to bottom. Nine of the top 25 teams in the nation alone are from the SEC. Every team coming in this week knows the type of challenge it will be. Our guys have been playing and practicing at a high level, so we're excited about the opportunity. It's a grind with potentially five days of stroke play and match play, but we're looking forward to it."
News and Notes: Ford has been named SEC Freshman of the Week three times this spring. … Phillips picked up the third SEC Player of the Week honor in his career after the Linger Longer Invitational. … Phillips was named as a semifinalist for the Hogan Award and to the spring watch list for the Haskins Award. … Cassidy is serving this year on Georgia's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, while senior Will Kahlstorf and junior Connor Creasy are on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. … van Wyk's last name is pronounced fun-vake. … Ford represented the Bulldogs in the Patriot All-America, wherein the players carry a bag that includes the name and branch of service of a fallen or severely wounded soldier. … Phillips is rated No. 8 in the Velocity Global Ranking, No. 10 by Golfweek/Sagarin, and No. 12 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings, and … Phillips has appeared in 37 of 37 collegiate tournaments. Henley, Kevin Kisner, and Brian Harman are the only Bulldogs under Haack to never miss a tournament.
On Deck: After the SECs, the Bulldogs will be assigned to an NCAA Regional and will compete May 16-18. The sites are College Station, Texas; Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.; New Haven, Conn.; Stockton, Calif.; Tuscaloosa, Ala.; and Columbus, Ohio. The top five teams at each regional will make up the 30-squad field for the NCAA Championship May 27-June 1 in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Social Media: News and updates can be found at @UGAGolf.
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Schedule and Format: Georgia and the other squads will have 18 holes of stroke play Wednesday through Friday. The top eight teams will advance to match play, with the quarterfinals and semifinals set for Saturday, and the final taking place on Sunday. The Golfstat rankings are being used for seeding, placing the No. 12 Bulldogs third behind No. 3 Vanderbilt and No. 10 Arkansas. The Bulldogs, the Commodores, and the Razorbacks will be paired together for the first round on Wednesday starting at 8 a.m.
Course: Sea Island Golf Club's Seaside Course (par 70, 7,005 yards).
Field: Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt.
Lineup: Senior Trent Phillips, juniors Nicolas Cassidy and Ben van Wyk, and freshmen Buck Brumlow and Maxwell Ford.Â
Live Results: Golfstat will provide live scoring, pairings, and tee times.
Rankings: No. 9 Bushnell Golfweek Coaches, No. 10 Golfweek/Sagarin, No. 12 Golfstat.
Television Broadcast: The match play semifinals will air on SEC Network+ on Saturday from 4:30-7 p.m., while the final will be shown on the SEC Network from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. The broadcasters include Taylor Zarzour, Steve Melnyk, and Peter Burns.
Last Time: The Bulldogs came in sixth in the Calusa Cup in Naples, Fla., as Phillips placed fourth for the 23rd top-10 effort of his career.
Rich SEC History: Georgia has been a dominant force at the SECs, winning a league-best 29 conference titles. Under Coach Chris Haack, the Bulldogs have secured eight SEC titles, including six of the tournaments held at Sea Island. Haack has been named SEC Coach of the Year five times and has produced six of Georgia's seven SEC Players of the Year (including Davis Thompson a year ago) and seven of the Bulldogs' eight SEC Freshman of the Year honorees. Georgia boasts 16 SEC medalists, including Haack pupils Bryant Odom (2001), Brendon Todd (2004), Russell Henley (2010) and Lee McCoy (2016).
Coach Chris Haack Says: "We purposely built a tough regular-season schedule to get ready for the postseason, starting with the SEC Championship. Our league is so strong top to bottom. Nine of the top 25 teams in the nation alone are from the SEC. Every team coming in this week knows the type of challenge it will be. Our guys have been playing and practicing at a high level, so we're excited about the opportunity. It's a grind with potentially five days of stroke play and match play, but we're looking forward to it."
News and Notes: Ford has been named SEC Freshman of the Week three times this spring. … Phillips picked up the third SEC Player of the Week honor in his career after the Linger Longer Invitational. … Phillips was named as a semifinalist for the Hogan Award and to the spring watch list for the Haskins Award. … Cassidy is serving this year on Georgia's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, while senior Will Kahlstorf and junior Connor Creasy are on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. … van Wyk's last name is pronounced fun-vake. … Ford represented the Bulldogs in the Patriot All-America, wherein the players carry a bag that includes the name and branch of service of a fallen or severely wounded soldier. … Phillips is rated No. 8 in the Velocity Global Ranking, No. 10 by Golfweek/Sagarin, and No. 12 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings, and … Phillips has appeared in 37 of 37 collegiate tournaments. Henley, Kevin Kisner, and Brian Harman are the only Bulldogs under Haack to never miss a tournament.
On Deck: After the SECs, the Bulldogs will be assigned to an NCAA Regional and will compete May 16-18. The sites are College Station, Texas; Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.; New Haven, Conn.; Stockton, Calif.; Tuscaloosa, Ala.; and Columbus, Ohio. The top five teams at each regional will make up the 30-squad field for the NCAA Championship May 27-June 1 in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Social Media: News and updates can be found at @UGAGolf.
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