The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Men's Golf Releases 2013-14 Schedule
8/7/2013 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Aug. 7, 2013
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The UAB men’s golf team released its 2013-14 schedule on Tuesday, Aug. 6. The Blazers will participate in 10 regular season events followed by postseason play this upcoming season.
“We have a great schedule and the players and coaching staff are excited about it,” head coach Alan Murray stated. “We get to travel to some great places, including Japan for the Topy Cup, which is an experience our guys will always remember, for sure.”
UAB will open the fall season in a unique way traveling across the Pacific for the Topy Cup in Tanagura, Japan. The event will start Tuesday, Sept. 10 and last until Thursday, Sept. 12 at the Tangura Country Club.
On Monday, Sept. 30, the squad will begin its annual home tournament, the Shoal Creek Invitational hosted by Graeme McDowell. The two-day tournament will be held at the Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club in Birmingham. The Blazers will then head down the road to the Old Overton Country Club in Vestavia Hills from Monday, Oct. 7 to Tuesday, Oct. 8 for the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate.
For its last event of the fall, the team will travel north for the Georgetown Intercollegiate in Washington, D.C. The squad’s last tournament of the autumn runs from Monday, Oct. 21 to Tuesday, Oct. 22.
After the winter break, the Green and Gold will return to the course at the Gator Invitational in Gainesville, Fla. UAB makes its spring debut at the Mark Bostick Golf Course from Saturday, Feb. 15 to Sunday, Feb. 16. The Blazers will be back in Florida for their next event, John Hayt Collegiate Invitational in Ponte Vedra Beach. From Sunday, Feb. 23 to Tuesday, Feb. 25, the team will attempt to take home the crown at the Sawgrass Country Club.
In its next two tournaments, the team will stay local, playing in the Samford Intercollegiate at the Hoover Country Club in Hoover from Monday, March 3 to Tuesday, March 4. The team will then head east for the Chris Schenkel Invitational in Statesboro, Ga. The Chris Schenkel Invitational will be from Friday, March 14 to Sunday, March 16 at the Forest Heights Country Club.
The team’s last two events of the regular season will take them all over the country. First, the Blazers will participate in the Stanford U.S. Intercollegiate in Palo Alto, Calif. from Friday, March 28 to Sunday, March 30. UAB will then complete its regular season at the Robert Keppler Invitational in Columbus, Ohio. The event will last two days and begins on Saturday, April 12.
“We will come up against some of the best teams in the country in a number of our tournaments,” Murray added. “I think we will get a really good idea of what level we are at on a national scale by the time our conference tournament arrives and we prepare for postseason play.”
UAB will begin postseason competition with the Conference USA Championship on Sunday, April 27. The three-day event will be held at the Texarkana Country Club in Texarkana, Ark.
NCAA regional competition will begin on Thursday, May 15 in various locations across the nation. The top teams from the regional events will advance to the NCAA Championships in Prairie Dunes, Kan. The national championships will be from Tuesday, May 27 to Sunday, June 1.
“UAB has always played an excellent tournament schedule and we hope to continue and improve upon this, if at all possible,” Murray concluded. “Our guys get to compete on quality golf courses against quality competition in some of the nicest places in the United States. I am really excited about the coming year. Hopefully it will be a success in the classroom and on the golf course for the Blazers.”
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