The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Men's Golf Holds Annual Shoal Creek Invitational
9/28/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The UAB men’s golf team will hold its home tournament, the 2014 Shoal Creek Invitational, hosted by Graeme McDowell, for the third-straight year. The two-day event runs from Monday, Sept. 29 through Tuesday, Sept. 30 at the Shoal Creek Country Club.
"We are really excited to play our home tournament at Shoal Creek," head coach Alan Murray said. "The boys are playing well and looking forward to the challenge. There are some very good teams here and we will have to play well to contend. That is going to be the challenge for our guys. We have a three-week stretch of good tournaments that gives us an opportunity to see where we stand on a national level."
The 54-hole tournament will feature some of the top teams in college golf. Of the 12 teams competing, five finished among the top 50 in the nation last season according to the Golfstat.com final 2013 rankings, while 10 of the 12 were ranked among the top 70.
Along with UAB the field includes, 2013 National Champion Alabama, Georgetown, Georgia Southern, Liberty, Memphis, Mississippi State, North Florida, Ole Miss, Samford, Southeastern Louisiana and UCF.
The Blazers will look to improve upon its second-place finish in last season’s tournament, which saw numerous records fall. UAB has never won the event, but set a 36-hole record with its 556 through the first two rounds in 2013.
Memphis returns as the defending champion after setting a new tournament record with an 842 (-22) to capture the team title.
The teams will play 36 holes on Monday on the par-72/7264-yard course. It will be a shotgun start beginning at 8:30 a.m. CT. The final round will be played on Tuesday, with tee times beginning at 7:30 a.m. CT.
All eight of UAB’s golfers will be participating in this year’s tournament. Head coach Alan Murray will send out the same lineup as last week with freshman Lee Hodges, senior Paul Dunne, junior Martin Rohwer, junior Will Cannon and redshirt freshman Taylor McCullum.
Playing as individuals for the Blazers will be junior Ryan Davies, freshman Taylor Eyster and sophomore Henry James.
Live scoring for the event will be available on Golfstat.com.
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