Men’s Golf Hosts 2nd Williams Cup Friday-Sunday At Eagle Point

Carolina men’s golf could make it three wins in a row should it defend its title from a year ago when the Tar Heels head to Wilmington as the host of the second Williams Cup presented by STITCH Golf® at Eagle Point Golf Club.

The tournament was created by UNC head coach Andrew DiBitetto to honor former Hall of Fame men’s basketball coach Roy Williams and his wife, Wanda, for their generous support of college athletics, the university and the men’s golf program.

The 2022 tournament will be played Friday through Sunday, Oct. 21-23. The Tar Heels will compete against  Charlotte, Houston, Indiana, Iowa, Kent State, Louisville, Michigan State, NC State and UNCW.

Carolina begins play Friday at 9:20 a.m. paired with Big Ten rivals Indiana and Michigan State.

The individual medalist earns an exemption into the Korn Ferry Tour’s UNC Health Championship at the Raleigh Country Club on June 1-4, 2023.

Golfweek ranks the Tar Heels No. 3 in the country (UNC is No. 8 in Golfstat). Carolina’s lineup includes three players in the top eight in the current World Amateur Golf Rankings – senior Austin Greaser at No. 5, senior Dylan Menante at No. 7 and sophomore David Ford, coming off a win at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup at Seminole Golf Club, at No. 8.

Greaser (No. 2), Menante (No. 9) and fifth-year senior Ryan Burnett (No. 20) are positioned in the Top 20 in the PGA TOUR University Velocity Global rankings for senior players; UNC is the only team in the nation with three players in the top 20 in the PGA TOUR University Velocity Global rankings.

Carolina followed a disappointing 11th-place performance in September at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational with wins at the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth and the Stephens Cup.

The Tar Heels shot 15 under par (278-272-275) to beat six top-10 teams at the Hogan with Greaser (third), Ford (sixth) and Menante (eighth) each posting top-10 finishes (and Burnett was 15^th and Peter Fountain 27^th for five players in the top 30).

A week later in south Florida, Carolina beat a seven-team field by 20 shots through 54 holes of stroke play, then edged Florida State, 3-2, in match play for the championship. The Tar Heels were 43 under par in stroke play (the third lowest score to par in school history) with rounds of 272-272-277, led by Ford’s…