ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. – The No. 15 Texas A&M Aggies battle for conference bragging rights at the SEC Men’s Golf Championship at Sea Island Golf Club from Wednesday to Sunday.
This marks the sixth consecutive time the SEC Championship features both stroke and match play on Sea Island Golf Club’s par-70, 7,005-yard Seaside Course. The tournament opens with three rounds of stroke play on Wednesday-Friday. The top eight teams advance to match play with the quarterfinals and semifinals played Saturday and the championship round played Sunday.
For the fifth consecutive year, the final match play round will be televised on SEC Network. The semifinal round streams on SEC Network +.
Texas A&M fields a formidable lineup for the event led by Masters Tournament low amateur and 122nd U.S. Amateur champion Sam Bennett along with William Paysse, Daniel Rodrigues, Phichaksn Maichon and Vishnu Sadagopan. Freshman Jaime Montojo is also at the tournament available as a reserve.
The field is loaded, including eight teams ranked in the top 25 of the Golfstat rankings, including three of the top 10 teams. Twelve of the 14 teams are in the top 50.
Texas A&M is ranked 15th across the board, including the Golfstat Rankings, the Golfweek/Bushnell Coaches Poll, Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings presented by Strackaline.
The Aggies are looking for their first SEC Championship, finishing as runner up in both 2016 – the last year of stroke play determining the champion, and 2017 – the first year of match play deciding the winner. Texas A&M has advanced to the bracket all five years the tournament has included match play, including making the semifinal round each of the last three championships.
Texas A&M has four victories in the 2022-23 campaign, including the Badger Invitational, the Blessings Collegiate Invitational, the Arizona Thunderbirds Intercollegiate and the Louisiana Classics.
Wednesday’s action starts at 7:20 a.m. Central with the Aggies teeing off from the 10th hole paired with Alabama and Tennessee.
Live scoring is available at Golfstat.com.
THE FIELD (GOLFSTAT RANKINGS)
Texas A&M (15)
Vanderbilt (1)
Auburn (8)
Florida (9)
Tennessee (13)
Alabama (17)
Mississippi State (18)
Ole Miss (21)
Arkansas (36)
Georgia (31)
Louisiana State (41)
Missouri (43)
South Carolina (62)
Kentucky (82)
THE LINEUP
Sam Bennett…
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