LOUDON, Tenn. – The Tennessee men’s golf team is set to open its fall season at home this weekend, competing in the Visit Knoxville Collegiate.
The Vols are set to play three total rounds—teeing off the weekend with 18 holes on Friday, followed by 18 holes apiece on Saturday and Sunday.
The tournament is set to be played at the par-70, 7,280-yard Tennessee National Golf Club. The Greg Norman designed course sits along the Tennessee River and offers a challenging layout.
“Tennessee National is really the only course in town that provides the length that can challenge these guys as far as they hit it nowadays,” head coach Brennan Webb said. The opportunities they have given us to practice out there has been great.”
According to Golf Central’s preseason college rankings, five of the participating teams are ranked inside the top 30, with Tennessee being the highest-ranked team.
This is the first time since 2005 that the Vols will compete at home. Last time UT hosted a home tournament, they fired a 34-under team score to claim the Tennessee Tournament of Champions title.
The Vols are coming off 2022-23 season that featured a program-record-tying three tournament championships. In Webb’s fifth season as head coach, Tennessee finished inside five seven times and put up its best stroke play finish at the SEC Championships. Bryce Lewis, Caleb Surratt, and Jake Hall all captured individual titles as well—including Surratt’s SEC Championship win.
“We had a very talented team last year, but we were starting three freshmen,” said Webb. To have them come back and show some signs of maturity that they are learning and getting more prepared and ready to take on the expectations that we have.”
THE VOLS’ LINEUP
Caleb Surratt
Entering his sophomore season, Surratt is ranked as the No. 8 amateur in the world. Last season, he captured individual titles at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate and the SEC Championship. During his first season at Tennessee, the Indian Trail, North Carolina, native set a program-record single-season stroke average of 69.58, while setting another single-season program record of rounds of par or better with 27. His dominant freshman season earned him SEC Freshman of the Year, First Team All-SEC, and First Team All-American honors. Most recently, Surratt participated on the United States Walker Cup team where he went undefeated in his singles matches to aid his team to victory over Great Britain and…
The Vols are set to play three total rounds—teeing off the weekend with 18 holes on Friday, followed by 18 holes apiece on Saturday and Sunday.
The tournament is set to be played at the par-70, 7,280-yard Tennessee National Golf Club. The Greg Norman designed course sits along the Tennessee River and offers a challenging layout.
“Tennessee National is really the only course in town that provides the length that can challenge these guys as far as they hit it nowadays,” head coach Brennan Webb said. The opportunities they have given us to practice out there has been great.”
According to Golf Central’s preseason college rankings, five of the participating teams are ranked inside the top 30, with Tennessee being the highest-ranked team.
This is the first time since 2005 that the Vols will compete at home. Last time UT hosted a home tournament, they fired a 34-under team score to claim the Tennessee Tournament of Champions title.
The Vols are coming off 2022-23 season that featured a program-record-tying three tournament championships. In Webb’s fifth season as head coach, Tennessee finished inside five seven times and put up its best stroke play finish at the SEC Championships. Bryce Lewis, Caleb Surratt, and Jake Hall all captured individual titles as well—including Surratt’s SEC Championship win.
“We had a very talented team last year, but we were starting three freshmen,” said Webb. To have them come back and show some signs of maturity that they are learning and getting more prepared and ready to take on the expectations that we have.”
THE VOLS’ LINEUP
Caleb Surratt
Entering his sophomore season, Surratt is ranked as the No. 8 amateur in the world. Last season, he captured individual titles at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate and the SEC Championship. During his first season at Tennessee, the Indian Trail, North Carolina, native set a program-record single-season stroke average of 69.58, while setting another single-season program record of rounds of par or better with 27. His dominant freshman season earned him SEC Freshman of the Year, First Team All-SEC, and First Team All-American honors. Most recently, Surratt participated on the United States Walker Cup team where he went undefeated in his singles matches to aid his team to victory over Great Britain and…
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