Friday, May 25
Stillwater, Okla. (Karsten Creek GC)
8:20 a.m.
University of North Florida
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NCAA Championship
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Men's Golf Tees off Friday at NCAA Championship
5/24/2018 9:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
The Short Story: The No. 21-ranked North Florida men's golf team begins play in the program's fifth appearance in the NCAA D1 Championship tournament on Friday morning at Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Okla.
EVENT: NCAA Championship
DATE: Friday-Sunday, May 25-28
LOCATION: Karsten Creek Golf Club (Stillwater, Okla.)
COURSE INFO: Par 72 / 7,460 yards
LIVE SCORING: Golfstat
TOURNAMENT FORMAT:Â Three-day, 54-hole event, 18 holes a day | Top 15 teams and 9 individuals not on those teams advance to fourth round of 18 holes to decide individual national champion and 8-team match play championship field
TOURNAMENT FIELD (30 teams): #1 Oklahoma State, #2 Texas A&M, #3 Oklahoma, #4 Vanderbilt, #6 Alabama, #7 Florida, #9 Auburn, #10 Illinois, #11 Baylor, #13 Texas Tech, #14 Clemson, #15 Texas, #17 Stanford, #18 Arkansas, #19 Arizona State, #20 UNLV, #21 NORTH FLORIDA, #25 Kentucky, #26 UCLA, #28 Duke, #29 Kent State, #30 Oregon, #33 Northwestern, #35 BYU, #37 Kansas, #38 North Carolina State, #48 Iowa State, UCF, Augusta (Golfstat Top 50 Rankings)
UNF LINEUP
1. Philip Knowles (JR | 71.34 avg.)
2. Andrew Alligood (JR | 71.43 avg.)
3. Travis Trace (JR | 72.06 avg.)
4. Dillon Woods (SR | 73.36 avg.)
5. Michael Mattiace (SO | 73.50 avg.)
Alternate: Jack Comstock (JR | 74.53 avg.)
NOTEWORTHY
- UNF is making its 5th appearance at the D1 NCAA Championship (4th under head coach Scott Schroeder) | Marks 1st appearance at NCAA Championship since 2013
- Ospreys best finish at NCAA Championship was a T-12th in 2012
- North Florida is looking to become the first ASUNÂ team to advance to 4th round play and match play at NCAA Championship
- Junior Travis Trace enters the championship after earning his first career tournament medalist title at the NCAA Norman (Okla.) Regional last week | Last season, Trace became the first UNF player to advance to the NCAA Championship as an individual
- Fellow junior Andrew Alligood has finished in the Top 12 individually in each of the last five tournaments including a trio of runner-up performances
- All 30 teams will play three rounds with the Top 15 teams and 9 individuals not on one of those teams advancing to a fourth round of play on Monday (May 28) | The Top 8 teams following the fourth round of stroke play advance to the match play portion of the championship while the top individual earns the National Championship.
- North Florida will play alongside UNLV and Kentucky in rounds one and two. The Ospreys begin play Friday at 7:22 a.m. (8:22 am EST) on Hole 1 and then start on Hole 10 at 12:42 p.m. (1:42 p.m. ET) in Saturday's action
QUOTEWORTHY:
"We are looking forward to getting on the course at Karsten Creek. It is in great shape and tests you in every way. Our guys have been playing very good and the course should fit our games well. Now it is a matter of just controlling what we can control and being patient. We are looking forward to the challenge.." -- Head coach Scott Schroeder
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EVENT: NCAA Championship
DATE: Friday-Sunday, May 25-28
LOCATION: Karsten Creek Golf Club (Stillwater, Okla.)
COURSE INFO: Par 72 / 7,460 yards
LIVE SCORING: Golfstat
TOURNAMENT FORMAT:Â Three-day, 54-hole event, 18 holes a day | Top 15 teams and 9 individuals not on those teams advance to fourth round of 18 holes to decide individual national champion and 8-team match play championship field
TOURNAMENT FIELD (30 teams): #1 Oklahoma State, #2 Texas A&M, #3 Oklahoma, #4 Vanderbilt, #6 Alabama, #7 Florida, #9 Auburn, #10 Illinois, #11 Baylor, #13 Texas Tech, #14 Clemson, #15 Texas, #17 Stanford, #18 Arkansas, #19 Arizona State, #20 UNLV, #21 NORTH FLORIDA, #25 Kentucky, #26 UCLA, #28 Duke, #29 Kent State, #30 Oregon, #33 Northwestern, #35 BYU, #37 Kansas, #38 North Carolina State, #48 Iowa State, UCF, Augusta (Golfstat Top 50 Rankings)
UNF LINEUP
1. Philip Knowles (JR | 71.34 avg.)
2. Andrew Alligood (JR | 71.43 avg.)
3. Travis Trace (JR | 72.06 avg.)
4. Dillon Woods (SR | 73.36 avg.)
5. Michael Mattiace (SO | 73.50 avg.)
Alternate: Jack Comstock (JR | 74.53 avg.)
NOTEWORTHY
- UNF is making its 5th appearance at the D1 NCAA Championship (4th under head coach Scott Schroeder) | Marks 1st appearance at NCAA Championship since 2013
- Ospreys best finish at NCAA Championship was a T-12th in 2012
- North Florida is looking to become the first ASUNÂ team to advance to 4th round play and match play at NCAA Championship
- Junior Travis Trace enters the championship after earning his first career tournament medalist title at the NCAA Norman (Okla.) Regional last week | Last season, Trace became the first UNF player to advance to the NCAA Championship as an individual
- Fellow junior Andrew Alligood has finished in the Top 12 individually in each of the last five tournaments including a trio of runner-up performances
- All 30 teams will play three rounds with the Top 15 teams and 9 individuals not on one of those teams advancing to a fourth round of play on Monday (May 28) | The Top 8 teams following the fourth round of stroke play advance to the match play portion of the championship while the top individual earns the National Championship.
- North Florida will play alongside UNLV and Kentucky in rounds one and two. The Ospreys begin play Friday at 7:22 a.m. (8:22 am EST) on Hole 1 and then start on Hole 10 at 12:42 p.m. (1:42 p.m. ET) in Saturday's action
QUOTEWORTHY:
"We are looking forward to getting on the course at Karsten Creek. It is in great shape and tests you in every way. Our guys have been playing very good and the course should fit our games well. Now it is a matter of just controlling what we can control and being patient. We are looking forward to the challenge.." -- Head coach Scott Schroeder
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