Men's Golf Continues Spring Season at General Hackler Championship

TEE TIME: The No. 18-ranked North Florida men's golf team returns to the links following a nearly month long break Monday at the General Hackler Championship hosted by Coastal Carolina at The Dunes Golf & Beach Club in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

EVENT: General Hackler Championship
DATE: Monday-Tuesday, Mar. 11-12
LOCATION: The Dunes Golf & Beach Club (Myrtle Beach, S.C.)
COURSE INFO: Par 72 / 7,233 yards
LIVE SCORING: Golfstat

TOURNAMENT FORMAT: Two-day, 54-hole event (Split Tees both days starting at 7:40 a.m.)
TOURNAMENT FIELD (13 teams) #=Golfstat Top 100 Rankings
#73 Coastal Carolina, #86 East Carolina, #87 ETSU, #17 Georgia, #60 Kent State, #95 Kentucky, #25 Liberty, #29 Louisville, #18 North Florida, #92 North Texas, Northern Illinois, #23 Texas A&M, #6 Wake Forest

UNF LINEUP
1. Philip Knowles (70.24 avg)
2. Michael Mattiace (70.93 avg)
3. Andrew Alligood (72.18 avg)
4. Jordan Batchelor (73.00 avg)
5. Travis Trace (72.48 avg)
Ind - Cody Carroll (74.00 avg)

NOTEWORTHY
- UNF is making its 11th all-time appearance (5th straight) at the General Hackler | Ospreys have claimed title twice, with last coming in 2015
- North Florida has three runner-up finishes and a tournament title (Quail Valley) in seven events this season | Top 5 finishes in last four tournaments
- Tournament field features 12 of 13 teams ranked in Top 100 highlighted by five teams in the Top 25
- Senior Philip Knowles was named to the watch list of the Ben Hogan Award
- Knowles currently has a streak of eight consecutive Top 15 finishes
- Junior Michale Mattiace has enjoyed a successful year thus far, finishing in the Top 30 of all 5 events he's played

SCHROEDER THOUGHTS
"It will be good to get back after a few weekends off. That is a long break in the spring. This event has a quality field and we like the course so it should be fun to get things going again as we chase some high goals." -- Head coach Scott Schroeder

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Players Mentioned

Andrew Alligood

Jordan Batchelor

Cody Carroll

Philip Knowles

Michael Mattiace

Travis Trace