TEE SHEET: 2022 NCAA Men's Golf Championship

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - No. 33 North Florida men's golf looks to complete another historic season on a strong note in the NCAA Championship at Grayhawk Golf Club from May 27-June 1 in Scottsdale, Ariz.

This will be their sixth appearance under head coach Scott Schroeder at the NCAA Division I Championship, as well as their third appearance since 2018. The Ospreys go into this tournament ranked No. 33 in the nation, as well as the 25th seed for the tournament that features all 30 teams in the top 50 of Golfstat's men's collegiate rankings.

The NCAA Championship will start on Friday, May 27 with stroke play and will continue through Monday, May 30, to crown a 72-hole individual champion. Only the top 15 teams and nine non-qualifying individuals advance to the final round of stroke play, followed by the top eight teams advancing to match play.

The top eight teams will play against each other in a tournament-styled bracket until a champion is crowned on Wednesday, June 1. The final round of stroke play on Monday will be aired on the Golf Channel, as well as the entirety of the match play format from May 30-June 1.

UNF made it to the Scottsdale by way of placing within the top five of its regional tournament at New Haven. They shared third with No. 8 Texas Tech by having Nick Gabrelcik lead the way to his seventh top-five finish of the season, as well as being one of two teams in the regional to have all five players ranked among the top 31 individuals.

COURSE REPORT

Grayhawk Golf Course (Scottsdale, Ariz.)
Par 70 | 7,289 yards
72 holes (Four days of 18 holes) & match play (Top eight teams advance)

ON THE TEE

Nick Gabrelcik (70.47)
Robbie Higgins (72.12)
Davis Lee (72.92)
Cody Carroll (73.90)
Brandon Mancheno (74.29)

THE FIELD: 30 Teams & Six Individuals (Seed & Golfstat Ranking)

No. 1 Oklahoma
No. 2 Oklahoma State
No. 3 Vanderbilt
No. 4 Arizona State
No. 5 North Carolina
No. 6 Pepperdine
No. 7 Texas
No. 8 Texas Tech
No. 10 Florida
No. 11 Georgia Tech
No. 12 Texas A&M
No. 13 Stanford
No. 14 Arkansas
No. 15 Georgia
No. 16 Wake Forest
No. 17 Auburn
No. 18 Florida State
No. 23 Ole Miss
No. 25 Kansas
No. 26 Arizona
No. 27 Oregon
No. 30 East Tennessee State
No. 31 South Florida
No. 32 Ohio State
No. 33 North Florida
No. 38 Liberty
No. 41 BYU
No. 44 Georgia Southern
No. 47 Utah
No. 49 College of Charleston

RJ Manke - Washington
Thomas Giroux - Oakland
Zack Byers - Gardner Webb
Cason Barry - Oregon State
Evans Lewis - South Carolina
Adrian Vagberg - VCU

TOURNAMENT NOTEBOOK

- This will be UNF's seventh overall appearance in the NCAA Championship, as well as their sixth under head coach Scott Schroeder and third in four seasons.
- The Ospreys earned a spot in the championship round after placing tied for third at the New Haven Regional to advance as a top-five team in the tournament.
- Gabrelcik led the team with his week of 7-under 203 and a top-five individual finish at Yale Golf Course.
- The back-to-back ASUN Golfer of the Year had two of the Ospreys' 10 rounds of 18 holes that were at par or better, including all five golfers notching at par or better to open the first round.
- Brandon Mancheno will return to the NCAA Championship after tying for medalist honors at 7-under with Auburn in 2018.
- This is the farthest west UNF will be playing since the Ka'anapali Classic in Hawaii from Nov. 2-4, 2018.
- The field will feature 30 total teams, including 19 teams from the top 25, as the Ospreys are the 25th seed entering the tournament.
- All 30 teams in the championship are ranked among the top 50 teams.
- UNF enters the NCAA Championship with two team titles and seven top-three finishes this spring, including four top-three placements in their last five tournaments played.
- They also have earned a 286.94 scoring average on the year, along with their individuals having 19 combined top-10 finishes and 31 top-25 finishes.
- The NCAA Championship will tee off the 72-hole stroke play format on Friday morning.
- They will play 54 holes through three days and the top 15 teams, along with nine individuals from non-qualifying teams, will advance for the final round of stroke play on Monday.
- The individual champion will be crowned on Monday, while the top eight teams will advance to a match play tournament format from May 30-June 1.

FROM THE 19TH HOLE

- Gabrelcik scored his third straight tournament under par at 7-under 203 in the NCAA New Haven Regional to help advance North Florida to the NCAA Championship. The two-time ASUN Golfer of the Year has also scored in the 60s in seven of his past nine 18-hole rounds, as well as ranked in the top five four of the last five tournaments, including two medalist crown titles.
- Robbie Higgins has stepped up for the Ospreys this season with five top-10 finishes, including three top-three finishes in three of his last five tournaments played. The first-team All-ASUN selection joins Gabrelcik scoring under par in seven of his last nine 18-hole rounds and has his sights set on another dominant showing this weekend.
- Davis Lee was the only golfer on the team to score at par or better in all three rounds of the New Haven Regional with a score of 2-under 208 place inside the top 15 individuals. Lee, as well as Gabrelcik, are the only UNF players to play in all 12 tournaments so far this year, as he has been the steady hand for the Ospreys this year.
- Cody Carroll brings experience to the table as the only four-year veteran for UNF this year. The former ASUN Freshman of the Year has been playing his best golf as of recent with his only two top-25 finishes coming in the past two tournaments, including a personal-best 54-hole score in the New Haven Regional at even-par 210.
- Mancheno will make a third appearance at an NCAA Championship in his career, with this being his first time playing as an Osprey. The former medalist crown champion from 2018 looks to have another successful tournament after reaching his career best 18-hole (5-under 65) and 54-hole score (2-over 212) since joining UNF at the New Haven Regional.
- Jason Duff will also travel to Scottsdale as the alternate player this weekend if any of the five Ospreys were to be taken out. The ASUN Freshman of the Year has been a regular player on the team this year and would not miss a beat if put into action.

UP NEXT

The Ospreys would need to place among the top 15 teams or have an individual in the top nine of non-qualifying teams on the player's leaderboard to finish the final round of stroke play on Monday.

The top eight teams after the completion of stroke play will advance to the match play format that starts on May 30.

COURSE REPORT

ON THE TEE

THE FIELD: 30 Teams & Six Individuals (Seed & Golfstat Ranking)

TOURNAMENT NOTEBOOK

FROM THE 19TH HOLE

UP NEXT

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Players Mentioned

Cody Carroll

Jason Duff

Nick Gabrelcik

Robbie Higgins

Davis Lee

Brandon Mancheno

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