The Kentucky men?s golf team returns to action for its final test of the fall season as it heads to the Hooters Collegiate Match Play Championship in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla. The three-day event, Nov. 11-13, will be played at Mission Inn Golf and Tennis Resort.
The Wildcats earned the seventh seed, while Georgia received the top seed in the men’s bracket. The men’s and women’s tournaments will be played simultaneously with the men competing on El Campe?n and the women teeing off on Las Colinas. Invitation to the Match Play was based on 2005 national championship finish.
Georgia will meet in-state foe Georgia Southern in the first round of the men’s field. The winner will face the victor of the eight-nine match between Tennessee and Georgia State. Fourth-seeded Duke vs. Arizona and fifth-seeded Wake Forest against Augusta State completes the top half of the bracket. Georgia Tech – the third seed – will tee off against Missouri and play the winner of (6) Arizona State-(11) New Mexico. Seventh-seeded Kentucky squares of against Coastal Carolina. Defending Match Play champion and second-seeded Oklahoma State battles Stanford in the final first-round match.
Matt Kohn, Dan Woltman, Andy Winings, Brad Doster, Tyler Wilson and Jordan Blann will compete for Kentucky this weekend.
?This is the only match play event in college golf and a great way to end what has been a very successful fall season,? said head coach Brian Craig. ?This team has tremendous self-confidence and I am looking forward to the challenge of playing in this unique event.?