Men’s Golf Set for Schenkel Invitational
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Kentucky men’s golf team, fresh off a fourth-place finish at the Tiger Invitational, wastes little time returning to action this week. UK will appear in the three-day, 54-hole Schenkel Invitational beginning on Friday.
Kentucky will be among the field at the Schenkel Invitational for the 15th-consecutive season. The Wildcats have finished among the top five in each of the last five seasons.
UK will feature a lineup of senior Allen Hamilton, redshirt freshman Alex Goff, sophomore Zach Norris, junior Garrett Wood and freshman Cooper Parks. Freshman Jackson LaLonde will compete as an individual. Kentucky will utilize Thursday’s practice round to determine its final individual spot.
Forest Heights is recognized as one of the finest in the Southeast. The course measures out to 6,962 yards from the championship tees. Although the tee shots are relatively forgiving, the players face their biggest challenges when they reach the undulating greens. The greens feature subtle breaks that make it difficult to read and making scoring low a tough task.
The field consists of No. 44 UAB, Army, Campbell, Charleston, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Kentucky, Memphis, Middle Tennessee, Mississippi State, No. 20 Notre Dame, Troy and Virginia Tech.
Live stats will be available via golfstat.com.
Goff led the way for the Wildcats at the Tiger Invitational. The Kings Mountain, North Carolina, native carded a career-low 66 on the final day of play en route to a tie for eighth overall. The round was the lowest of the season for any UK player and tied for the 14th-lowest round in the Brian Craig era. Wood boasted a season-low round of 69 to open play in the event. Norris also went low on the final day with a 2-under round, and Hamilton has notched a pair of top-20 finishes this season.
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