Friday, February 15, 2008

Golfers Visit Florida for Hayt Invitational

Coming off its team championship at the PING-Arizona Intercollegiate in January, the No. 10 Tennessee men’s golf team travels this weekend to the John Hayt Collegiate Invitational in Jacksonville, Fla., at the Sawgrass Country Club, a par-72, 6,895-yard course.

The 54-hole tournament runs Sunday through Tuesday beginning at 7:45 a.m. Eastern time on Sunday, and 8 a.m. Eastern time on Monday and Tuesday.

The field for this event includes seven teams ranked in Golfweeks’ top-25: No.1 Alabama, No. 3 Charlotte, No. 5 UCLA, No. 9 Florida, No. 19 Indiana, No. 20 South Carolina and No. 24 Central Florida, along with Costal Carolina, Georgia State, Notre Dame, Pepperdine, UAB, Vanderbilt and host North Florida.

The Tennessee lineup will feature Chris Paisley, Robin Wingardh, David Holmes, Philip Pettitt, and Charlie Ford.

Paisley earned SEC Golfer of the Week honors after he tied for second place at the PING-Arizona Intercollegiate with a total score of 205. The top-10 finish was his third in his last three tournaments. He leads UT and the SEC with a 70.53 scoring average and has carded a team best nine rounds of par-or-better.

Wingardh has two top-10 finishes this year, a tie for fifth at the Turtle Bay Intercollegiate and a tie for tenth at the PING Arizona Intercollegiate.

Holmes has three appearances in the Tennessee lineup this season and over those nine rounds has complied two top-10 finishes, a 70.22 scoring average and five rounds of par-or-better.

Pettitt finished 19th at the PING-Arizona Intercollegiate with a scorecard of 69-73-72--214. The senior has carded nine rounds of par-or-better this season.

Ford has competed in every tournament for the Vols this season and ranks second on the team with a 71.67 scoring average.

Competition begins with 18 holes on Sunday followed by the same Monday and Tuesday. Live results will be available at utsports.com and golfstat.com.

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