Crimson Tide Golfers Readying for A Busy Week
3/23/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
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TUSCALOOSA – It was a championship followed by a week of rest, a combination University of Alabama men’s golf coach Jay Seawell hopes will propel his team into a busy week next week. Alabama is facing back-to-back tournament appearances with a quest to finish well enough to help boost its chances of being selected to the NCAA postseason.
“Anytime you win it breeds confidence,” said Seawell whose team bested a field of 13 to win the championship at the Conrad Rehling Spring Invitational at Tuscaloosa’s Ol’ Colony Club on March 14. “We are taking the same group with us to play in these next two tournaments because they are confident with each other and we are going to need that and some strong finishes in these next two tournaments because right on the heels of those will be the SEC Championships.”
Alabama’s golfers will spend their spring break next week on the golf course and in the State of Georgia for two tournament appearances. First up is the March 29-30 Atlanta Intercollegiate. Hosted by Georgia State, which is coached by former Alabama golfer and assistant coach Matt Clark, that tournament will be played at Eagles Landing Country Club in McDonough, Ga., and features a field that includes Alabama, Auburn, Augusta State, Charleston, Clemson, Florida, Georgia, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, and Wake Forest.
From there Alabama goes to Augusta, Ga., where it will play in the April 3-4 Augusta State University Invitational which is held at Forest Hills Golf Club. That field features Alabama, Augusta State, Clemson, Duke, East Tennessee State, Georgia, Georgia Southern, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Carolina State, North Florida, Notre Dame, South Carolina, Texas, Toledo, UCLA, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest.
Competing for the Crimson Tide will be Lars Brovold, Clint Provost, Max Alverio, Lance Walker and Austin Hynson. Brovold leads the Alabama golfers with his 71.27 strong average in nine tournament appearances this season.
“The Atlanta Invitational and the Augusta State invitational both have top teams from not only the Southeastern Conference but the country,” said Seawell. “We are a bubble team for nationals right now so we need to play well and play our way into the NCAAs.”
