Alabama Tees Off the Spring Season Sunday at the Watersound Invitational

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama men's golf team will open the 2022 Spring season at the Watersound Invitational, hosted by Florida State. The three-day, 54-hole tournament will tee off Sunday morning and be played across three days on the par 72, 7,202-yard Shark's Tooth Golf Course in Panama City Beach, Fla.

Head Coach Jay Seawell Comments

"I'm excited about this group. I think they made a lot of good strides last fall. Through COVID and little things here and there, we have kind of dipped as a program. That starts internally, with attitudes and work ethic, and we had to establish what our goals were going to be. We have a great tradition here. This past fall, I think the guys did a good job of buying in. We really wanted to start the building blocks of really becoming Alabama golf again, and that is our biggest goal."

The Lineup

Alabama's starting five will be led by juniors Thomas Ponder and Canon Claycomb along with sophomore JP Cave who are the only three to earn a spot in the lineup for every tournament this year
Ponder led the Tide in the fall with a 70.67 per round average, followed closely by 71.78 averages from both Claycomb and Cave
Graduate transfer Charlie Nikitas, who joined the program this spring after transferring from Miami (Ohio), will make his Crimson Tide debut at the No. 4 spot while junior Dillon West rounds out the starting lineup
Junior Simms Abney will also compete for the Tide as an individual

Tournament Preview

The 54-hole stroke play tournament will be contested at Shark's Tooth Golf Course (par 72, 2,202 yards) in Panama City, Fla.
Florida State University will serve as host for the three-day event.
No. 33 Alabama is one of 12 teams in the 14-team field ranked in the nation's top 50, including No. 4 North Carolina, No. 6 Arkansas No. 12 Wake Forest, No. 15 Notre Dame, No. 17 Georgia Tech, No. 26 Clemson, No. 32 Louisville, No. 34 NC State, No. 35 Florida State and No. 37 Virginia.
Duke, Boston College and Virginia Tech round out the field.

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