
No. 7 Men’s Golf set to Compete at the Ben Hogan Collegiate
9/29/2024 11:52:00 AM | Men's Golf
The Crimson Tide tees off the two-day, 54-hole tournament Monday morning
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The No. 7-ranked Alabama men's golf team returns to action Monday when it tees of the two-day, 54-hole Ben Hogan Collegiate. The event will be played on the par 70, 7,289-yard Colonial Country Club in Dallas.
The 15-team field includes five of the top eight and 11 of the nation's top 25 teams according to the most recent Golf Coaches Associate of America top-25 poll.
THE LINEUP
- Alabama's lineup will feature the same starting five as its first two tournaments, including the season-opening victory at the Folds of Honor Collegiate
- Leading the Crimson Tide's line up is Dominic Clemons, Jonathan Griz and Jones Free, who are each averaging under 71.00 strokes per round on the season
- Nick Gross and Jack Mitchell round out the starting five
TOURNAMENT PREVIEW
- The tournament features 36 holes of action on Monday followed by the final round on Tuesday
- The 15-team field features 14 squads ranked or receiving votes in the GCAA Bushnell/Golfweek Coaches Poll released Sept. 20
- Programs in the 2024 tournament field have combined to account for 18 of 30 spots in the 15 NCAA Championship match play finals since the current format began in 2009
- 14 of 15 teams in the field competed in the 2024 NCAA Regionals
- In addition to No. 7 Alabama, the field includes No. 1 Auburn, No. 2 Arizona State, No. 4 Vanderbilt, No. 8 Oklahoma, No. 11 Texas, No. 14 Texas Tech, No. 19 Texas A&M, No. 16 North Carolina, No. 17 Georgia Tech, No. 21 Georgia, No. 22 Stanford, No. 33 Oregon, No. 35 TCU and Wake Forest
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