Thursday, December 10, 2009

Men's Spring Schedule

As our student-athletes prepare for their fall exams and Christmas break, I'll take a look forward to our upcoming spring semester. Our season will begin late January as practices and workouts start-up.

Our tournament schedule kicks off in Laguna Vista, TX at South Padre Island Golf Club in a 54 hole event hosted by University of Texas at Brownsville on Feb. 21-22. This is our first year playing in this tournament and we are looking forward to the trip south.

We have a couple weeks off and then play during our school's spring break at TLU's spring tournament in Con Can, TX on March 15-16. We took 3rd place last year and will attempt to improve upon that finish with a course our guys are familiar with.

We have one day off and then we are catching a plane to head to Jekyll Island, GA to play at Oglethorpe's tournament March 19-21. This tournament has one of the best fields of the year. From last year's field, there are 6 teams in the 10 and 10 of the top 25 from the latest coaches poll (GolfWorld/Nike Golf). I am excited to see where we will stack up.

Our next tournament is the West Region hosted by Southwestern on April 12-13. This will have another great field with 8 teams in the top 25. We will play at TerraVista Golf Club in Round Rock, TX. If the wind blows like it usually does, it makes for a grueling 54 hole event where par is a great score.

Our SCAC Championship will be held in Stone Mountain, GA at the Stone Mountain Golf Club on April 22-24. With a bid to nationals and our conference championship on the line, there will be plenty to play for.

The NCAAs will be in Hershey, PA May 10-14. If we play up to our potential, we have the game to compete with anyone in the country. We have a lot of work to do between now and then, but I think this group of guys is willing to put in the time and effort.

-Coach McConnell