TicketsCINCINNATI – The University of Cincinnati men's golf team begins its spring season at the Colleton River Collegiate, Mar. 2-3, at the Colleton River Club in Bluffton, S.C.
The two-day event features a 15-team field, including 10 squads that finished the fall season ranked in the Top 100 of the GolfStat rankings.
The Bearcats tee off Monday, Mar. 2, beginning at 8:15 a.m. ET. Live scoring is available at Golfstat.com.
// LOOKING BACK AT THE FALL SEASON
The Bearcats posted a pair of fifth-place finishes during the fall season at the Bearcat Invitational (7-over 859) and the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational (7-over 871).
Clay Amlung (Louisville, Ky./Saint Xavier HS), Sam Jean (Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove HS) and Joe McCarthy (Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier/DePaul) produced the best individual finishes of the fall. Amlung and Jean tied for sixth at the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational with 1-under par 215s each. McCarthy tied for sixth at the Kiawah Classic at 5-under 211.
Jean enters the spring season with a team-best 72.56 stroke average. He finished inside the Top 40 in each of UC's six fall tournaments.
// QUOTING HEAD COACH DOUG MARTIN
On the start of the coming spring season:
"There's always excitement for the spring season and what it holds for us. We've had some good work to this point. We've been able to get outside quite a bit. We're just coming off practicing two days in Florida which is extremely beneficial for this group.
"Three of the five guys competing this week will have already played at Colleton River so we'll have some familiarity with the golf course. It's a great venue, challenging golf course and a very good, competitive field.
"We're trying to continue to build. Most of these guys have not played competitive golf since Nov. 1. There's going to be some of that getting back into that competitive spirit and getting back into preparing mentally and physically this week. It's not starting over but it's starting fresh. Anytime you are away from competition for a while you have to get yourself back into a groove.
"The spring schedule is set up to where we play two tournaments really quick, back-to-back, and then practice over spring break before playing three tournaments in a row in preparation for the conference tournament. It's a pretty quick-hitting spring."
// COLLETON RIVER COLLEGIATE
Dates: Mar. 2-3
Course: Pete Dye Course at Colleton River Club
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,180
Format: Play 5, count 4
Schedule of Play: 54 total holes; 36 continuous holes on Day 1; Final 18 holes on Day 2
Monday, Mar. 2 – Rounds 1-2 (Shotgun start at 8:15 a.m. ET)
Tuesday, Mar. 3 – Round 3 (Tee times start at 8 a.m. ET)
// PARTICIPATING TEAMS (15)
Bowling Green
Cincinnati
Eastern Michigan
Georgia Southern
Iowa
Iowa State
Kansas State
Kent State
Memphis
Miami (Ohio)
Michigan State
Notre Dame
Oakland
Ohio State
Rutgers
// CINCINNATI'S LINEUP
No. 1 – Sam Jean – Soph., Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove HS – 72.56
No. 2 – Joe McCarthy – Jr., Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier/DePaul – 73.56
No. 3 – Cole Harris – Fr., Carmel, Ind./Carmel HS – 74.75
No. 4 – Jack Kunkel – R-Fr., Sylvania, Ohio/Northview HS – 73.17
No. 5 – Clay Amlung – Jr., Louisville, Ky./Saint Xavier HS – 73.50
INDV – Tommy Sullinger – R-Soph., Indianapolis, Ind. – 75.67
The two-day event features a 15-team field, including 10 squads that finished the fall season ranked in the Top 100 of the GolfStat rankings.
The Bearcats tee off Monday, Mar. 2, beginning at 8:15 a.m. ET. Live scoring is available at Golfstat.com.
// LOOKING BACK AT THE FALL SEASON
The Bearcats posted a pair of fifth-place finishes during the fall season at the Bearcat Invitational (7-over 859) and the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational (7-over 871).
Clay Amlung (Louisville, Ky./Saint Xavier HS), Sam Jean (Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove HS) and Joe McCarthy (Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier/DePaul) produced the best individual finishes of the fall. Amlung and Jean tied for sixth at the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational with 1-under par 215s each. McCarthy tied for sixth at the Kiawah Classic at 5-under 211.
Jean enters the spring season with a team-best 72.56 stroke average. He finished inside the Top 40 in each of UC's six fall tournaments.
// QUOTING HEAD COACH DOUG MARTIN
On the start of the coming spring season:
"There's always excitement for the spring season and what it holds for us. We've had some good work to this point. We've been able to get outside quite a bit. We're just coming off practicing two days in Florida which is extremely beneficial for this group.
"Three of the five guys competing this week will have already played at Colleton River so we'll have some familiarity with the golf course. It's a great venue, challenging golf course and a very good, competitive field.
"We're trying to continue to build. Most of these guys have not played competitive golf since Nov. 1. There's going to be some of that getting back into that competitive spirit and getting back into preparing mentally and physically this week. It's not starting over but it's starting fresh. Anytime you are away from competition for a while you have to get yourself back into a groove.
"The spring schedule is set up to where we play two tournaments really quick, back-to-back, and then practice over spring break before playing three tournaments in a row in preparation for the conference tournament. It's a pretty quick-hitting spring."
// COLLETON RIVER COLLEGIATE
Dates: Mar. 2-3
Course: Pete Dye Course at Colleton River Club
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,180
Format: Play 5, count 4
Schedule of Play: 54 total holes; 36 continuous holes on Day 1; Final 18 holes on Day 2
Monday, Mar. 2 – Rounds 1-2 (Shotgun start at 8:15 a.m. ET)
Tuesday, Mar. 3 – Round 3 (Tee times start at 8 a.m. ET)
// PARTICIPATING TEAMS (15)
Bowling Green
Cincinnati
Eastern Michigan
Georgia Southern
Iowa
Iowa State
Kansas State
Kent State
Memphis
Miami (Ohio)
Michigan State
Notre Dame
Oakland
Ohio State
Rutgers
// CINCINNATI'S LINEUP
No. 1 – Sam Jean – Soph., Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove HS – 72.56
No. 2 – Joe McCarthy – Jr., Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier/DePaul – 73.56
No. 3 – Cole Harris – Fr., Carmel, Ind./Carmel HS – 74.75
No. 4 – Jack Kunkel – R-Fr., Sylvania, Ohio/Northview HS – 73.17
No. 5 – Clay Amlung – Jr., Louisville, Ky./Saint Xavier HS – 73.50
INDV – Tommy Sullinger – R-Soph., Indianapolis, Ind. – 75.67