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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Bulldogs To Play In SEC Vs. ACC Event

Mookie DeMoss and the Bulldogs will play this weekend in the Dick's Sporting Goods Collegiate Challenge Cup.
The Georgia men's golf team will compete in the Dick's Sporting Goods Collegiate Challenge Cup this weekend in Kingston Springs, Tenn.

The tournament will pit SEC and ACC teams against each other for a 54-hole stroke play event Friday and Saturday, followed by an 18-hole match-play final on Sunday. The tournament will take place at The Golf Club of Tennessee.

The Bulldogs will use a lineup of seniors Michael Cromie and Joey Garber, juniors Mookie DeMoss and Nicholas Reach, and sophomore Lee McCoy.

Joining the Bulldogs from the SEC will be Mississippi State, Tennessee, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt. The ACC representatives will be Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Virginia and Wake Forest.

ESPNU will be on hand for the Dick's Sporting Goods Collegiate Challenge Cup and will air a highlights show on Sunday, Oct. 13.

• The four former Bulldogs in the FedExCup Playoffs were eliminated following the BMW Championship. With the top 30 advancing to the TOUR Championship in Atlanta, Harris English finished 31st, Chris Kirk came in 34th, Bubba Watson placed 37th and Russell Henley wound up 44th.

At the BMW Championship, which ended on Monday due to inclement weather, Watson and Kirk came in 24th at 3-under, Henley was 39th at even par, and English placed 50th at 3-over.

• In the Web.com Tour Finals, Hudson Swafford improved his bid for a PGA TOUR card by coming in seventh at 4-under in the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship. The top 25 money leaders after the Web.com Tour Finals will secure TOUR cards for next year and Swafford jumped from 24th to 10th in the standings.

Kevin Kisner and Brendon Todd already have secured their PGA TOUR cards for next season by finishing the regular season in the top 25 of the Web.com Tour's money leaders. Scott Parel was 28th at 1-over in the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship, while Todd and Kisner each missed the cut.

The final event of the year is the Web.com Tour Championship Sept. 26-29 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.