The Georgia men's golf team recorded its best round of the Southeastern Conference Championship on Sunday at Sea Island's Seaside Course to finish in fourth place.
The Bulldogs fired an 8-under 272 to wind up at 7-under 833. Alabama (34-under 806) went wire-to-wire as the tournament leader and posted a 16-shot victory over LSU.
"We played better today, so that's something we can build on," Georgia coach Chris Haack said. "We didn't get the result we wanted this weekend and that was in large part to the way we putted. We'll get back home and work on the little things and make the corrections we need to make."
Michael Cromie finished 11th individually at 3-under 207, 15 shots behind medalist Bobby Wyatt of Alabama (18-under 192). Joey Garber, Keith Mitchell and Greyson Sigg all came in at even-par 210, while Lee McCoy wound up at 2-over 212.
• The Bulldogs will learn their NCAA Regionals destination on Monday from 10-11 a.m. during Morning Drive, Golf Channel’s daily morning news and lifestyle show. Additionally, Morning Drive will be streamed live on Golf Channel’s website via Golf Live Extra at golfchannel.com and posted afterward on ncaa.com. The selections news release will be available on ncaa.com immediately following completion of Morning Drive.
The NCAA Regionals are slated for May 15-17 at six sites around the country: Auburn University Club in Auburn, Ala.; The Club at Old Hawthorne in Columbia, Mo.; Lonnie Poole Golf Course in Raleigh, N.C.; Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Ill.; Eugene Country Club in Eugene, Ore.; and Briggs Ranch Golf Club in San Antonio, Texas.
The top five teams from each regional will advance to the NCAA Championship.
Golf Channel will provide highlights from regional play leading up to coverage of the 2014 championship to be held May 23-28 at Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson, Kan., hosted by Wichita State. Golf Channel will provide live coverage of the final day of individual championship play on May 26 as well as the team match play on May 27-28.
• The Bulldogs will learn their NCAA Regionals destination on Monday from 10-11 a.m. during Morning Drive, Golf Channel’s daily morning news and lifestyle show. Additionally, Morning Drive will be streamed live on Golf Channel’s website via Golf Live Extra at golfchannel.com and posted afterward on ncaa.com. The selections news release will be available on ncaa.com immediately following completion of Morning Drive.
The NCAA Regionals are slated for May 15-17 at six sites around the country: Auburn University Club in Auburn, Ala.; The Club at Old Hawthorne in Columbia, Mo.; Lonnie Poole Golf Course in Raleigh, N.C.; Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Ill.; Eugene Country Club in Eugene, Ore.; and Briggs Ranch Golf Club in San Antonio, Texas.
The top five teams from each regional will advance to the NCAA Championship.
Golf Channel will provide highlights from regional play leading up to coverage of the 2014 championship to be held May 23-28 at Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson, Kan., hosted by Wichita State. Golf Channel will provide live coverage of the final day of individual championship play on May 26 as well as the team match play on May 27-28.
• Erik Compton was the top Bulldog in the PGA TOUR's Zurich Classic of New Orleans. He came in fifth at 14-under. Kevin Kisner was 34th at 6-under and Hudson Swafford missed the cut.
• The PGA TOUR heads to the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, N.C., this week. Kisner, Swafford, Brendon Todd, Brian Harman, Russell Henley and Chris Kirk are in the field.
• In the Web.com Tour's WNB Golf Classic in Midland, Texas, Ryuji Imada came in 18th at 8-under and Scott Parel was 22nd at 7-under. Paul Claxton and Justin Bolli missed the cut.
• The Web.com Tour stop this week is the South Georgia Classic at Kinderlou Forest in Valdosta. Imada, Parel and Bolli are slated to play, and Claxton is listed as an alternate.
• Georgia's alums continue to dominate the Rivals Cup with more than $14 in earnings this season. Georgia Tech is second with $7.4 million.
• Bubba Watson is No. 2 in the FedExCup Standings, followed by No. 6 English, No. 8 Kirk and No. 24 Henley.
• In case you missed it, Watson made a surprise visit to Athens last week and granted this interview.
