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Thursday, October 23, 2014

Golfweek Profiles McGladrey Defending Champ Kirk

Chris Kirk is coming off the season of his life, having won not once, but twice in 2013-14, including the McGladrey Classic, which he’ll try to defend beginning Thursday not far from his former home in Sea Island. He earned nearly $5 million in 2013-14, missed only two cuts in 28 starts, amassed five top 10s and a dozen top 25s and was second in the final FedEx Cup standings. Golfweek writer Jeff Babineau asks, what can do Kirk for an encore?

• Speaking of the McGladrey, check out this photo of Russell Henley jamming with Darius Rucker in a pre-event concert.

• The Bulldogs finished 14th on Tuesday in the Tavistock Collegiate Invitational in Windermere, Fla. The Bulldogs fired a final-round 6-over 294 to wind up at 13-over 877. Florida State claimed team honors at 37-under 827. Sepp Straka finished at 3-under 213, 10 shots in back of Vanderbilt's Hunter Stewart. Greyson Sigg wound up at 4-over 220, followed by Mookie DeMoss at 6-over 222, Zach Healy at 9-over 225 and Sam Straka at 14-over 230. The Bulldogs will conclude the fall portion of their schedule Nov. 7-9 in the Ka'anapali Collegiate Classic in Hawaii.

• Joey Garber, T.J. Mitchell and Adam Mitchell have advanced to the second round of the Web.com Tour Q-School. Garber placed 16th at Johns Creek, Ga.; T.J. Mitchell took seventh in Nebraska City, Neb.; and Adam Mitchell came in 10th at Pine Mountain, Ga. Matt McQuillan (Beaumont, Calif.) and Michael Cromie (Pinehurst, N.C.) are in contention in their events that end on Friday.