Georgia Golfers To Tee It Up In Rhode Island

The 15th-ranked Georgia men’s golf team will resume the fall portion of its schedule this week in Rhode Island in the 18th Annual Adams Cup of Newport/Cleveland Golf Classic.

The tournament will consist of 36 holes on Monday at The Orchard Course at Newport National Golf Club and 18 holes on Tuesday at Carnegie Abbey Club. Georgia’s only other appearance in the event took place in 2002, with the Bulldogs coming in third.

Joining the Bulldogs and host Rhode Island will be Boston College, Brown, Bryant, Central Connecticut, Central Florida, Connecticut, Dartmouth, DePaul, Hartford, Holy Cross, Nova Southeastern, Rollins, St. Joseph’s, Temple, Texas Tech, Villanova and Yale. The 19-team field incorporates 12 different conferences.

“I am really excited about this tournament,” Georgia coach Chris Haack said. “We’re going to see some teams we don’t normally see and we’re going to play in a part of the country we’ve rarely been to. This tournament has a strong history, and we’re proud to be a part of it this year.”

Haack will use a lineup of juniors Bryden Macpherson and T.J. Mitchell, sophomore Michael Cromie, and freshmen Nicholas Reach and Sepp Straka. That quintet placed seventh in the season-opening Carpet Capital Collegiate Sept. 9-11. Macpherson led the way with a career-best third-place finish at 5-under 211.

“We saw a lot of positive things in the first tournament, things that we can build on as we move forward,” Haack said.

Additional information about the Adams Cup can be found at Rhode Island’s website, GoRhody.com.