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| Parker Derby was Georgia's top player in the qualifying tournaments. |
FORT WORTH, Texas --- The seventh-ranked Georgia men's golf team will continue the fall portion of its schedule by competing in the inaugural Nike Golf Collegiate Invitational this week.
The event, slated for Monday and Tuesday, will be held at Colonial Country Club, the site of the PGA Tour's Crowne Plaza Invitational.
Georgia coach Chris Haack will use a lineup of juniors Lee McCoy and Sepp Straka and sophomores Parker Derby, Jaime Lopez Rivarola and Greyson Sigg.
McCoy leads the Bulldogs with a 68.67 scoring average and he has finished second and first individually in Georgia's two fall events. Derby and Lopez Rivarola will be making their 2014-15 debuts after playing just one tournament each last season.
"This is a little different lineup for us, but these guys played well in the qualifiers and earned their spots," Haack said. "We've always thought competition is good for our players. They've had to battle their teammates and now they get to battle some really good players from across the country. This will be a good experience for our guys."
The Bulldogs and host TCU will be joined by Texas, Oklahoma, Stanford, Washington, Vanderbilt, Southern Cal, Oregon, Ohio State, Arizona and Duke. The teams will play 36 holes on Monday and 18 holes on Tuesday.
“With Colonial’s rich history and tradition, playing host to one of the longest running events on the PGA Tour coupled with Nike Golf’s state-of-the-art research and development facility, The Oven, (this is) the ideal place to host this inaugural tournament,” said Cricket Musch, Sports Marketing Director of College, Amateur and Junior Golf at Nike Golf. “Our partnership with Colonial and the city of Fort Worth will offer an unforgettable experience for these top college golf programs.”
The 2015 Nike Golf Collegiate Invitational will be hosted by Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club outside of Portland, Ore., and will return to Colonial Country Club in 2016.
