GOLF CENTRAL: Maridoe Intercollegiate

Saturday, October 6

Carrollton, TX

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University of Tennessee

Maridoe Intercollegiate

October 05, 2018 | Men's Golf

Tennessee aims for third title of the season in Carrollton, Texas

By: Andy Kovar

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee men's golf team will be aiming for its third team title of the season this week at the Maridoe Intercollegiate.

The tournament hosted by University of North Texas in Carrollton, Texas has a field comprised of 14 teams including Texas A&M (No. 6) and Southern Methodist (No. 21) who joins Tennessee (No. 5) in the Bushnell/Golfweek top-25 team rankings, as announced on Sept. 28.

The Vols have started out the year winning their first two tournaments at the Carpet Capital Collegiate and Inverness Intercollegiate. Winning a third title this season, would tie the program record with the 2001-02 and 2004-05 teams.

Coach Brennan Webb travels the same five that helped the team win the Carpet Capital and Inverness Intercollegiate with sophomore Jake Meenhorst retaining the top spot in the Tennessee lineup.

The only slight change for coach Webb in the lineup for the Maridoe Intercollegiate is junior Brayden Garrison and junior Rhys Nevin will swap in the No. 2 and No. 3 spots. Meenhorst, Garrison and Nevin have been mainstays at the top of the lineup this season playing all three tournaments in the top three positions.

The Vols will tee off of hole No. 10 at 9:30 a.m. (ET) and will be paired with Texas A&M and UT-Arlington for the opening round of play.

Format: The tournament is being played at the Par 71, 7,300 yards Maridoe Golf Club in Carrollton, Texas. This is the inaugural year of the event.
The 54-hole tournament will take place over three days with 18 holes being played each day with the final round set for Monday.

The Vols' Lineup
Jake Meenhorst
The Fred Haskins Watch List member is slotted into the top spot in the starting five for the second straight tournament. Meenhorst tied for second at the Carpet Capital Collegiate to open the fall season.

Brayden Garrison
The junior has helped Tennessee get out to fast starts in the first two tournaments with a 68.50 stroke average in first rounds, the best average on the team. Garrison also has three rounds in the 60s which leads the Vols.

Rhys Nevin
The Cheshire, England native has finished inside of the top 25 on the leaderboard in the first two tournaments, tying for sixth at the Carpet Capital with a 4-under-par score.

Tyler Johnson
Johnson bookended the Inverness Intercollegiate with rounds of 71 which helped him tie for fourth in the event. His fourth place finish tied Hunter Wolcott for the top finish in the lineup.

Hunter Wolcott
Wolcott helped pace Tennessee in Toledo with an opening round 70. It also helped kick start his week as he tied Johnson for the low-round in the lineup at 3-over to place fourth.

Follow the Action
Play will begin on Saturday, Oct. 5th. Live scoring will be available on GolfStat.com. A complete recap with full results will be posted on UTSports.com following each day's play.