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Men’s Golf Central: Scenic City Intercollegiate
September 19, 2021 | Men's Golf
The Tennessee men's golf team is set to open the fall season this week, heading just south down to Ooltewah, Tennessee, to compete in the Scenic City Intercollegiate.
The two-day, three-round tournament begins with two rounds on Monday and the third and final round on Tuesday. The tournament is set to be contested at The Honors Course, ranked as the No. 1 course in the state of Tennessee and the No. 28 course in the country by Golf Digest.
Tennessee is one of five ranked teams participating in the tournament, according to Golf Channel's preseason rankings. The No. 9 Vols are joined by No. 5 Vanderbilt, No. 12 Clemson, No. 17 Georgia and No. 30 LSU.
The Vols are coming off a 2020-21 season that saw the program reach the NCAA Championships for the first time since 2013. In Brennan Webb's third season at the helm, Tennessee posted its best win percentage (.655) since the 2008-09 season and its best SEC win percentage (.650) since 1994-95.
THE VOLS' LINEUP
Spencer Cross
Tennessee's top finisher in four of its eight spring tournaments, Cross is set to compete in his fifth season with the Vols. Cross finished the 2020-21 season with a 71.96 stroke average, which ranked as the ninth-best single-season stroke average in program history.
Cross was a member of Tennessee's lineup in each of its 11 tournaments last season, recording a high finish of fourth place at the SEC Championships.
Bryce Lewis
Entering his third season with the Vols, Lewis is coming off of a sophomore campaign where he posted a 71.56 stroke average (third-best single-season mark in program history), carded 19 rounds par or better, finished in the top 10 three times and recorded his first collegiate individual win at The Country Club of Birmingham Invitational.
Hunter Wolcott
Tennessee's leader in stroke average last season (71.33) and a Second Team All-SEC selection, Wolcott is entering his redshirt senior season with the Vols.
A member of the Vols' lineup in all 11 tournaments last season, Wolcott tied Lewis for the team lead in rounds par or better (19) and top-10 finishes (3).
Tyler Johnson
Johnson competed in 12 rounds with the Vols last season, all of which came during the spring. Posting an overall stroke average of 72.83, Johnson finished his season by stringing together back-to-back finishes of 16th (Old Waverly Collegiate Championship) and sixth place (The Country Club of Birmingham Invitational).
Over the summer, Johnson captured the 2021 Tennessee State Amateur title with a record-shattering 27-under performance at Council Fire Golf Club.
Laurent Desmarchais
An incoming true freshman from Longueuil, Quebec, Desmarchais is set to make his Tennessee debut. Desmarchais was a member of the Canadian Junior National Team prior to signing with Tennessee.
Desmarchais already has a win on the PGA Tour Canada to his credit as an amateur, as he claimed the title at the season-ending Canada Life Series Championship last fall.
VOLS' INDIVIDUAL
Jake Hall
A member of Tennessee's lineup for three tournaments last season and an individual in a fourth, Hall is set to travel as the Vols' individual competitor.
Hall posted five rounds of par or better last season and registered a career-best finish of 16th place at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate last fall .
PARTICIPATING TEAMS (15)
Chattanooga, UAB, Augusta, Clemson, ETSU, Georgia, Kennesaw State, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, UNC Greensboro, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Virginia
COURSE INFORMATION
The Honors Course | Ooltewah, Tenn. | Par 72 | 7,290 yards
Ranked as the No. 28 course in the nation by Golf Digest, The Honors Course has hosted many major events, including the 1991 U.S. Amateur, the 2005 U.S. Mid-Amateur and the 1996 and 2010 NCAA Championships.
LIVE SCORING
Live stats - Golfstat.com
TEE TIMES
Monday, September 20 – First and Second Round – 8 a.m. ET shotgun start
Tuesday, September 21 – Third Round – 8 a.m. ET tee times (Holes 1 & 10)
The two-day, three-round tournament begins with two rounds on Monday and the third and final round on Tuesday. The tournament is set to be contested at The Honors Course, ranked as the No. 1 course in the state of Tennessee and the No. 28 course in the country by Golf Digest.
Tennessee is one of five ranked teams participating in the tournament, according to Golf Channel's preseason rankings. The No. 9 Vols are joined by No. 5 Vanderbilt, No. 12 Clemson, No. 17 Georgia and No. 30 LSU.
The Vols are coming off a 2020-21 season that saw the program reach the NCAA Championships for the first time since 2013. In Brennan Webb's third season at the helm, Tennessee posted its best win percentage (.655) since the 2008-09 season and its best SEC win percentage (.650) since 1994-95.
THE VOLS' LINEUP
Spencer Cross
Tennessee's top finisher in four of its eight spring tournaments, Cross is set to compete in his fifth season with the Vols. Cross finished the 2020-21 season with a 71.96 stroke average, which ranked as the ninth-best single-season stroke average in program history.
Cross was a member of Tennessee's lineup in each of its 11 tournaments last season, recording a high finish of fourth place at the SEC Championships.
Bryce Lewis
Entering his third season with the Vols, Lewis is coming off of a sophomore campaign where he posted a 71.56 stroke average (third-best single-season mark in program history), carded 19 rounds par or better, finished in the top 10 three times and recorded his first collegiate individual win at The Country Club of Birmingham Invitational.
Hunter Wolcott
Tennessee's leader in stroke average last season (71.33) and a Second Team All-SEC selection, Wolcott is entering his redshirt senior season with the Vols.
A member of the Vols' lineup in all 11 tournaments last season, Wolcott tied Lewis for the team lead in rounds par or better (19) and top-10 finishes (3).
Tyler Johnson
Johnson competed in 12 rounds with the Vols last season, all of which came during the spring. Posting an overall stroke average of 72.83, Johnson finished his season by stringing together back-to-back finishes of 16th (Old Waverly Collegiate Championship) and sixth place (The Country Club of Birmingham Invitational).
Over the summer, Johnson captured the 2021 Tennessee State Amateur title with a record-shattering 27-under performance at Council Fire Golf Club.
Laurent Desmarchais
An incoming true freshman from Longueuil, Quebec, Desmarchais is set to make his Tennessee debut. Desmarchais was a member of the Canadian Junior National Team prior to signing with Tennessee.
Desmarchais already has a win on the PGA Tour Canada to his credit as an amateur, as he claimed the title at the season-ending Canada Life Series Championship last fall.
VOLS' INDIVIDUAL
Jake Hall
A member of Tennessee's lineup for three tournaments last season and an individual in a fourth, Hall is set to travel as the Vols' individual competitor.
Hall posted five rounds of par or better last season and registered a career-best finish of 16th place at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate last fall .
PARTICIPATING TEAMS (15)
Chattanooga, UAB, Augusta, Clemson, ETSU, Georgia, Kennesaw State, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, UNC Greensboro, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Virginia
COURSE INFORMATION
The Honors Course | Ooltewah, Tenn. | Par 72 | 7,290 yards
Ranked as the No. 28 course in the nation by Golf Digest, The Honors Course has hosted many major events, including the 1991 U.S. Amateur, the 2005 U.S. Mid-Amateur and the 1996 and 2010 NCAA Championships.
LIVE SCORING
Live stats - Golfstat.com
TEE TIMES
Monday, September 20 – First and Second Round – 8 a.m. ET shotgun start
Tuesday, September 21 – Third Round – 8 a.m. ET tee times (Holes 1 & 10)
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