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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Coming off a victory at the Norman Regional last week, the No. 14 University of Alabama's men's golf team has turned its attention to its final event of the year when it tees off the 2023 NCAA Men's Golf Championships. The championships will take place May 26-31 at the par 70, 7,289-yard Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz.

The Crimson Tide will be paired alongside No. 13 Texas A&M and No. 15 Virginia across the opening two rounds of play Friday and Saturday. The teams will tee off the opening round at 2:25 p.m. CT (12:25 p.m. PT) off Hole No. 10 and go off No. 1 at 9:05 a.m. CT (7:05 a.m. PT) in round two.

The tournament appearance will mark the Tide's 21st all-time, with 11 coming under head coach Jay Seawell, and the first since 2018. During this span, Alabama has collected two back-to-back national championships in 2013 and 2014, while also finishing runner-up in 2018.

  • The Tide's starting five will include Canon Claycomb, Nick Dunlap, Thomas Ponder, Jonathan Griz and JP Cave, while Jones Free will serve in the team's alternate
  • Ranked No. 21 in the nation according to Golfweek.com's individual player rankings, Nick Dunlap has finished in the top-20 in nine of the Tide's 11 events of the year, including leading UA with a fourth-place finish (-9) at the Norman Reginoal
  • Dunlap leads the team in overall average strokes per round (70.39), average vs. par (-1.06) and rounds in the 60s (15)
  • Canon Claycomb (No. 36, 70.67) and Thomas Ponder (No. 78, 71.24) are also among Golfweek.com's top 80 golfers in the nation and both enter the field averaging under 72.00 strokes per round
  • Finishing tied for 11th at the Norman Regional, Jonathan Griz enters the championship field with an overall stroke average of 72.42
  • Griz has played 13 rounds at par or better, including a final round score of 6-under par 66 at the Norman Regional to help secure the regional championship for the Tide
  • JP Cave rounds out the Tide's starting lineup following his 2-under par performance (T28th) at the Norman Regional
  • Cave collected three rounds of par or better in regional action, giving him 13 rounds of par or better carded across eight events in which he's seen action
The Format

  • The format and broadcast schedule for the NCAA Championships are as follows:
DateFormatLive on Golf Channel
Friday, May 26Stroke Play Round One (2:25 p.m. CT – No. 10)
Saturday, May 27Stroke Play Round Two (7:05 a.m. CT – No. 1)
Sunday, May 28Stroke Play Round Three (cut to top 15)
Monday, May 29Stroke Play Round Four (cut to top eight)4-8 p.m. CT
Tuesday, May 30Match Play Quarterfinals12-2:30 p.m. CT
Match Play Semifinals4-8 p.m. CT
Wednesday, May 31Match Play Finals4-8 p.m. CT
 

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The No. 15-ranked Alabama men's golf team finished opening round action at the 2023 NCAA Men's Golf Championships Monday afternoon, ending the day with a team score of 10-over par 290. The Crimson Tide will tee off in the morning wave of Saturday's second round in a tie for 17th place overall.

The NCAA Championships, which are being held at the par 70, 7,289-yard Grayhawk Golf Club, will continue with 18 holes on both Saturday and Sunday before being trimmed to the top 15 teams after 54 holes of action.

The Crimson Tide, seeded No. 14 in this year's event, will be paired alongside No. 13 Texas A&M and No. 15 Virginia for a second consecutive round when the teams tee off in the morning wave beginning at 9:05 a.m. CT (7:05 a.m. PT).

Individual Highlights

  • Three Crimson Tide golfers – JP Cave, Canon Claycomb and Jonathan Griz – carded rounds of 2-over par 72 and are tied for 47th overall
  • Nick Dunlap is in a tie for 87th overall at 4-over par 74, while Thomas Ponder rounded out the starting five with a 75
  • Claycomb and Ponder each had four birdies to lead the team in the category, while Cave and Dunlap finished with three birdies apiece
  • Georgia Tech's Ross Steelman finished the day at 6-under par to lead the field after round one
 
Falling a part of the Back 9 (Front 9). Ugly.

Yep. Must be a tough ass course when the leader is even par. The front 9 alone, Alabama was +7. Just need to regroup and go on a good run.
Y'all have a confusing way of looking at these matches. If they were +7 making the turn and they finished +10, how are they falling apart on the second nine?

I hate the NCAA calling this "stroke play." Even though it's technically is based on stroke play, it's 4BBB. It's best ball, some call it four ball.

Two bogey's and two double's blew Ponder's first nine; the "back nine" he played a stroke under par. On the other hand, Dunlap turned the corner at two under and carded four bogey's and a double on his second nine.

Claycomb went 38/34. Cave went 35/37.

Two guys had opposite rough nine's when you can only afford one bad round.



10 strokes is A LOT in head to head, not that big of a deal after one round. There's work to do.

Sunday, it's the top 15 that advance, right? To show how close this is right now if Bama shaved one stroke off of yesterday's total they'd be tied with A&M and BYU. By virtue of the first tie-breaker, Bama would advance.



@Bammerboy321 you've mentioned 'tough course' a few times. I'd say it's playing as suspected.

Last year after round one Vandy had the low score in the clubhouse; 282. GT posted a 280 yesterday with three teams at 281. Florida posted a 300 last year and made the cut of 15. AZ State shot the same score last year as Bama did this year and made the cut of the final eight.

'tis early ...
 
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