TOURNAMENT: Hayt Invitational
WHEN: Saturday, March 9 – Monday, March 11
LOCATION: Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
COURSE: Sawgrass Country Club (Par 72 – 6,966 Yards)
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TAMPA, FLA., March 8, 2024 – The University of South Florida men's golf team heads across the state to compete in the Hayt Invitational at Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach on March 9-11. The Bulls, who have posted a second and third place finish in the first two Spring events, are led by head coach
Steve Bradley, the five-time AAC Coach of the Year is in his 10th season.
In Nevada, junior
Jake Peacock, ranked No. 85 in the country, captured his first win as a Bull, garnering AAC Men's Golfer of the Week honors. The USF team continued the stellar play on display all season as the Bulls posted a solo second place finish. The Bulls closed with a 275 (-13) on Wednesday, tied for the low round of the tournament, to move up from sixth place into solo second place in the 22-team field.
The Bulls, ranked 40th in the country, are riding the momentum from their record-setting Fall slate that saw USF win back-to-back tournaments as a team and had consecutive individual winners at the same tournaments. The Bulls have now placed in the top four in five straight events for the 2023-24 season.
Along with the No. 40-ranked Bulls, the 14-team field includes eight other teams ranked in the top 75 in the country, including top-ranked North Carolina. The field includes (21) Alabama, (60) Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, (23) Duke, Jacksonville, Liberty, (51) Louisville, (1) North Carolina, host (25) North Florida, (26) Ohio State, UCF, UTSA and (13) Virginia.
In the 54-hole event, the field will begin play with 18 holes on Saturday, March 9, followed by 18 holes on Sunday, March 10 and will finish with 18 holes on Monday March 11.
Leading the charge for the Bulls in 2023-24 is
Jake Peacock, a member 2022-23 AAC Men's Golf All-Conference team. Peacock shot under par in all three rounds Nevada. He stood in third place entering the third round. He opened the final round with a birdie on his opening hole and birdied two of the first three holes. He carded six birdies on his round, offset by one bogey, for a 67 (-5). A birdie-par finish on the 53rd and 54th holes sealed the win. Peacock becomes the third Bull to win a tournament this season, joining
Sam Nicholson and
Brock Healy.
Head Coach
Steve Bradley announced the following competitors for the Bulls at The Hayt:
Jake Peacock (Jr., Milton, Ga.),
Shubham Jaglan (Jr., Delhi, India),
Brock Healy (Gr., Norcross, Ga.),
Cooper Smith (Redshirt Jr., Tampa, Fla.),and
Sam Nicholson (Sr., Atlantic Beach, Fla.).
About USF Men's Golf
The USF men's golf program has captured 17 conference titles and has seen players earn 19 All-America honors. The Bulls have won five American Athletic Conference Tournament championships in wire-to-wire fashion, winning four-consecutive from 2015-18. The Bulls have had four individual conference champions, including Albin Bergstrom in 2021, and gone on to earn nine straight NCAA Regional appearances, including a 6th place finish in NCAA Championship match-play in 2015. USF is led by Steve Bradley, who has been named American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year five times since taking over the program in 2014. The Bulls have posted 22 tournament wins under Bradley entering the 2023-24 season, by far the most under any coach in program history.
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