LAFAYETTE, La. - South Alabama men's golf will travel to Lafayette, Louisiana to tee it up at the Louisiana Classics, hosted by Louisiana.

The contest will air on ESPN+ on Tuesday morning at 9:15 a.m., for the first time this season.


TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

Event (host): Louisiana Classics (ULL)
Dates:  March 9-10 (Monday-Tuesday)
Format: 36 holes Monday, 18 Tuesday, stroke play
Start times: 8:00 a.m. (CDT) start Monday, Tuesday TBD
Course: Oakbourne CC (Par 72, 6,832 yds)


THE FIELD (16)

?South Alabama, Louisiana, Illinois State, Little Rock, Oral Roberts, Michigan, Texas State, East Tennessee State, New Mexico State, Louisiana Tech, Sam Houston, Lamar, Texas A&M, Middle Tennessee State, North Texas, Southern Illinois.



THE JAGUAR LINEUP

Hugo Thyr - Lidköping, Sweden - Senior | 14 rounds, 69.21 average, low 18: 65
Filip Svendsen - Fredrikstad, Norway - Sophomore | 14 rounds, 72.42 average, low 18: 68
Tim Kretschmann - Viernheim, Germany - Sophomore | 14 rounds, 70.5 average, low 18: 68
Samir Davidov - Roanoke, Va. - Senior | 14 rounds, 72.14 average, low 18: 68
Josh Hill - County Antrim, Northern Ireland - Junior | 14 rounds, 70.21 average, low 18: 66
IND Cole Haygood - Ponce Inlet, Fla. - Senior | 8 rounds, 74/12 average, low 18: 71



TEE SHOTS

• The Jaguars fired a historic fall ranking at No. 54 after placing top-5 in all four tournaments.
• They opened the spring at the Hal Williams Collegiate in their first placement outside of the top-5 (tenth).
• Hugo Thyr has placed inside the top-20 individually in all five tournaments.
• The team is averaging a team stroke average of 280.35 and an individual stroke average of 70.09.

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