MADISON, Miss. - South Alabama men's golf will tee-it-up at the Sun Belt Conference Championship at Annandale Golf Club. Play begins on Monday morning at 8:30 a.m.

The conference tournament is a 54-hole stroke play format and will turn to match play opening in the semifinal featuring the top-4 teams. The Jaguars enter the tournament as the fourth seed.

Senior Hugo Thyr eyes the pursuit of his third Sun Belt Conference title. The two-time SBC champion is one of two players in history to win the tournament twice (Alan Schulte, Old Dominion, 1984-85). Thyr also is one of three in the Sun Belt to bring in a sub-70 stroke average (69.81) to the tournament.


TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

Event (host): Sun Belt Conference Championship
Dates:  April 27-29 (Monday-Wednesday)
Format: 18 holes each day, stroke play; T4 move on to match play in semifinal
Start times: 8:30 a.m. (CDT) split-tee start
Course: Annandale GC (Par 72, 7,157 yds)


THE FIELD (14)

South Alabama, Georgia State, Marshall, Troy, Arkansas State, Coastal Carolina, ULM, Texas State, Louisiana, Georgia Southern, James Madison, Southern Mississippi, Old Dominion, App State.


THE JAGUAR LINEUP

Hugo Thyr - Lidköping, Sweden - Senior | 26 rounds, 69.81 average, low 18: 65
Josh Hill - County Antrim, Northern Ireland - Junior | 26 rounds, 71.27 average, low 18: 66
Tim Kretschmann - Viernheim, Germany - Sophomore | 26 rounds, 71.46 average, low 18: 68
Samir Davidov - Roanoke, Va. - Senior | 26 rounds, 72.57 average, low 18: 67
Filip Svendsen - Fredrikstad, Norway - Sophomore | 26 rounds, 73.19 average, low 18: 68
(Sub) Cole Haygood - Ponce Inlet, Fla. - Senior | 14 rounds, 73.57 average, low 18: 71


TEE SHOTS

• After 26 regular season rounds in the rear view mirror, the Jaguars are on pace to slaughter its program record in team stroke average (289.03 previous program best). It brings a 283.2 team stroke average with a victory and five top-five finishes in eight tournaments to this point.
• Hugo Thyr is on pace to shatter the single-season individual stroke average program record by over a full stroke, bringing a 69.81 stroke average into the Sun Belt Conference Championship and in pursuit of his third championship title at the tournament.
• The Jaguars broke its program record low tournament total at the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate with a score of 829 (-26) this spring.

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