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Georgia golf delivered to advance into SEC match play

By Savannah Leigh

Georgia's Ben Van Wyk prepares for a putt on the 17th hole during the final round of the Calusa Cup, Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at Calusa Pines Golf Club in Naples, Fla.Georgia Tech won the tournament as a team with a score of 856 Florida's Fred Biondi and Georgia Tech's Bartley Forrester won the tournament as individuals with a score of 211.College Golf: Calusa Cup final round, April 5, 2022
Georgia's Ben Van Wyk prepares for a putt on the 17th hole during the final round of the Calusa Cup, Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at Calusa Pines Golf Club in Naples, Fla.Georgia Tech won the tournament as a team with a score of 856 Florida's Fred Biondi and Georgia Tech's Bartley Forrester won the tournament as individuals with a score of 211.College Golf: Calusa Cup final round, April 5, 2022 /
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Georgia golf battled hard on Day 3 of the SEC Championship stroke play portion to advance into match play.

This weekend, the Dawgs will look to win their 30th SEC Championship, and while the last couple of days haven’t gone their way, anything can happen with match play.

Last year Georgia had the lowest score in the stroke-play portion of the event but struggled in match play.

The Dawgs are still right in the race as the biggest hurdle is making the weekend.

Georgia golf advances to the matchplay weekend at the SEC Championship.

Day 3 saw Vanderbilt hold off the pack to shoot the lowest stroke-play score, but the Gators fought hard, and John Dubois won the individual championship.

The top eight schools advancing are:

1: Vanderbilt

2: Texas A&M

3: Florida

4: LSU

5: Missouri

6: Georgia

7: Tennessee

8: Mississippi State

Texas A&M shot the lowest of Day 3 as the Aggies finished 7-under 273, four strokes better than anyone else. That performance pushed them to be the second seed.

Florida and Vanderbilt each shot 3-under 277. That score gave Vanderbilt the lowest total at 16-under 824, three strokes ahead of the Aggies. The Gators finished with 12-under 828, one stroke behind the Aggies and four off the Commodores.

Georgia shot a 3-over 283 on Day 3 to finish even par of the stroke play to stay in sixth place and do enough to advance.

Ben van Wyk led the Dawgs by shooting even-par 70 on Day 3. Trent Phillips, Buck Brumlow and Maxwell Ford shot 1-over 71s on the final day. Those scores were the ones that counted toward the overall score. Nicolas Cassidy was also out there on the course as he shot 6-over 76 on Friday.

Phillips finished fifth in the individual race, just three shots off the winner.

Now the Dawgs will take on Florida in the first round of match play at 8:20 a.m. Saturday morning.

The pairings between Georgia and Florida will see Cassidy take on individual medalist Dubois, Brumlow will play Yuxin Lin, Ford will play Fred Biondi, van Wyk will take on Ricky Castillo and Phillips will play Tyler Wilkes.

The other first-round match play pairs are LSU-Missouri, Texas A&M-Tennessee and Vanderbilt-Mississippi State. This round will decide which four teams make the final round on Sunday.

Georgia and Florida will be the last set of players to go off Saturday morning, and now it’s up to the Dawgs to be aggressive.

This matchplay portion of the SEC Championship is by far a different monster. Anything could happen, so it’s time for Georgia to flex and find some momentum.

The semifinals will air on SEC Network+ from 4:30-7 p.m. on Saturday, and Sunday’s final round will air on SEC Network starting at 8 a.m.

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