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East Lake Cup
Men's Golf preview: East Lake Cup
10.28.2016 | Men's Golf
The No. 14 Longhorns will conclude their fall season at the second annual East Lake Cup presented by Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
AUSTIN, Texas –
EAST LAKE CUP PRESENTED BY HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE
Dates of competition: Monday, Oct. 31 – Wednesday, Nov. 2
Site: East Lake Golf Club– Atlanta, Ga.
Tournament information: The East Lake Cup invites the top four men's and women's teams from the previous season to compete in a match play championship mirroring the national championship. This marks the second year of the East Lake Cup and features an extended format to include a round of stroke play for seeding before two days of match play to decide a team champion.
Tournament schedule: Teams will compete in an individual stroke play competition to determine an individual champion and match play seeding on Monday. On Tuesday and Wednesday, two match-play tournaments will be hosted, with the semifinals matches on Tuesday and the finals and consolation matches on Wednesday.
Tee times:
Monday (Stroke Play) – 11:12 a.m. ET through 1:00 p.m. ET
Tuesday (Semifinals Matches) –11:05 a.m. ET through 2:15 p.m. ET
Wednesday (Consolation/Finals Matches) –11:05 a.m. ET through 2:15 p.m. ET
Course: East Lake Golf Club (par 72 / 6,886 yards)
FIELD: Illinois, Oregon, Texas, and Vanderbilt
LIVE STATS: Stroke Play Match Play
LIVE STREAM: Golf Channel Live Extra
NATIONAL BROADCAST: Live coverage of the East Lake Cup will air on Golf Channel from 3-6 p.m. ET each day of competition. Tournament coverage will replay in primetime. In addition, Golf Central and Morning Drive will be on-site at East Lake Golf club to provide pre-event and post-event coverage.
2015 RESULTS:
Semifinal Match A:
No. 4 Georgia def. No. 1 LSU, 3-1-1
J. Lopez Rivarola (Georgia) def. B. Pierce (LSU), 7&5
S. Burns (LSU) def. S. Straka (Georgia), 4&3
Z. Healy (Georgia) def. Z. Wright (LSU), 1UP
G. Siggs (Georgia) halves with N. Jeansonne (LSU), A/S
L. McCoy (Georgia) def. E. Ricard (LSU), 5&4
Semifinal Match B:
No. 3 Illinois def. No. 2 Southern California, 4-1-0
D. Meyer (Illinois) def. J. Texeira (USC), 19 holes
T. Detry (Illinois) def. J. Suh (USC), 1UP
C. Danielson (Illinois) def. R. Hoey (USC), 1UP
A. Burge (Illinois) def. A. Levitt (USC), 1UP
S. Crocker (USC) def. N. Hard (Illinois), 2&1
Consolation Match:
No. 2 Southern California def. No. 1 LSU, 4-1-0
S. Crocker (USC) def. S. Burns (LSU), 3&2
J. Suh (USC) def. N. Jeansonne (LSU), 5&3
R. Hoey (USC) def. Z. Wright (LSU), 3&2
B. Pierce (LSU) def. A. Levitt (USC), 2&1
J. Texeira (USC) def. E. Ricard (LSU), 3&2
Final Match:
No. 3 Illinois def. No. 4 Georgia, 3-1-1
T. Detry (Illinois) def. S. Straka (Georgia), 4&3
Z. Healy (Georgia) def. D. Meyer (Illinois), 2UP
C. Danielson (Illinois) def. J. Lopez Rivarola (Georgia), 3&2
A. Burge (Illinois) def. G. Sigg (Georgia), 19 holes
N. Hardy (Illinois) halves with L. McCoy (Georgia), A/S
Texas Lineup:
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