GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Charlotte Men’s Golf is set to start their 2025 spring season this weekend (Feb. 15-16) in Gainesville, Florida at the Mark Bostick Golf Course. Saturday will be rounds one and two (36 holes) with the final round scheduled for Sunday.

COACH’S CORNER

“I think everybody gets excited this time of the year when you get the opportunity to step back into competition,” said Head Coach Ryan Cabbage. “College golf is unique in the fact that we play the fall season that counts toward NCAA postseason and then we take a four-month break and then jump back into our spring season. I think these guys have made some good strides in the past few weeks coming out of the Christmas break and we will see where we are in Gainesville. We’ve never played the Gator Invitational, so this is both a new event and golf course for us. We will have a good game plan ready to go thanks to gathering information from some teams and coaches that have played there in the past. From what we have gathered, I think it’s going to be important this week to play with discipline and can keep our approach shots in correct relation to the flag on small greens that are going to have some slope and quickness in them. That is the way we approach any golf course that we go to so that’s not going to be different for our guys, it’ll just be a matter of discipline and proper execution”

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

Dates: Saturday, Feb. 15 – Sunday, Feb. 16

Location: Mark Bostick Golf Course – Gainesville, Fla. 

Host: University of Florida

Course Par/Yardage: 70 / 6,701 yards 

Format: 36 holes on Saturday and 18 on Sunday 

Tee Times: Modified shotgun start; 7:45 a.m. on Saturday and 8 a.m. on Sunday

Scoring: Golfstat

COMPETING TEAMS (NCAA Rankings as of Feb. 12)

Charlotte, Eastern Michigan, Florida Gulf Coast, No. 13 Florida, Furman, Georgia Southern, Jacksonville, Liberty, North Florida, No. 7 Oklahoma State, Penn State, South Florida, UCF and West Virginia. 

FALL RECAP

Last time out, Caden Baker (208, -8) impressed at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate by finishing tied for second place and one stroke from the lead. Baker held the lead after two rounds of play shooting 11 under par. As a team, Charlotte finished fourth place in a field of 14 teams.

Before his second-place finish in Georgia, Baker shined in the final round of the Rod Myers Invitational at Duke. Baker’s 65 (-7) in round three was the second-best individual round for the tournament. He totaled seven birdies with four of them coming on the front nine. Gough and Schmidly were the top finishers for the team at one under par (215) while shooting 73 and 74 in the final round, respectively.

In match play at the Barbara Nicklaus Cup in Dublin, Ohio, Charlotte picked up victories over Clemson (5-1) and Ohio State (5.50-0.5), while coming up short to Florida (5-1).

CHARLOTTE LINEUP

Justin Matthews (7:45), Daniel Boone (7:55), Conor Gough (8:05), Seb Cave (8:15), and Caden Baker (8:25) will tee off round one for Charlotte.