TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Seminoles.com) – Fresh off a momentum-building win at the Camp Creek Seminole Invitational, Florida State Men’s Golf heads to the opposite coast in Ponte Vedra, Fla., as it prepares for the Timuquana Collegiate held at Timuquana Country Club on Jan. 25-26.
The 54-hole tournament will include 36 holes played on Monday and 18 holes in Tuesday’s final round. The event is co-hosted by UNF and Jacksonville, with the other participants including Florida, UCF, USF, Virginia, Notre Dame, Purdue, Oklahoma State and Liberty.
The Timuquana Collegiate is one of several in-state tournaments that Florida State fans have to watch their team. FSU will also play in Stuart (March 15-16), home in Tallahassee (Feb. 20-21), Ponte Vedra again (March 31-April 1) and Naples (April 4-6) during the regular season.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Seminoles.com) – Graduate transfer Vincent Norrman was the standout player for the Florida State men’s golf team at Camp Creek Golf Club on Monday. His effort helped the Seminoles shoot a 9-under 279 in the second round, the low team round of the afternoon at the Camp Creek Seminole Invitational.
The Stockholm, Sweden, native and Georgia Southwestern transfer was able to record a 4-under 68 in the second round and push the Seminoles into a tie for second place (-12) going into Tuesday’s final round in Watersound, Fla. FSU trails Wake Forest (-14) by two strokes and is tied with Clemson.
Bridgeman Sets Another Clemson Record
Clemson, SC – Jacob Bridgeman had another record-breaking day for the Clemson golf team, but the Tigers dropped from first place to a tie for second as a team at the Camp Creek Seminole Invitational at Camp Creek Golf Club in Watersound, Fla. Clemson is in a tie for second place, at 12-under –par 564 after 36 holes, tied with host school Florida State. Wake Forest has a two-shot lead over the Tigers and Seminoles with a 562 total.
Duke is fourth at 569 strokes, while North Carolina is fifth in the 10-team All-ACC field with a 576 score.
Bridgeman shot a second-round 66 after his opening 64 that was the lowest first round of a season in school history. His 14-under-par score of 130 is the best score vs. par in Clemson history for the first two rounds of any tournament. The previous record was -11 held by teammate Turk Pettit at the Maui Jim Invitational last year, and by Doc Redman, who was -11 through two rounds at The Jackrabbit in 2016
Watersound, Fla. – Connor Howe and Luka Karaulic each carded 1-under-par 71s Tuesday, leading Georgia Tech to their best round of the tournament and a 7
th place finish at the Camp Creek Seminole Invitational in Watersound, Fla.
Will Dickson and
Ben Smith earned top-20 finishes individually.
TECH LINEUP – Tech posted its low round of the three days with only one double bogey or worse among its six players competing. As they did in Sunday’s opening round, the Yellow Jackets played holes 1 through 9 (Tech started on No. 10), much better than the back, with all six players under par. The four counters were 8-under-par collectively with only four bogeys after playing the back nine 8-over.
Clemson Opens Season at Camp Creek Seminole Invitational
Clemson, S.C. Clemson will open its men’s golf season on Sunday, Jan. 17 at the Camp Creek Seminole Invitational at Camp Creek Golf Club in Watersound, Fla. The tournament host will be Florida State and the 10 teams competing are all from the Atlantic Coast Conference.
This will be the latest opening to a Clemson season since the 1983-84 academic year, the last year the program did not compete in the fall. The fall schedule this year was suspended by the Atlantic Coast Conference due to COVID19. However, it is the earliest beginning to the spring portion of the schedule on record, and the first time Clemson has played a tournament in the month of January since 2010.