Louisville Travels West for the Prestige

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Coming off a third-place finish to open the spring season, the University of Louisville men's golf team returns to action to compete in the 24th edition of The Prestige at PGA West.
First-round play begins Monday and will run through Wednesday afternoon on the 7,100 yard, par-71 Greg Norman course as the 24-team event will be played until the play five, keep four format. The tournament will hold both a team event and individual competition.

The tournament is annually hosted by UC Davis and includes twelve programs ranked in the top-50 of the collegiate rankings - No. 5 Washington, No. 18 Oregon, No. 23 Chattanooga, No. 24 Texas Tech, No. 26 Duke, No. 28 Baylor, No. 31 UCLA, No. 36 Northwestern, No. 38 SMU, No. 42 Loyola Marymount, No. 46 Oregon State, and No. 47 Louisville.

The lineup for team competition includes Sebastian Moss, Max Kennedy, Cooper Claycomb, Clay Pendergrass and Easton Johnson.

Last time out, Cooper Claycomb carded a personal best 5-under-par to lead the University of Louisville men's golf team to a third-place finish at the Sea Best Invitational Tuesday at the TPC at Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

The Cardinals closed the tournament Tuesday by shooting a 4-over-par 284 to finish 16 shots behind the Florida, which won the tournament by three shots over second-place North Florida. UofL finished the two-day event at 18-over-par after carding rounds of 291-283-284=858.

Claycomb posted his best round of 65 to jump into a tie for seventh place with teammate Max Kennedy. Claycomb birdied three holes on each side during the final round to tie Kennedy for the team's best round over the two-day event.

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Players Mentioned

Cooper Claycomb

Easton Johnson

Max Kennedy

Sebastian Moss

Clay Pendergrass

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