ORLANDO – The UCF men's golf season is right around the corner and after a strong showing in 2020-21, head coach Bryce Wallor and his squad will look to build upon their success this year as they play another tough schedule of opponents in the fall and spring.
Wallor, who enters year 13 in 2021-22 and has guided the Knights to an NCAA Regional title and two conference championships since 2009, has a new assistant coach on staff to kick off the season as Emerson Newsome joined the squad in June.
Newsome grew up in Atlanta, Georgia where he had a junior career consisting of over 15 victories across multiple junior tour circuits. Prior to his time on the professional landscape, Newsome was a standout at the University of Cincinnati, where he earned a Division I scholarship to play for the Bearcats' men's golf team from 2012-2016.
SCHEDULE
The Knights announced their full 2021-22 schedule on Tuesday, featuring nine regular season tournaments and the American Athletic Conference Championship.
The Knights will play in five states throughout the 2021-22 season (not including postseason) as UCF will travel to Michigan, Connecticut, South Carolina (twice) and Georgia, in addition to playing five tournaments in Florida. The schedule also features two events that the Knights will participate in for the first time in The Carolina Collegiate Invitational and the Coral Creek Club Invitational.
UCF's schedule features two events that give exemptions into professional golf tournaments. The Carolina Collegiate Invitational in Spartanburg, South Carolina, which UCF will play in from October 11-13, provides the individual winner of the event an exemption into a Korn Ferry Tour event. Meanwhile, the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational, which the Knights will take part in from April 2-3 in Augusta, Georgia, provides the individual winner an exemption into a PGA Tour Event.
The Knights' schedule is highlighted by their home event, the Isleworth Collegiate. UCF is the defending champion at the Isleworth Collegiate, which is nationally recognized as one of the most prestigious tournaments in all of college golf.
Following the conclusion of the regular season, UCF will play in the American Conference Championship in Brooksville, Fla. from April 22-24.
All tournaments will have live stats available via Golfstat with links found on the UCF men's golf schedule page leading up to the event.
Check out the Knights full schedule here.
ROSTER
As the UCF Men's Golf team looks to kick off season number 13 under head coach Bryce Wallor in less than a week, 10 players are on the squad looking to guide the Knights to a conference title and beyond.
The Knights boast four core returners in 2021-22, consisting of seniors Johnny Travale, Clement Charmasson and Teddy Tetak, as well as sophomore Egor Eroshenko. Charmasson,Travale and Eroshenko played in all six contests for the Knights in 2020-21 while Tetak saw action in four.
Travale led the squad with an average stroke total of 71.56. The third-year Knight shot 72(E) to finish in 13th place at the NCAA Tallahassee regional with a 211(-5) total.
The UCF men's golf roster also received a nice influx on newcomers in the offseason as six first-time Knights are on the roster looking to make an impact in seniors Markus Braadlie and Luis Carrera, as well as freshmen Reinaldo Simoni, Richard Dou, Jonah Leach and Nicholas Estrada.
Check out the full UCF Men's Golf roster preview here.
GETTING STARTED
The Knights open play in the Island Resort Collegiate, taking place from September 4-6 in Harris, Michigan.
The event is familiar to the Knights as UCF played in the tournament in 2019, finishing with a three-round total of 859 (-5), which put them even with East Carolina, one stroke ahead of Michigan State of the Big Ten, and 14 strokes ahead of sixth-place Kentucky of the SEC.
UCF qualifying information and lineups for the 2021-22 edition of the Island Resort Collegiate will be announced on Friday, September 3.
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