SAINT HELENA ISLAND, S.C. (April 19, 2024) – The CAA Men’s Golf Championship returns to Dataw Island for a 54-hole tournament that begins Sunday at Dataw Island.
The private, gated community has a longstanding tradition of supporting young athletes, and the tradition continues with this year's College Golf Championship. Members will again host some teams for overnight accommodations throughout their competition, and many others will come out to cheer them on. (Please note: Spectators are asked to remain on the cart paths or in the rough at least 15 yards from the players and to refrain from any communication that could be deemed as advice.)
Eleven CAA colleges will compete for team and individual titles on the par-72, 6,849-yard course with starts for the three rounds on Sunday and Monday at 8:30 a.m. and Tuesday at 8 a.m. on the Tom Fazio-designed Cotton Dike course.
Tee times, results, live scoring, highlights, and interviews will be available by visiting //CAASports.com/MGolf.
Charleston is the top-seeded team entering the Championship with a No. 55 ranking in Clippd. The Cougars last won the Championship in 2022, their sixth since joining the league in 2013-14. Charleston features four of the top eight ranked players in the national statistics, led by Zach Reuland.
UNCW looks to defend its league title at Dataw, where the Seahawks were powered by a tournament-record 15-under performance in the second round. Walker Isley is rated in the top 100 nationally and has a 69.4 adjusted scoring average in 2023-24. UNCW is looking for its ninth league title; each of the first seven were part of a back-to-back.
Elon has finished second or better as a team six times this season and is ranked in the top 100 nationally along with the Cougars and Seahawks. The Phoenix feature four of the top 16 ranked players in Clippd with Garrett Risner tops in that group. Elon aims for its first CAA title after finishing second a year ago and will tee off with the last two champions at 11:30 on Sunday morning.
Drexel looks to improve on a third-place finish and has finished in the top three each of the last three seasons; Drue Nicholas is the conference’s fourth-ranked player and boasts a win at the ODU/Kilmaric Invitational. Campbell joins the CAA after finishing fifth in last year’s Big South Championship; Erik Johansson is the CAA’s second-ranked player and won the UNCW Seahawk Intercollegiate to open the fall. Delaware looks to improve on a sixth-place finish from a year ago; freshman Arsit Areephun has been CAA Golfer of the Week twice this spring. The Dragons, Camels, and Blue Hens will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday.
William & Mary finished fifth last year at Dataw and looks for its first title since 1985; Charlie Bundy was CAA Golfer of the Week to conclude the regular season. Towson is the last team other than Charleston or UNCW to win the league title (2010); Michael Matheson turned in a top-five performance at the Southern Invitational earlier this year. Monmouth will join William & Mary and Towson at 9:30 a.m.; the Hawks received top-25 finishes from Colin McCullagh and Travis Dix at Lafayette last weekend and will play for the fourth-straight weekend.
North Carolina A&T and Hofstra will begin tournament play at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday. Drew Walker won the ARCIS HBCU Championship earlier this season to lead the Aggies; the Pride played an abbreviated spring schedule and was led by Eugene Kang in two of three tournaments.
The winning team and individual medalist will earn spots in NCAA Regionals in May; those tournament fields will be announced May 1.
