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Kentucky Set for SEC Men’s Golf Championship

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Kentucky men's golf team will open action at the Southeastern Conference Championship on Wednesday in a quest for a league crown. The SEC Championship, arguably the toughest league tournament in the country, will be played for the 21st time at St. Simon's Island on the Seaside Course which is rated as one of the top-50 courses in the country.
 
The Wildcats will utilize the same starting lineup as they did in each of its last two regular-season events. UK will field a starting five of Jacob Cook, Garrett Wood, Alex Goff, Campbell Kremer and Hugo Archer. Jay Kirchdorfer will serve as UK's alternate.  
 
UK will tee off on Wednesday alongside Mississippi State beginning at 9:40 a.m. ET off of the No. 1 tee box.
  
This year's format will once again feature a 54-hole stroke play, with an individual tournament crown being awarded on Friday. The top eight teams will stick around for match play beginning on Saturday. Two finalists will be determined for a head-to-head match-play showdown for the conference's champion on Sunday.
 
All 14 league teams are ranked in the top 70 of the most recent Golfstat rankings. Twelve of the nation's top 50 players will take part in the league tournament this week as well.
 
Goff and Cook are the only two players with SEC Championship experience. Goff tied for 28th overall with rounds of 74-70-72 and Cook tied for 33rd behind rounds of 69-78-70 a season ago in an 11th-place finish for the Wildcats. Wood, Kremer, Archer and Kirchdorfer will appear in the event for the first time.
 
UK made its first appearance in match play in 2019 and won the 2005 SEC Championship under Brian Craig bolstered by the play of SEC Player of the Year J.B. Holmes.