The University of Mississippi Athletics
Rebels Open Spring Season This Weekend
2/11/2000 | Men's Golf
Feb. 11, 2000
OXFORD, Miss. - The Ole Miss men's golf team begins its spring season this weekend at the Gator Invitational. First and second round action will be Saturday at the 6,300-yard, par 70 University of Florida Golf Course in Gainesville, Fla. The final round of the 54-hole event will be played Sunday.
The tournament field includes Southeastern Conference schools Alabama, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Vanderbilt and host Florida as well as Augusta State, Central Florida, Georgia State, North Florida, Ohio State, South Alabama and Southeastern Louisiana.
The Rebels tied for seventh in last year's Invitational.
Ole Miss is coming off a strong fall season, finishing in the top five of four of the five tournaments, and are primed for another NCAA tournament birth. Senior Jon Bartlett of Ocala, Fla., led the Rebels in the fall with 72.75 stroke average and a pair of top 10 finishes. He placed fourth at the Gary Koch/Cleveland Intercollegiate in October.
Chris Malloy, a senior from Duluth, Ga., had his best season as a Rebel, posting a 72.80 average with his second career top 20 finish at the Colorado State Rams Intercollegiate in September. Junior Troy Muller was third in average at 74.09 and competed in all five events.
