Championship Central | Round 1 Tee Times/Pairings
MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. - The 2019 Sun Belt Men's Golf Championship is set to begin on Sunday, April 21 at the Raven Golf Club at the Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort in Miramar Beach, Fla. This year's championship will once again feature a 54-hole stroke play event to crown the individual champion, but the overall team champion will be determined in match play format from the top four finishing teams.
Golfers from all 12 Sun Belt teams will take to the approximately 6,900-yard par-71 course. Teams will play 18-holes on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday beginning at 7:30 a.m. CT with groups continuing to tee off until 8:51 a.m. CT.
Round three will begin at 7:30 a.m. CT on Tuesday and an individual champion will be crowned following the third round. The top four teams from stroke play will advance to the match play event scheduled for Wednesday.
Sixty men's golfers will take to the Raven, which has hosted the Sun Belt men’s championship since 2015.
Coastal Carolina’s Morgan Deneen was the individual medalist in 2018, winning the title at 10-under with a Sun Belt all-time low, three-round 203. Deneen joined the Chanticleer golf team in August of 2018 as a walk-on and claimed the title in his first Sun Belt Conference Championship.
Arkansas State holds the lowest scoring average in the Sun Belt at 285.44 and is the highest ranked team in the league, coming in at No. 31 overall in the GolfStat.com rankings. Coastal Carolina and Georgia Southern are ranked Nos. 66 and 67, respectively.
Coastal Carolina won last year's match play title defeating the Eagles, 4-1.
The top four teams at the conclusion of the 54-hole stroke play will advance to match play. The top seed will matchup against the fourth seed and will tee off on the No. 1 tee on Tuesday, while the second seed will matchup against the third seed and tee off on the No. 10 tee. Morning tee times will begin at 7:30 a.m. CT. The championship match will tee off the No. 1 tee at a time to be determined.
Live video from holes 1, 9, 10 and 18 will be available. As players progress through the course, live coverage will be rotated around to provide extensive coverage of this year’s golf championship. All three rounds of the 54-hole championship will be broadcast live on ESPN+. All broadcast links can be found on the championship central page.
For more information on the 2019 Sun Belt Conference Men's Golf Championship, as well as live scoring and continuous updates, visit www.sunbeltsports.org. Be sure to also follow the Sun Belt Conference on Twitter @SunBelt.