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Tennessee Volunteers men's golf

University men's golf team

University men's golf team

FieldValue
nameTennessee Volunteers men's golf
logoTennessee Volunteers logo.svg
logo_size125
universityUniversity of Tennessee
conferenceSEC
locationKnoxville, Tennessee
mensBrennan Webb
mens-tenure7th
courseMack and Jonnie Day Golf Facility
athletic_directorDanny White
nicknameTennessee Volunteers
NCAAappearance1955, 1965, 1972, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2021, 2024, 2025
NCAAregional1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Conferencechampion1980, 1990, 2007
IndividualconferenceBert Greene 1964
Mickey Mabry 1972
Mike Sposa 1990
David Skinns 2005
Caleb Surratt 2023

|mens-tenure = 7th Mickey Mabry 1972 Mike Sposa 1990 David Skinns 2005 Caleb Surratt 2023}}

The Tennessee Volunteers men's golf team represents the University of Tennessee located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Vols compete at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Vols currently rotate between 16 different golf courses located in the state of Tennessee, with their main headquarters at the Blackburn-Furrow Golf Clubhouse at Day Golf Practice Facility, less than a mile from campus. The current coach for the Volunteer men is Brennan Webb who is in his 7th season as Tennessee's head coach. Since the Vol's inaugural season in 1934 they have won three SEC championships, competed in 18 NCAA Championships, and participated in 29 NCAA Regionals.

History

The Volunteers men's golf team began play in 1934 under coach James Walls.

Jim Kelson era

When Jim Kelson was hired in 1998, the Vols were just coming off a losing season that ended the three-year streak of NCAA Tournament appearances. In his first year, he led his team to 101 wins and a 5th-place finish in the SEC Tournament.

Kelson guided Tennessee to three straight NCAA Championship berths from 2009–2011. It was Tennessee's fifth NCAA Championship berth under Kelson since the 2003 season. He also guided the Vols to regional play for a school-record 15 consecutive seasons from 2000–2014. The 2007 season became a very memorable season for coach Kelson as he helped end a 17-year drought for the Vols in the SEC tournament by beating Alabama by two strokes to claim the SEC title.

On June 12, 2018, Kelson announced he was retiring and stepped down from his position as head coach. Sean Pacetti served as the interim head coach until Brennan Webb, the former head golf coach at Middle Tennessee University, was hired on June 28, 2018 as the next head golf coach at Tennessee.

Brennan Webb era

Under current head coach Brennan Webb, the Vols have posted four consecutive seasons with a win percentage above .600. Additionally, under the new SEC Championship match-play structure (which began in 2018), Webb has led the Vols to top 8 SEC finishes and the SEC Quarterfinals each year. The Vols have also made six NCAA Regionals in Webb's seven years (the 2020 regionals were cancelled), and qualified for the 2021 NCAA Championships, ending a 7 year program drought, then returned to the NCAA Championships in 2024. Webb is the all time program leader in terms of winning percentage.

Head coaches

Source

WonLostTie%
1James Walls1934–195316
2Lloyd Foree1954–196714
3Sid Hatfield1968–19769.5
4Mike Malarkey1977–199822.5
5Jim Kelson1998-201820
6Brennan Webb2018-present7
Total8955553909

Note: Records for coaches James Walls and Lloyd Foree are incomplete for certain seasons.

Yearly record

Sources

SeasonCoachOverallConferenceConference
ChampionshipNCAA
RegionalNCAA
Championship
WonLostTie%WonLostTie
Southeastern Conference
1934James Walls04–.000–
1935James Walls125–.706–
1936James Walls33–.500–
1937James Walls351.333–
1938James Walls18–.111–
1939James Walls35–.375–
1940James Walls36–.333–
1941James Walls65–.545–
1942James Walls25–.286–
1943–1946James WallsNo team (WWII)
1947James Walls47–.364–
1948–1953James WallsRecords unavailable
1954Lloyd ForeeRecords unavailable
1955Lloyd ForeeRecords unavailable––30th *(639)*
1956–1962Lloyd ForeeRecords unavailable
1963Lloyd Foree38–.2731
1964Lloyd Foree1141.6884
1965Lloyd Foree27281.4828
1966Lloyd Foree7102.3685
1967Lloyd Foree165–.76210
1968Sid Hatfield2241.81511
1969Sid Hatfield287–.8007
1969–70Sid Hatfield6131–.6636
1970–71Sid Hatfield6936–.6575
1971–72Sid Hatfield6428–.6968
1972–73Sid Hatfield8328–.7486
1973–74Sid Hatfield4757–.4527
1974–75Sid Hatfield76581.56310
1975–76Sid Hatfield127611.67212
1976–77Hatfield/ Malarkey601151.3413
1977–78Mike Malarkey83116–.4175
1978–79Mike Malarkey104135–.42512
1979–80Mike Malarkey184611.74845
1980–81Mike Malarkey189761.71126
1981–82Mike Malarkey156522.74344
1982–83Mike Malarkey137651.67534
1983–84Mike Malarkey100932.51317
1984–85Mike Malarkey109913.53715
1985–86Mike Malarkey901114.43910
1986–87Mike Malarkey15254–.73818
1987–88Mike Malarkey96353.71615
1988–89Mike Malarkey87745.52421
1989–90Mike Malarkey9486–.52222
1990–91Mike Malarkey45835.3387
1991–92Mike Malarkey76918.43426
1992–93Mike Malarkey122633.64938
1993–94Mike Malarkey71681.50727
1994–95Mike Malarkey111667.60332
1995–96Mike Malarkey101885.52129
1996–97Mike Malarkey95973.48727
1997–98Mike Malarkey311131.21411
1998–99Jim Kelson101687.57426
1999–00Jim Kelson94991.48523
2000–01Jim Kelson84965.45417
2001–02Jim Kelson124521.70136
2002–03Jim Kelson126981.56031
2003–04Jim Kelson99872.52720
2004–05Jim Kelson121594.65827
2005–06Jim Kelson77831.47819
2006–07Jim Kelson142583.70028
2007–08Jim Kelson121473.70819
2008–09Jim Kelson134502.72023
2009–10Jim Kelson98727.55419
2010–11Jim Kelson89844.50321
2011–12Jim Kelson79601.56412
2012–13Jim Kelson116624.6377
2013–14Jim Kelson71754.4736
2014–15Jim Kelson74811.4744
2015–16Jim Kelson87661.5658
2016–17Jim Kelson76681.5243
2017–18Jim Kelson111573.6499
2018–19Brennan Webb95463.66017
2019–20Brennan Webb71293.6898
2020–21Brennan Webb110508.65567
2021–22Brennan Webb85402.66915
2022–23Brennan Webb123353.76439
2023–24Brennan Webb1433333.80731
Total55553909138.58711131241

*Note: The 2019–20 season was suspended in mid-March 2020 and later canceled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) global health crisis.

Individual honors

In the past 76 years of the Vols men's golf program four UT golfers have won SEC individual titles and 38 UT golfers have earned 58 All-SEC honors, in-addition to 20 Vols earning All-American honors.

All-Americans

  • George Cadle – 1971
  • Tom Carr – 1988
  • Spencer Cross – 2020
  • Charlie Ford – 2006
  • Jim Gallagher Jr. – 1980, 1982
  • Oliver Goss – 2013
  • Bert Greene – 1964, 1965
  • John Hamarik – 1981
  • David Holmes – 2009
  • Kevin Janiga – 1980
  • Rick Lamb – 2013
  • Rhys Nevin – 2020
  • Mickey Mabry – 1972
  • Ross McGowan – 2005
  • Chris Paisley – 2009
  • Lorenzo Scalise – 2018
  • David Skinns – 2002, 2003, 2005
  • Stuart Smith – 1982, 1983
  • Mike Sposa – 1990, 1991
  • Robin Wingardh – 2011

Tour professionals

Several former University of Tennessee golf players have played on major golf tours.

  • PGA Tour
    • George Cadle
    • Mike Emery, Jr.
    • Jim Estes
    • Jim Gallagher Jr.
    • Randy Glover
    • Bert Greene
    • John Hamarik
    • Rick Lamb
    • Tom McGinnis
    • Tad Rhyan
    • Mason Rudolph
    • Stuart Smith
    • Mike Sposa
    • Harry Taylor
  • European Tour
    • Ross McGowan
    • Chris Paisley
  • Web.com Tour
    • Tom Carr
    • Gibby Gilbert III
    • Andrew Pratt
    • Jake Reeves
  • Challenge Tour
    • Charlie Ford

Notable amateur victories

Garrick Porteous, who played for the Volunteers from 2008–2012, won The Amateur Championship in 2013.

Mack and Jonnie Day Golf Facility

Although the Vols men’s and women’s golf teams host their home matches at a variety of different courses in the state of Tennessee they have recently welcomed a new state of the art practice facility on campus where the team can practice all year round. The practice facility resides on a 28-acre lot across from the University's Medical Center and contains a 3-hole course plus putting green. The new facility opened in 2010 and was finished in 2019 with the Blackburn-Furrow Golf Clubhouse. The 8,300 square foot clubhouse features offices for both the men and women's teams, heated hitting bays for year-round practice, video training space, locker rooms, team lounges, over 1,200 square feet of outdoor deck spaces, and a virtual-putting green.

References

References

  1. "Facilities".
  2. "Southeastern Conference".
  3. "NCAA Men's and Women's Golf Championships Records and Results". NCAA.
  4. "05 - Golf - History by The University of Tennessee Athletics Department".
  5. "University of Tennessee Athletics: Men's Golf".
  6. "Jim Kelson Retires After 20 Years as Men's Golf Coach".
  7. "UT Announces Brennan Webb as Men's Golf Coach".
  8. "Brennan Webb - Men's Golf Coach".
  9. "Tennessee men's golf – 2021–22 Record Book".
  10. "Tennessee Men's Golf 2021–22 Record Book".
  11. "SEC Men's Golf Championship Records".
  12. "Division I Men's Golf Championships Records Book". NCAA.
  13. (June 22, 2013). "Former UT golfer Garrick Porteous wins British Amateur, assured spot in three majors".
  14. "Mack and Jonnie Day Golf Facility".
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