Reynolds Lake Oconee
(Linger Longer Invitational Photo)
GREENSBORO, GA (February 28, 2017) --
Recognized as one of the country’s premier
collegiate golf events, the 12th annual Linger
Longer Invitational at Reynolds Lake Oconee is
set to take place March 18-21, 2017 on the
award-winning Great Waters course, designed by
Jack Nicklaus.
Defending team champion Alabama is
headed back to Reynolds Lake Oconee for 2017
to challenge a field that includes four of Golfweek
magazine’s most recent Top 25 teams: No. 5
Virginia, No. 10 Georgia, No. 14 Baylor and No.
25 Kennesaw State, which co-hosts the event
with Mercer University. Also competing in this
year’s Linger Longer Invitational are Augusta,
Charlotte, Maryland, Michigan, Middle
Tennessee, Ohio State, Troy, Virginia
Commonwealth University and North Carolina-
Greensboro.
The 54-hole stroke-play tournament, which
crowns both team and individual winners each
year, annually welcomes top collegiate programs
and players from around the country. Alabama is
going for a fourth Linger Longer Invitational
team title, having strung together previous team
wins from 2011-2013. Georgia already has four
LLI team championships (2006, 2007, 2009,
2014).
Georgia’s Lee McCoy, who earned the
individual title in 2016 for the second year in a
row, is now playing professionally, meaning
there will be a new winner at Reynolds. Top-
ranked collegians in the 2017 lineup include No.
12 Jimmy Stanger of Virginia, No. 15 Greyson
Sigg and No. 30 Spencer Ralston of Georgia, as
well as No. 22 Wyatt Larkin of Kennesaw State,
No. 26 Braden Bailey of Baylor.
Numerous future PGA TOUR winners who
have played in the Linger Longer Invitational
include Rickie Fowler (Oklahoma State), Chris
Kirk, Harris English and Russell Henley
(Georgia), Jonas Blixt (Florida State) and Kyle
Stanley (Clemson), as well as European Tour
winner Peter Uihlein (Oklahoma State). But only
one member of that talented group was able to
win at Reynolds Lake Oconee – Kirk in 2007 on
the Oconee course.
The Linger Longer Invitational has been held
at three of the Reynolds Lake Oconee courses –
twice at the Oconee (2006, 2007), followed by
three years at The Landing (2008-2010) and now
Great Waters (since 2011). Collegiate golf
competition at Reynolds Lake Oconee got its
formal start in the fall of 2005, when the
Reynolds Classic was played at The Landing.
Among the special experiences of the
tournament is the housing, provided by families
throughout Reynolds Lake Oconee. Each year
teams and their host families create a connection
that lasts a lifetime, truly setting this event apart
from others.
Editors Note: Article written by the
Linger Longer Invitational
ABOUT THE Linger Longer Invitational
54-hole men's college tournament co-hosted by
Mercer
University and Kennesaw State University. Team
(best
four scores of five players each round and individual
competitions.
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