VIDEO: Terra Cotta Invitational Preview
4/12/2018 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff
see also: Terra Cotta Invitational Golf Tournament, Naples National Golf Club
A strong field of mid-amateurs, juniors and college players set to compete at Naples National
The Terra Cotta originated in 1996 and has grown into one of the most prestigious tournaments on the spring amateur schedule. The field is a strong and diverse mix of high level juniors, mid-amateurs and college players.
This year's field features 16 Rolex Junior All-Americans, and 40 players ranked in the Golfweek/AmateurGolf.com World Amateur Rankings, the Scratch Players World Amateur Rankings and the R&A World Amateur Rankings.
In the video below, Carl Santos-Ocampo, David Morgan and Will Thomson discuss playing in the Terra Cotta Invitational
The mid-amateur contingent is led by Matt Parziale, winner of the 2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur, who is playing after participating in last week's Masters. Garrett Rank won the 2015 and 2016 Canadian Mid-Amateur, and 2017 New England Amateur champion Bobby Leopold is also in the field.
Hugo Bernard from Canada, the 2016 Canadian Amateur champion, will be playing, along with Cole Hammer, the 2018 Azalea Amateur champion, Karl Vilips, the 2017 Southern Amateur champion, and Ben Reichert, the 2018 Florida Azalea Amateur champion.
Thanks to Greg Hardwig of the Naples Daily News for contributing to this report.
About the Terra Cotta Invitational
54-hole stroke play tournament with no cut. Caddies are required. A Sponsor/Contestant tournament is held before the event. The Terra Cotta is an invitational. However, they do encourage applications and players can submit their golf resume for consi...
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