Virginia Tech men’s golf head coach Brian Sharp and women’s golf head coach Carol Robertson Monday released the spring schedules for their respective teams.
The Virginia Tech men’s golf team will compete seven times this spring prior to the ACC Championship. The Hokies will open their 2021 campaign at the Camp Creek Seminole Invitational hosted by Florida State. The three-day tournament is set for Jan. 17-19 at Camp Creek Golf Club in Watersound, Fla.
Tech then continues up the east coast with the George Washington’s Oldfield Invitational, Feb. 8-9. The two-day event will be held at Oldfield Golf Club in Bluffton, S.C.
After a three-week break in competition, the Hokies tee it up at famed Pinehurst No. 2 for the Wake Forest Invitational. The Demon Deacons will host their tournament, March 1-2. Pinehurst No. 2, widely known as golf course designer Donald Ross’s masterpiece, is the first U.S. Open anchor site, and is scheduled to host the championship again in 2024.
Two weeks later, Tech returns to the General Hackler Intercollegiate hosted by Coastal Carolina, March 14-16, at The Dunes Club in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The Hokies close out March at the Tar Heel Intercollegiate (March 27-28) at UNC’s Finley Golf Course in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Once again, Tech is entered into the field at the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational. Forest Hills Golf Club will serve as the host course for the two-day tournament (April 3-4) in Augusta, Ga.
The final tune-up for the ACC Championship will be the Stitch Intercollegiate hosted by NC State, April 9-10, at MacGregor Downs Country Club in Cary, N.C.
For the first time in its history, the ACC Championship will be held at Capital City Club (Crabapple Course) in Atlanta. The four-day championship runs April 23-26 and will debut a new format. Three rounds of stroke play on the first two days will cut the field to the four lowest scoring teams for the semifinals and finals of match play to determine the ACC champion. The format change was made to more closely mirror the NCAA Championship.
The NCAA Regional round is May 17-19 with the NCAA Championship to be contested at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., May 28-June 2.
Robertson announced that the 2021 spring schedule for the women’s golf team will feature five regular-season tournaments capped by a match-play event hosted by Virginia.
“We are all looking forward to seeing this schedule be put into action,” Robertson said. “The challenges we are currently facing have been frustration, while also bringing forth extra excitement to compete again as a team. This team has continued to be focused on their games and will be ready and honored in February to compete once again for the Hokies.”
The Hokies will open their sixth season of competition at the Heroes Ladies Intercollegiate hosted by Purdue. The three-day tournament is set for Feb. 7-9 at The Founders Club in Sarasota, Fla.
For the first time in program history, Tech will compete at the College of Charleston’s Palmetto Spring Intercollegiate. Turtle Point Golf Course in Kiawah Island, S.C., will welcome the tournament field Feb. 21-22.
Tech returns to the Valspar Augusta Invitational,March 13-14 for the first time since 2018. The Hokies tied for sixth in their most recent appearance at the tournament, which is hosted by Augusta at the Forest Hills Golf Club.
To conclude the stroke-play portion of its regular season, Tech will compete at the Clemson Invitational, March 26-28, held at The Reserve at Lake Keowee in Lake Keowee, S.C.
The penultimate event prior to the ACC Championship will be the Cavalier Match Play hosted by Virginia, April 6-7, at the recently-renovated Birdwood Golf Course.
Originally scheduled to debut its format change in 2020, the ACC Championship rolls out its new format at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C., on April 15-18. Three rounds of stroke play on the first two days will cut the field to the lowest scoring four teams for the semifinals and finals of match play to determine the ACC champion.
The NCAA Regional round is May 10-12 with the NCAA Championship to be contested at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., May 21-26. Tech has competed in the NCAA Regionals twice (2018 and 2019) under Robertson with Amanda Hollandsworth advancing to the NCAA Championship as an individual in 2019 and finishing fifth nationally.
