Louisiana Opens Play Monday at SBC Golf Championships

MADISON, Miss. – The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Golf team looks to secure a berth in the NCAA postseason for the second time in three years when it opens play at the 2025 Sun Belt Conference Men's Golf Championships, beginning Monday at Annandale Golf Club.

Play begins with 18 holes per day in stroke play, beginning Monday at 8:30 a.m., on the par-72, 7,157-yard course. The four-day event will be streamed beginning at 10:30 a.m. on ESPN+ with live scoring available at ScoreBoard.Clippd.com.

The top four teams from the 54-hole stroke play portion of the event will advance to match play on Thursday, April 24. The semifinal matches will tee off beginning at 7:30 a.m. CT—with the No. 4 seed and the No. 1 seed on No. 1 and the No. 3 seed and the No. 2 seed on No. 10. The championship match will tee off from No. 1 following the conclusion of the semifinal matches.

Louisiana, the 2023 SBC champions and currently ranked No. 67 nationally in the SCOREBOARD NCAA Division I Men's Golf Rankings, will be paired with Troy (No. 49) and Arkansas State (No. 73) in Monday's opening round.

Kyle Bennett, playing in the No. 5 slot, opens play for Louisiana at 8:30 a.m. from the No. 1 tee and will be followed by Carter Schmitt (8:39 a.m.), Jean Louis du Plessis (8:48 a.m.), Eli Ortego (8:57 a.m.) and Malan Potgieter (9:06 a.m.).

Potgieter, ranked No. 66 nationally, has averaged a league-low 70.80 in 30 rounds of play for Louisiana during the 2024-25 season with a victory in the Louisiana Classics, along with five top-5 finishes.

Ortego, who will compete in his 50^th career tournament for the Ragin' Cajuns, posted a 72.37 scoring average in 30 rounds of play with Bennett (73.58) putting together a stretch of 10 consecutive rounds of finishing at par or below in his first season at Louisiana.

Schmitt (74.30) and du Plessis (75.58) have each been mainstays in the lineup in their first season in a Louisiana uniform. Senior Burke Alford (73.73) will serve as the alternate for the Ragin' Cajuns.

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Louisiana Tee Times
8:30 a.m. – Kyle Bennett
8:39 a.m. – Carter Schmitt
8:48 a.m. – Jean Louis du Plessis
8:57 a.m. – Eli Ortego
9:06 a.m. – Malan Potgieter

First Round – Monday, April 21
8:30 - 9:06 a.m. CT | Hole 1 – Troy, Louisiana, Arkansas State
8:30 - 9:06 a.m. CT | Hole 10 – Georgia Southern, Coastal Carolina, South Alabama
9:15 - 9:51 a.m. CT | Hole 1 – Southern Miss, ULM, Texas State
9:15 - 9:51 a.m. CT | Hole 10 – James Madison, Georgia State, Marshall
10:00 - 10:36 a.m. CT | Hole 10 – Old Dominion, App State

Second Round – Tuesday, April 22
8:30 a.m. CT – Pairings Based on Prior Round Finish

Third Round – Wednesday, April 23
8:30 a.m. CT – Pairings Based on Prior Round Finish

Match Play – Thursday, April 24
7:30 a.m. CT | Hole No. 1 – Semifinal Match: No. 4 vs. No. 1
7:30 a.m. CT | Hole No. 10 – Semifinal Match: No. 3 vs. No. 2
Following Semifinal Match Conclusion | Hole No. 1 – Championship Match

Louisiana Opens Play Monday at SBC Golf Championships

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Players Mentioned

Burke Alford

Kyle Bennett

Jean Louis du Plessis

Eli Ortego

Malan Potgieter

Carter Schmitt

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