The Commodore golf teams head to their respective Southeastern Conference Tournament Championships this weekend, with the women's team hoping to capture its second title since 2004.
The 17th-ranked Vanderbilt women's team will play in Blythewood, South Carolina on a par-71 course over Friday, Saturday and Sunday for 54 total holes of golf.
Senior Jacqui Concolino, junior Brooke Goodwin, sophomore Megan Grehan and freshmen Marina Alex and Andrea Messer were selected by coach Greg Allen to participate in the tournament. Allen is in his second year at the helm of the Commodores after coaching Arizona for seven years and winning two Pacific-10 titles. He is hoping to get Vanderbilt qualified for its 10th consecutive NCAA Regional starting in May.
The men's team will play in Sea Island, Ga. at a par-72 course in the SEC Championships, with seniors Jon Curran and Tyler Matthews, junior Hudson Johnson and sophomores Ryan Haselden and Adam Hofmann on the roster chosen by coach Tom Shaw, in his third year with the program. They too will play 18 holes Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Curran and Matthews have the most tournament experience as seniors; Curran, who has expressed hope to turn professional, has had a fine season that included the 16th top-10 finish of his career at Vanderbilt in September's Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate tournament.
In addition, Johnson turned in a remarkable performance at the Hummingbird Intercollegiate in November, where he won the tournament in a huge comeback that included an ace on the 16th hole and a long birdie putt on the 18th hole; it led the team to a second-place overall finish.
Andy Boggs and Chris Weinman contributed to this article.
