Men's Golf Opens Season At Olympia Fields

Field Includes Seven Top-10 Teams From Preseason Poll

Carolina begins the 2023-24 men's golf season on Friday in the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational, a three-day, 54-hole event at the North Course at the Olympia Fields Country Club.

The field, already one of the strongest in the country, includes No. 1 ranked Carolina, No. 2 Arizona State, No. 4 Georgia Tech, No. 5 Florida State, No. 7 Stanford, defending NCAA champion and No. 8 Florida, No. 9 Illinois, No. 11 Texas, No. 13 Alabama, No. 15 Pepperdine, No. 16 Oklahoma State, No. 19 Arizona, Baylor, Michigan State and Purdue (Golf Coaches Association rankings).

The Tar Heels are playing at Olympia Fields for the third consecutive…