The sixth annual Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge golf tournament is being played today at Reynolds Plantation outside Atlanta, and five SEC head coaches are part of the event.
The tournament consists of a 16-team field of NCAA head coaches and celebrity alumni. They compete in a two-man scramble format over 18 holes, vying for a first-place prize of $125,000 in scholarship funds. All participating teams will receive a portion of the $520,000 total scholarship purse.
The five SEC coaches playing are Alabama's Nick Saban, Mississippi State's Dan Mullen, Ole Miss' Hugh Freeze, South Carolina's Steve Spurrier and Tennessee's Derek Dooley. Spurrier and his playing partner, former South Carolina and Green Bay Packers star receiver Sterling Sharpe, won the event in 2008 and 2009. The defending champions are Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson and former Georgia Tech basketball star Jon Barry.
This year, the Ole Miss and Mississippi State teams are paired together, which makes you wonder if there will be many "school up north" references from Mullen.
Also, the North Carolina State and Tennessee teams are paired together. The Wolfpack and Vols will meet again in the 2012 football season opener in Atlanta.
Ohio State's Urban Meyer is the lone coach from outside the ACC or SEC playing. His team is paired with Georgia Tech. If the Chick-fil-A Bowl organizers really wanted to be creative, they would have put Meyer and Spurrier in the same pairing. Now, that would have been pure entertainment.
The tournament is being taped by ESPN and will be broadcast in August.
Here's a look at the pairings:
The tournament consists of a 16-team field of NCAA head coaches and celebrity alumni. They compete in a two-man scramble format over 18 holes, vying for a first-place prize of $125,000 in scholarship funds. All participating teams will receive a portion of the $520,000 total scholarship purse.
The five SEC coaches playing are Alabama's Nick Saban, Mississippi State's Dan Mullen, Ole Miss' Hugh Freeze, South Carolina's Steve Spurrier and Tennessee's Derek Dooley. Spurrier and his playing partner, former South Carolina and Green Bay Packers star receiver Sterling Sharpe, won the event in 2008 and 2009. The defending champions are Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson and former Georgia Tech basketball star Jon Barry.
This year, the Ole Miss and Mississippi State teams are paired together, which makes you wonder if there will be many "school up north" references from Mullen.
Also, the North Carolina State and Tennessee teams are paired together. The Wolfpack and Vols will meet again in the 2012 football season opener in Atlanta.
Ohio State's Urban Meyer is the lone coach from outside the ACC or SEC playing. His team is paired with Georgia Tech. If the Chick-fil-A Bowl organizers really wanted to be creative, they would have put Meyer and Spurrier in the same pairing. Now, that would have been pure entertainment.
The tournament is being taped by ESPN and will be broadcast in August.
Here's a look at the pairings:
| GROUP ONE | COACH/CELEBRITY | |
| Tennessee | Derek Dooley / Stanley Morgan | |
| NC State | Tom O'Brien / Tom Gugliotta | |
| GROUP TWO | ||
| Alabama | Nick Saban / Johnny Musso | |
| Virginia Tech ('07 champions) | Frank Beamer / Dell Curry | |
| GROUP THREE | ||
| Florida State ('10 Champions) | Jimbo Fisher / Terrell Buckley | |
| Miami | Al Golden / Gino Torretta | |
| GROUP FOUR | ||
| Maryland | Randy Edsall / Stan Gelbaugh | |
| Virginia | Mike London / Jim Dombrowski | |
| GROUP FIVE | ||
| Wake Forest | Jim Grobe / Riley Skinner | |
| Clemson | Dabo Swinney / Steve Fuller | |
| GROUP SIX | ||
| Georgia Tech ('11 Champions) | Paul Johnson / Jon Barry | |
| Ohio State | Urban Meyer / Jeff Logan | |
| GROUP SEVEN | ||
| North Carolina | Larry Fedora / Roy Williams | |
| South Carolina ('08, '09 Champions) | Steve Spurrier / Sterling Sharpe | |
| GROUP EIGHT | ||
| Mississippi State | Dan Mullen / Fred McCrary | |
| Mississippi | Hugh Freeze / Sean Tuohy |



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