BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. – The Jacksonville State men's golf team will wrap up the month of February this week at the Gulf Coast Collegiate.
 
The Gamecocks, who opened their spring season earlier in the month against one of the nation's top fields at North Florida's The Hayt, will play 54 holes over Monday and Tuesday in the tournament co-hosted by New Orleans and Nicholls. The 13-team field will compete on The Pine Course at The Club at Diamondhead.
 
During the first day, the teams will play 36 holes and will begin with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. CT. Jax State will be paired with rival North Alabama and Siena to start the tournament. Also in the field are hosts UNO, Nicholls, Alabama State, Alabama A&M, Pine Bluff, Bradley, Stephen F. Austin, Southeastern Louisiana, Texas A&M Commerce and Texas Southern.
 
This will be the fourth playing of the Gulf Coast Collegiate and will be the first time that Jacksonville State has played in the event. They will compete on the par-72, 6,769-yard tract in the 2023 version of the tournament.
 
Leading the way for the Gamecocks will be junior Erik Jansson, who is coming off an eighth-place finish at The Hayt that saw him beat seven of the Top 100 players in the GolfStat Rankings. The Vasteras, Sweden, native improved his own GolfStat ranking by 217 spots with his performance. He will play in the Gamecocks' No. 1 spot and will begin play on the first hole on Monday morning.
 
Junior Devin Speight, who will make his Jax State debut after transferring from Trevecca Nazarene and joining the Gamecocks in January, will begin play in the No. 2 spot for the Gamecocks and will tee off on the second hole, while sophomore Santiago Bailleres will occupy the No. 3 spot and start on the third hole. 
 
Playing No. 4 will be senior Ross Napier. Sophomore Gabriel Restrepo worked his way into the lineup and will play in the No. 5 spot, teeing off on the fifth hole to start the tournament.
 
Live scoring for the Gulf Coast Collegiate will be available online at www.GolfStat.com.