Peach Bowl Challenge golf tournament releases pairings featuring current, former SEC coaches

Pairings are out for the 15th annual Peach Bowl Challenge charity golf tournament, and the lineup is full of current and former SEC coaches.

The 11-team field of current and former college football coaches will compete for a share of the $330,000 charity purse May 3 at Reynolds Lake Oconee outside of Atlanta.

Pairings were determined by balancing handicaps between teams, and the format is a Two Man Scramble with Stableford scoring in an 18-hole tournament. This year’s event will also feature a skills challenge that includes Long Drive and Closest to the Pin competitions within the round.

Proceeds from the event benefit charitable foundations selected by the coaches. The first-place duo will split $60,000 between the two winning coaches’ charities, while the remainder of the purse will be divided based on the finish of the other teams.

Here are the pairings, school and charity:

Dino Babers Syracuse Dick Tomey Legacy Fund- Positive Coaching Alliance
Chan Gailey Georgia Tech Fellowship of Christian Athletes- Georgia Region

Shane Beamer South Carolina The Beamer Family Foundation
Steve Spurrier Duke, Florida, South Carolina HBC Foundation

Frank Beamer Virginia Tech American Cancer Society
Dave Doeren NC State GiGi’s Playhouse

Mike Cavan SMU Cornerstone Church Athens
Tom O’ Brien Boston College, NC State National Medal of Honor Leadership & Education Center

Mark Dantonio Cincinnati, Michigan State George Webster Scholarship
Jim Grobe Ohio, Wake Forest, Baylor Fisher DeBerry Foundation

Randy Edsall Maryland, UConn Edsall Family Foundation
Houston Nutt Boise State, Arkansas, Ole Miss Chickasaw Foundation

Bobby Johnson Vanderbilt Sea Island Habitat for Humanity
Scott Satterfield Louisville USA Cares (Kentucky Chapter)

Paul Johnson Navy, Georgia Tech Paul and Susan Johnson Family Foundation
Jeff Monken Army Mission 22

Chip Lindsey UCF A Level Up
Dan Mullen Mississippi State, Florida Mullen Family 36 Foundation

Pat Narduzzi Pitt Stanley M. Marks Blood Cancer Research Fund
Rick Neuheisel Colorado, Washington, UCLA Wedgewood Charity

Kirby Smart Georgia The Kirby Smart Family Foundation
Tommy Tuberville Ole Miss, Auburn, Texas Tech, Cincinnati Tommy Tuberville Foundation

Keith Farner

A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.