CLEMSON, S.C. Jacob Bridgeman will lead the Clemson Tigers into the Valspar Invitational on Monday. The Tigers are one of 12 ACC and SEC teams slated to competed in the two-day 54-hole tournament to be held at The Floridian in Palm City, Fla. The list of teams includes Clemson, Wake Forest, LSU, South Carolina, Texas A&M and many other prominent teams from the southeast. The Tigers are coming off the team’s first victory of the year at the Wake Forest Invitational at Pinehurst #2, then a fourth-place finish at the Linger Longer Invitational, a field that included 17 of the top 100 players in the nation. This tournament also attracts a national field, as the winner will receive an invitation to the 2023 Valspar Invitational tournament on the PGA Tour. Three Clemson golfers have combined to capture medalist honors at each of the last two tournaments and all three will be in the lineup for Clemson on Monday and Tuesday. Bridgeman is coming off one of the best performances of his c
CLEMSON, S.C. Jacob Bridgeman chipped in for an eagle on the 18th hole to finish with a five-under-par score of 67 and is tied for the lead after the first round of the Linger Longer Invitational at the Great Waters Course at Reynolds Plantation in Eatonton, Ga.Clemson is in eighth place at four-over par 292 (+4) after 18 holes. Vanderbilt has the team lead with a 279 score for the first round, while Georgia is second at 280, eight-under-par. Florida is third at 284 and North Carolina is fourth at 286.Bridgeman is tied for first with Fred Biondi of Florida, Ben Van Wyk of Georgia and N.J. Botha of Toledo. He was not in the lineup for Clemson in the Tigers last tournament as he was winning the Canadian Tour qualifier in Alabama.Bridgeman’s 67 included three birdies and an eagle, his first eagle of the year and the 10th of his career. He was one of just two players in the 90-player field to score an eagle on the 18th hole. He did not make a bogey on Sunday, the first bogey-free round