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 season and fourth time in the last five seasons.