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Ranking Tennessee Vols sports worst affected by coronavirus ending season

By Caleb Calhoun

KNOXVILLE, TN - FEBRUARY 2: Cheerleaders of the Tennessee Volunteers pregame against the Kentucky Wildcats in a game at Thompson-Boling Arena on February 2, 2016 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Patrick Murphy-Racey/Getty Images)
KNOXVILLE, TN - FEBRUARY 2: Cheerleaders of the Tennessee Volunteers pregame against the Kentucky Wildcats in a game at Thompson-Boling Arena on February 2, 2016 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Patrick Murphy-Racey/Getty Images) /
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6. Men’s golf

We now begin to look at the sports that were top 25 programs before everything came to a shocking halt. While the women’s golf program was struggling severely as the coronavirus outbreak canceled all NCAA athletics, the Tennessee Vols men’s golf program was killing it. As a result, they took a way bigger hit by what happened.

Rocky Top had a rough start, coming in at No. 13 of 15 teams by shooting 18-over par in the Puerto Rico Classic. However, they responded by winning the 19-program Lamkin Grips San Diego Classic just under a month later by shooting eight-under par, and as a result, they clearly looked on pace to hit their stride at just the right time.

Just as things ended, UT was ranked No. 24 nationally. Now, that was good for only sixth in the SEC, but it’s better than the No. 12 standing that the Lady Vols have. We should note that two other SEC teams were at that San Diego event, and one of them were the Texas A&M Aggies, who were ranked higher than them when everything was shut down.

Up next for the program was The Hayt at Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. at the end of the month. Then, on April 3 would come the Mason Rudolph Collegiate hosted by the Vanderbilt Commodores at Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin, Tenn. before SEC play began on April 22. None of that will happen now, and as a result, this program took a big hit.

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