Greensboro, Ga. (April 29, 2025) – Florida State head coach Mike Norvell and teammate Urban Meyer led wire-to-wire, finishing with 45 points to repeat as champions of the 2025 Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge charity golf tournament. This marks Florida State's third Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge title after previously winning the event in 2024 and 2010.
 
Norvell and Meyer started the tournament hot, carding two eagles and a birdie in their first five holes, and added another eagle and three more birdies to complete their start-to-finish victory. Urban Meyer sank a 15-foot putt on the final hole to seal the win, holding off the team of Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi and Rick Neuheisel by one point. Auburn head coach Hugh Freeze and partner Steve Spurrier finished third with 43 points.
 
"Early in the round, we put the ball where it needed to be and were able to be aggressive going into the greens. We had some good opportunities and were able to capitalize on them," said Norvell. "Urban was clutch in some big moments and we really played well together. When we had to have each other's backs, we did. It was great partner golf."
 
"This year Mike drove the train.  He was phenomenal off the tee and long. His tee shots were unbelievable all day," said Meyer. "On the final putt, Mike gave me a great read. It was one of those things where you think it's going to go in and then it goes in. I knew it was going in."
 
The nation's premier collegiate coach golf event featured a field of 24 current and former college football coaches, playing in 12 two-man teams, competing for a share of a $310,000 charity purse. The tournament was held today at Reynolds Lake Oconee outside Atlanta and was played in a Two-Man Scramble format with Stableford scoring. Pairings were determined by balancing handicaps between teams.
 
"We had another down-to-the wire finish out here at Lake Oconee today as Mike and Urban were able to defend their title and claim back-to-back Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge tournaments," said Peach Bowl, Inc. CEO and President Gary Stokan. "The real winners today are the charities though as we raised $310,000 this year to bring our all-time total to $10 million in our 18-year history."
 
With this year's $310,000 charity purse, the Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge has now raised a total of $10 million in scholarship and charity since 2007, helping make Peach Bowl, Inc. college football's most charitable bowl organization. Proceeds from the event benefit charitable foundations selected by the coaches.
 
The Keep Climbing Family Foundation and the Urban and Shelley Meyer Family Foundation will each receive $32,500 with the first-place finish by Norvell and Meyer. Norvell has now won a total of $75,000 in the event's history, while Meyer has taken home $225,000 all-time for his charities.
 
Final results with Stableford scoring for all teams in the 2025 Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge:
 

COACH	CURRENT OR FORMER FBS SCHOOL(S)	CHARITY	TOTAL WINNINGS
First Place Team
Mike Norvell	Florida State	Keep Climbing Family Foundation	$32,500
Urban Meyer	Bowling Green, Utah, Florida, Ohio State	Urban and Shelley Meyer Family Foundation	$32,500
Combined final score: 45 points
Second Place Team
Pat Narduzzi	Pitt	UPMC Children's Hospital Foundation	$22,500
Rick Neuheisel	Colorado, Washington, UCLA	Lord Wedgwood Charity	$22,500
Combined final score: 44 points
Third Place Team
Hugh Freeze	Auburn	Global Orphan Project	$17,500
Steve Spurrier	Duke, Florida, South Carolina	HBC Foundation	$17,500
Combined final score: 43 points
Fourth Place Team
Dan Mullen	UNLV	Mullen Family 36 Foundation	$15,000
Scott Satterfield	Cincinnati	Back2Back Cincinnati	$15,000
Combined final score: 42 points
Fifth Place Team
P.J. Fleck	Minnesota	Row the Boat - Fleck Family Fund	$12,500
Tom O'Brien	Boston College, NC State	National Medal of Honor Leadership & Education Center	$12,500
Combined final score: 41 points
Sixth Place Team
Kirby Smart	Georgia	Kirby Smart Family Foundation	$12,500
Gus Malzahn	Florida State (OC), Ark. State, Auburn, UCF	Fort Smith Boys & Girls Clubs	$12,500
Combined final score: 40 points
Seventh Place Team - Tie
Shane Beamer	South Carolina	Beamer Family Foundation	$7,500
Houston Nutt	Boise State, Arkansas, Ole Miss	Chickasaw Foundation	$7,500
Combined final score: 39 points
Seventh Place Team - Tie
Kyle Whittingham	Utah	Guadalupe Center	$7,500
Jim Grobe	Ohio, Wake Forest, Baylor	Fisher DeBerry Foundation	$7,500
Combined final score: 39 points
Seventh Place Team - Tie
Manny Diaz	Duke	Durham Public Schools Foundation	$7,500
Paul Johnson	Navy, Georgia Tech	Paul and Susan Johnson Family Foundation	$7,500
Combined final score: 39 points
10th Place Team
Dan Lanning	Oregon	OHSU Foundation - Knight Cancer Institute	$5,000
Randy Edsall	Maryland, UConn	Edsall Family Foundation	$5,000
Combined final score: 38 points
11th Place Team
Brent Key	Georgia Tech	Key Family Foundation	$5,000
Chan Gailey	Georgia Tech	Fellowship of Christian Athletes - Georgia Region	$5,000
Combined final score: 37 points
12th Place Team
Jeff Monken	Army	Mission 22	$5,000
Derek Dooley	Louisiana Tech, Tennessee	Champions Place	$5,000
Combined final score: 32 points

                            
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 














































An additional $10,000 was raised for various charities through several competitions held during the tournament to bring the purse total to $310,000.