ROCK HILL, SC— Winthrop men's golf looks to build on its solid opening tournament of the fall season two weeks ago as it heads to The Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational Oct. 9-10.
Event: The Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational
Dates: Monday-Tuesday, Oct. 9-10, 2017
Location: Bridgeport, WV
Course: Pete Dye Golf Club (Par 72, 7,308 yards)
Format: 54-Hole Tournament (36 holes, 8:30 a.m. shotgun start for Monday, 18 holes Tuesday with tee times starting 8:30 a.m.)
Tournament Field: Akron, Bowling Green, Davidson, Elon, James Madison, Loyola (MD), Marshall, Ohio, Robert Morris, Rutgers, Seton Hall, Towson, Utah, Winthrop, West Virginia, Youngstown State
(Live Scoring Available At Golfstat.com)
Weather Forecast: Monday (Showers, 76 degrees, winds WSW 12 mph), Tuesday (Fog early, 79 degrees, slight chance of rain, winds NNE 5mph)
A GLANCE AT THE EAGLES
- Freshman Noah Peterson was the top finisher for the Eagles in their first tournament of the fall as he fired a 2nd round 70 on his way to a +4 finish in the 54-hole Louisville Cardinal Challenge
- Peterson qualified as Winthrop's number two this week, up one spot from the season opening event
- Peterson's 70 was the lowest round by an Eagle in the even as Zak Butt fired the second and third lowest scores with a first round 71 and final round 72
- Butt is playing in the number one position for the second straight event
- As a team the Eagles finished tied for 7th with the University of Louisiana-Monroe at the Louisville Cardinal Challenge
WHAT'S NEXT
Winthrop will be back in action on Oct. 16-17 when they head to Atlanta, GA for the Autotrader Collegiate Classic hosted by Georgia State.
