ROCK HILL, SC— Winthrop men's golf opens the 2018 spring season Monday morning at the Sea Best Invitational that includes five teams ranked in the Top 25.
Event: Sea Best Invitational
Dates: Monday-Tuesday, Feb. 5-6, 2018
Location: Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Course: TPC Sawgrass –
Dye's Valley Course (Par 70, 6,873 yards)
Format: 54-Hole Tournament (Monday 8 a.m. shotgun off No. 1 / 36 holes, Tuesday, 8 a.m./Double Tee)
Tournament Field: #20 Arkansas, Campbell, #23 Duke, East Carolina, #7 Florida, Jacksonville, Liberty, Lipscomb, #11 LSU, #24 North Carolina, North Florida, South Florida, Tennessee, USC Upstate, Winthrop
(Live Scoring Available At Golfstat.com)
Weather Forecast: (Monday, high of 58, sunny, winds-N 10mph / Tuesday high of 68, sunny, winds-ENE 9mph)
A GLANCE AT THE EAGLES
- Eric Gilpin led the Eagles in scoring during the fall with a stroke average of 74.58 while Sawyer Mills was second at 76.17 and Noah Peterson third at 76.67
- In the final tournament of the fall the Eagles tied for 9th at the East Bay Deli Classic at Kiawah Island, SC
- Mills had his best finish of the fall, tying for 8th as he bookended the 54 hole even with 73s
- Peterson carded the lowest round of the fall with a 70 in the second round of the Louisville Cardinal Challenge
- Winthrop placed 14th at the Sea Best Invitational as it looks to improve on that finish this week
- Zak Butt is the only current member set to play this weekend that competed at the Sea Best Inv. last year
- In addition to featuring five Top 25 programs, there are also a total of eight teams in the Top 50 as North Florida ranks 27th, Tennessee is 28th and South Florida is 43r
WINTHROP LINEUP
1.
Eric Gilpin
2.
Sawyer Mills
3.
Noah Peterson
4.
Michael McKee
5.
Zak Butt
WHAT'S NEXT
Following the opening tournament of the spring, the Eagles will have a few weeks off before heading to Tallahassee, FL for the Seminole Invitational Feb. 24-25.
