ROCK HILL, SC— Winthrop men's golf is set to play back-to-back tournaments in the state of South Carolina beginning with the Colleton River Intercollegiate this weekend in Bluffton, SC.
Event: Colleton River Intercollegiate
Dates: Monday-Tuesday, Mar. 12-13, 2018
Location: Bluffton, SC
Course: Colleton River Club / Pete Dye Course (Par 72, 7,180 yards)
Format: 54-Hole Tournament (Monday, 9 a.m. shotgun / 36 holes | Tuesday, 8:30 a.m./Double Tee)
Tournament Field: Cincinnati, Eastern Michigan, George Washington, Iowa State, Miami (OH), #50 Michigan State (host), Oakland, #41 Penn State, Rutgers, Valparaiso, Winthrop, Wisconsin
(Live Scoring Available At Golfstat.com)
Weather Forecast: (Monday – rain (80%), 61 degrees, winds WNW 17mph / Tuesday – Sunny, 62 degrees, winds WNW 9mph)
A GLANCE AT THE EAGLES
- Junior Sawyer Mills has qualified for the #1 position in the Eagle lineup for a second straight tournament in the spring
- Noah Peterson was named the Big South Conference Men's Golf Freshmen of the Week (Mar. 2) as he led the team at the Seminole Intercollegiate
- Peterson had his second-best collegiate finish at 36th
- So far this spring, Mills leads the team with 19 birdies through two tournaments while Peterson is second with 17
- Rohan Boettcher has qualified for the second straight tournament as he was second on the team with seven birdies at the Seminole Intercollegiate, his first collegiate event
- Eric Gilpin leads the team in scoring average this season at 75.67 followed closely by Mills at 75.78
- This is the Eagles first trip back to the Colleton River Intercollegiate since they won the event in 2014 by one stroke over 40th-ranked Kennesaw State
- That year the course played about 185 yards longer than it will this year
WINTHROP LINEUP
1.
Sawyer Mills
2.
Eric Gilpin
3.
Noah Peterson
4.
Michael McKee
5.
Rohan Boettcher
WHAT'S NEXT
Eagles remain in the state of South Carolina for one of its final two events before the Big South Conference Championship (Apr. 20-22) as they'head to Greenville, SC for the Furman Intercollegiate Mar. 23-25.
