ROCK HILL, SC— Winthrop men's golf will conclude its regular season tournament schedule this coming weekend as it travels to Lake Keowee for the 2018 Clemson Invitational.
Event: Clemson Invitational
Dates: Friday-Sunday, Apr. 13-15, 2018
Location: Salem, SC
Course: The Cliffs at Keowee Falls (Par 72, 7,171 yards)
Format: 54-Hole Tournament (Friday, 8:50 a.m. 1
st & 10
th Tee | Saturday, 8:50 a.m., 1
st & 10
th Tee | Sunday, 8:50 a.m., shotgun start)
Tournament Field: Boston College, Clemson, Elon, Furman, George Mason, Navy, Notre Dame, Southern Methodist, Winthrop, Wofford College, UNC Wilmington, UCONN
(Live Scoring Available At Golfstat.com)
Weather Forecast: (Friday – mostly sunny, 76 degrees, winds SSW 9mph | Saturday – showers, 77 degrees, winds S 6mph | Sunday – Thunderstorms, 66 degrees, winds S 13mph)
A GLANCE AT THE EAGLES
- Eagles looking to finish the spring with a strong showing before heading to the Big South Championship next week
- Eric Gilpin leads the team in scoring average at 75.42 and will play #2 this week
- Sawyer Mills is #1 for the Eagles this week and is closely behind Gilpin in scoring average at 75.67
- The Eagles finished 13th out of 21 teams at the Furman Intercollegiate as they posted their third lowest total of the season (902) and score to par (+38)
- At the Furman Intercollegiate Mills was the lowest score for the Eagles at (+6) while Gilpin was a stroke behind (+7)
- Gilpin holds the lowest scoring average among the team in the first round at 76.0 and second round at 73.8 while Noah Peterson has the team's top final round scoring average at 74.5
- Winthrop shot the 4th lowest score in the final round of the 2017 Clemson Invitational (293) and finished 10th
WINTHROP LINEUP
1.
Sawyer Mills
2.
Eric Gilpin
3.
Noah Peterson
4.
Michael McKee
5.
Zak Butt
WHAT'S NEXT
Eagles will head to Ninety-Six, SC for the 2018 Big South Conference Championship, Apr. 20-22 as they'll compete at The Patriot at Grand Harbor.