ROCK HILL, SC— Winthrop men's golf heads to Ninety-Six, SC for the 2018 Big South Conference Championship as play begins Friday on The Patriot at Grand Harbor.
Event: Big South Conference Championship
Dates: Friday-Sunday, Apr. 20-22, 2018
Location: Ninety-Six, SC
Course: The Patriot at Grand Harbor (Par 72, 7,120 yards)
Format: 54-Hole Tournament (18 holes each day)
Tee Times: Friday, 8-8:40 a.m. | Saturday, starting 8 a.m. (set by place after round 1) | Sunday, starting 8 a.m. (set by place after 36 holes)
(Live Scoring Available At Golfstat.com)
Weather Forecast: (Friday –sunny, 69 degrees, winds NE 8mph | Saturday – mostly sunny, 71 degrees, winds E 6mph | Sunday – cloudy, 68 degrees, winds E 10mph)
A GLANCE AT THE EAGLES
- Eagles looking to finish the spring with a strong showing before heading to the Big South Championship next week
- Winthrop enters the tournament seeded 7th
- In last year's championship the Eagles finished 5th
- Bradley Kauffman led the Eagles in the championship as he tied for 20th
- Sawyer Mills and Michael McKee both competed in the championship as Mills finished tied for 32nd and McKee tied for 35th
- Eric Gilpin leads the team in scoring average at 75.67 while Mills is close behind at 75.74
- Noah Peterson is third on the team with a 76.78 stroke average
WINTHROP LINEUP
1.
Sawyer Mills
2.
Eric Gilpin
3.
Noah Peterson
4.
Michael McKee
5.
Zak Butt