ROCK HILL, SC—Winthrop men's golf heads to the coast to open up the 2019 spring season when it competes in the 14
th Annual Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate.
Event: Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate
Dates: Monday-Tuesday, Mar. 11-12, 2019
Location: Aiken, SC
Course: Palmetto Golf Club (Par 70, 6,617 yards)
Format: 54-Hole Tournament (36 Holes Monday-holes 7-9 / 18 Holes Tuesday)
Live Scoring: Golfstat.com
Tee Times: Monday, 8:30 a.m. shotgun start / Tuesday, 9 a.m. shotgun start
Field: Akron, Army, Charleston Southern, Clemson, Furman, Memphis, Presbyterian College, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Temple, UAB, USC Aiken, VCU, Virginia, William & Mary, Winthrop, Wofford College
Weather Forecast: Monday, high of 75 degrees, cloudy/winds NE 7mph | Tuesday, high of 68 degrees, partly cloudy/winds ENE 11mph
A GLANCE AT THE EAGLES
- Coming off a strong final round at the Wexford Invitational as the Eagles placed 4th
- Michael McKee (-3), Sawyer Mills (-3) and Ryan Tattan (-1) were all under par in the final round
- Mills leads the team with a 72.93 scoring average while McKee is second (74.06) and Tattan third (77.22)
- Mills has finished in the Top 20 in three of the five events he's played
- In the final round of the Wexford Invitational the Eagles shot 288 and have scored 288 or lower in the final round in four of six tournaments
- Mills leads the team with 53 birdies on the year while McKee is second with 50
- This will be Noah Peterson's second tournament this season while Boettcher makes his third appearance in the lineup
- The Eagles will play with Army and VCU for Monday's first two rounds
WINTHROP LINEUP
- Sawyer Mills
- Michael McKee
- Ryan Tattan
- Rohan Boettcher
- Noah Peterson
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