ROCK HILL, SC— After 10 months the Winthrop men's golf team is set to hit the links as it resumes competition in six events starting with the Any Given Tuesday Intercollegiate Jan. 24-26 plus the Big South Conference Championship in mid-April.
Event: Any Given Tuesday Intercollegiate
Dates: Sunday-Tuesday, Jan. 24-26, 2021
Location: Johns Island, SC
Course: Oak Point G.C. (Par 72, 6,701 yards)
Format: 54-Hole Tournament (18 Holes Sunday/Holes Monday/18 Holes Tuesday)
Live Scoring: Golfstat.com
Tee Times: 9 a.m. off 1
st/10
th hole (all three days)
Field: Charleston Southern, Coastal Carolina, Florida Gulf Coast, High Point, Jacksonville State, Kennesaw State, Lipscomb, Morehead State, USC Upstate, Winthrop
Weather Forecast: Sunday (60 degrees, partly cloudy, ENE 8mph) | Monday (68 degrees, rain showers early, SSW 10mph) | Tuesday (72 degrees, partly cloudy, SW 14mph)
A GLANCE AT THE EAGLES
- Event is hosted by High Point and Charleston Southern, named after its podcast started last summer by the head coaches at each school (High Point – Brady Gregor / Charleston Southern – Jason Payne)
- This is the inaugural Any Given Tuesday Intercollegiate
- Formats for the events in the spring of 2021 have a new look to them as each team will bring a lineup of six players and will split into threesomes within the team itself and play
- After each round the players will be paired by results, but still within its own team
- Oak Point G.C. was the recipient of the 2019 Charleston Golf Course Owners Association Course of the Year
- The top returning scoring average for the Eagles belongs to Ryan Tattan, who averaged 73.28 in 2019-20 (6 events)
- Boettcher had a career-year in 2019-20 with a 75.17 average, which is over three strokes better than either of his first two seasons
- Connor Barker had the third best stroke average on the team in 2019-20 at 74.53
- Willis Rogers and Austin Mosher are making their collegiate debut
WINTHROP LINEUP
- Ryan Tattan
- Willis Rogers
- Noah Peterson
- Connor Barker
- Rohan Boettcher
- Austin Mosher
Remaining Schedule For 2021
Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate (Host: Francis Marion)
- February 22-24, 2021
- Hilton Head Island, SC (Wexford G.C.)
- Arnold Palmer Signature Course
- Home of the 2017 USGA Senior Open Qualifier
- Defending Champion: Augusta
- Last Winthrop Appearance: 8th in 2020
Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate (Host: USC-Aiken)
- March 8-9, 2021
- Aiken, SC (Palmetto G.C.)
- The Palmetto Golf Club is a monument from the dawn of US golf. Thomas Hitchcock founded Palmetto in 1892
- Defending Champion: Clemson
- Last Winthrop Appearance: 12th in 2020
ECU Pirate Intercollegiate (Host: East Carolina)
- March 22-23, 2021
- Greenville, NC (Brook Valley C.C.)
- Ellis Maples designed championship course
- Club's history includes an exhibition match played by legends Sam Snead and Ben Hogan
- Defending Champion: East Carolina (2019 – event canceled in 2020)
- Last Winthrop Appearance: n/a
Golfweek Program Challenge (Host: Golfweek Magazine)
- April 5-6, 2021
- Pawley's Island, SC (Caledonia Golf & Fish Club)
- Originally scheduled for Sept. 13-15, 2020
- The tournament crowns a combined team champion
- Defending Champion: Jacksonville
- Last Winthrop Appearance: n/a
Wofford Invitational (Host: Wofford College)
- April 12-13, 2021
- Spartanburg, SC (Country Club of Spartanburg)
- Designed in the tradition of Donald Ross
- hosts many top tournaments including the Carolinas PGA, Carolinas Open, Carolinas Amateur, and the SCGA Championship
- Defending Champion: Furman (canceled in 2020)
- Last Winthrop Appearance: 10th in 2010
Big South Championship
- April 18-21, 2021
- Ninety-Six, SC (Patriot GC at Grand Harbor)
- Defending Champion: Campbell (2020 Championship canceled)
- Stroke play will take place Apr. 18-20 followed by match play on Apr. 21
April 21 (Match)
- Last Winthrop Appearance: 4th (lost in semifinals of match play)
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