Golden Eages part of great field in South Carolina tournament
Tennessee Tech men's golf team in strong, 11-team field at the Rees Jones Collegiate Invitational, hosted by South Carolina. The 54-hole tournament tees off Monday morning at Haig Point.
DAUFUSKIE ISLAND, S.C. -- It's a unique opportunity facing the
Tennessee Tech men's golf team this week when coach Polk Brown
takes a lineup of five players to the Rees Jones Collegiate
Invitational. The 54-hole tournament will be held over the
7,380-yard Rees Jones-designed layout at Haig Point.
The 11-team field gets play underway with 36 holes scheduled on
Monday and another 18 holes set for Tuesday. Tickets that include
ferry transportation are available for $25 on Monday (includes
hospitality) and $10 on Tuesday at the Haig Point Embarkation off
the Route 287 Bypass (Palmetto Parkway).
Kennesaw State is the defending champion while the host
University of South Carolina is also lining up as a tournament
favorite. In addition to those two school and Tennessee Tech, other
schools in the field are Charleston Southern, Charlotte, East
Carolina, Francis Marion, Iowa State, Liberty, Presbyterian,
UNC-Wilmington and Winthrop.
The Golden Eagle lineup is the same five players who finished 14th
last week at the Vanderbilt event to open the season. Tech's
rotation includes Lee Maxwell, Lee Whitehead, Greg Kitts, Mitch
Thomas and Adam Cunningham.
Tech is paired with Presbyterian and Charleston Southern on the
first day of play. Those three teams will begin on holes 14 through
18 in the shotgun start.
