FORT MYERS, FL – After a strong showing at the Presidents Match Play Championship to open the spring season, the FGCU men's golf team returns to action on Monday morning at the Fort Lauderdale Intercollegiate hosted by Loyola Maryland.
The two-day match will take place on the North Course of the Fort Lauderdale Country Club with a shotgun start on Monday at 8:45 AM. The 14-team field will play two rounds on Monday with a third round on the par 72 course on Tuesday. Live results will be available via GolfStat.com.
The Eagles will be grouped alongside Utah Valley, Towson and George Mason to start Monday's first-round play.
FGCU finished fourth overall at the Presidents Match Play Championship at the Weston Hills Country Club. Junior
J.T. Barker and senior
Doug Smith each posted a 2-1 record at the event which was highlighted by the Eagles picking up a win over #156 Mercer. FGCU narrowly fell to eventual champion Belmont and lost on the final day to top-seeded Morehead State.
Smith leads the team with a 73.08 scoring average through four tournaments. Carlson is just behind having also played 12 rounds for a 73.75 scoring average. Barker is the only other Eagle to have played all 12 rounds on the year posting a 74.33 average.
FGCU Lineup:
Mark Iwinski Jr.(Fort Myers, FL/Riverdale HS)
Doug Smith (Windermere, FL/Olympia HS)
Tyler Carlson (Bradenton, FL/Lynn University)
J.T. Barker (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS)
Luke Farmer (Richmond, VA/Lee Virtual School)
Overall the tournament field is made up of the following teams:
#40 South Florida
#101 Florida Atlantic
#120 Loyola Maryland
#151 Davidson
#156 Mercer
#191 Connecticut
#216 Western Carolina
#224 Utah Valley
#225 George Mason
#241 Towson
#249 Florida Gulf Coast University
#262 Villanova
#263 St. John's
N/A Lynn
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