MGOLF Preview: Eagles Travel to Birmingham

Tuesday, September 29

Birmingham, Ala.

Georgia Southern University

Graeme McDowell Intercollegiate

Mason Williams tied for ninth at the Scenic City Collegiate last week.

9/28/2020 1:02:00 PM | Men's Golf

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GS plays in Graeme McDowell Invite Sept. 29-30.

Tournament Name: Graeme McDowell Intercollegiate
Dates: Sept. 29-30
Host: UAB
Course: Founders Course at Greystone – Par 72 – 7,299 yards
Location: Birmingham, Ala.
Tee Times and Format: Six players per team, count four scores. 36 holes Tuesday (7:50 a.m. shotgun start and continuous play), 18 Wednesday (tee times off of 1 and 10).
Participating Schools (10): UAB, Middle Tennessee St., Augusta, Georgia Southern, ULM, Louisiana, Southern Mississippi, Troy, South Alabama and Coastal Carolina

Georgia Southern Lineup (scoring average)
Ben Carr (3 rds, 72.00)
Mason Williams (3 rds, 74.00)
Colin Bowles (3 rds, 75.00)
Jake Maples (3rds, 79.33)
Brett Barron (3 rds, 81.67)
Wilson Andress (3 rds, 81.67)

Individuals
Luke Dasher (first event)
Lucas Hopkins (first event)
Avery Price (first event)

Coming off a tie for third at the season-opening Scenic City Collegiate, the Georgia Southern men's golf team heads to Birmingham, Alabama, for the Graeme McDowell Intercollegiate, hosted by UAB Tuesday and Wednesday.

UAB won the Scenic City Collegiate and has won the team title at both events the Blazers have competed in. They won the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate Sept. 15.

Teams will have six players in the lineup and count four scores each round. Each team will play in threesomes within their own team to lessen contact tracing, no volunteers or spectators are allowed on the course and coaches will enter scores for live scoring.

Ben Carr shot an even-par 216 over three rounds to win medalist honoros at the Scenic City Intercollegiate. It was the junior's first collegiate victory and his eighth top-10 finish. Mason Williams tied for ninth for his fourth top-10 outing.

Georgia Southern has finished in the top-3 at its last two events, dating back to the 2019-20 season.

Seniors Brett Barron and Jake Maples are playing a fifth season after the NCAA granted an extra year of eligibility to all spring sport student-athletes because of COVID-19. Both played at the Scenic City Collegiate and are slated to be in the lineup this week.

Barron makes his 33rd career start this week and has been in the lineup in the last 14 tournaments, and Carr makes his 20th start in the lineup for the Eagles. Maples makes his 13th career start in the lineup, and Colin Bowles will be in the lineup for the 10th time in his career. Mason Williams plays in the lineup for the 15th time in his career, and Wilson Andress will make his 13th start.

Georgia Southern has one more tournament on the docket in the fall. The Eagles will travel to the Mountaineer Invitational at Pete Dye Golf Club Oct. 19-20.