COLLEGE GROVE, Tenn. – Less than a week after completing play at the Prairie Club Invitational, the University of South Alabama men's golf team will return to action when the opening round of the Intercollegiate at the Grove tees off on Sunday morning.
The Jaguar lineup for the event will include Yannick Schütz, Jacob LeCroy, Rasmus Karlsson, Kyle Robinson and Mathias Lorentzen, with Jacob Hatter making his season debut competing individually.
Following Sunday's opening round, play will continue at The Grove Club with 18 holes on Monday and Tuesday.
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Event (host): Intercollegiate at the Grove (Middle Tennessee)
Dates: 10/6-8 (Sunday-Tuesday)
Format: 18 holes Sunday, 18 holes Monday, 18 holes Tuesday
Start times: 9 a.m. (CDT) shotgun start Sunday; 10 a.m. shotgun start Monday and Tuesday
Course: The Grove Club (par 72, 7,368 yds)
Live scoring: http://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=18619
THE FIELD (14)
Charleston Southern, Eastern Kentucky, Francis Marion, Lamar, Lipscomb, Louisiana Tech, Mercer, Middle Tennessee, South Alabama, South Dakota State, Tennessee, Tennessee Tech, Troy, Western Kentucky
THE JAGUAR LINEUP
-Yannick Schütz (Sr., Friolzheim, Germany; 6 rds, 74.67 avg, 1 T10, 67 low 18, 215 low 54, 1 rd =/- par)
-Jacob LeCroy (Fr., Anniston, Ala.; 6 rds, 74.00 avg, 2 T20s, 71 low 18, 219 low 54, 3 rds =/- par)
-Rasmus Karlsson (Sr., Fiskars, Finland; 6 rds, 74.67 avg, 1 T10, 69 low 18, 219 low 54, 2 rds =/- par)
-Kyle Robinson (Jr., Fayetteville, Ark.; 3 rds, 75.67 avg, 1 T20, 63 low 18, 227 low 54, 1 rd =/- par)
-Matthias Lorentzen (Jr., Hvidovre, Denmark; 3 rds, 78.33 avg, 78 low 18, 235 low 54)
-*Jacob Hatter (So., Alpharetta, Ga.; 8 rds, 75.50 avg, 69 low 18, 220 low 54, 1 rd =/- par in 2018-19)
*denotes competing as an individual
TEE SHOTS
-This marks South's first event in the Volunteer State since posting a second-place finish in a field of 15 teams at the Memphis Intercollegiate March 31-April 1, 2014.
-Two of the three Jaguars who placed in the top 20 last time out at the Prairie Club Invitational — LeCroy and Robinson — will be in the lineup this week.
-LeCroy has finished among the top 15 at each of his first two tournaments for the Jags, leading the team with three scores at or below par.
-Karlsson had USA's best score on the final day at South Dakota State on Monday as all six of his rounds this fall have counted toward the team score.
-Robinson has recorded at least one score of par or better at all six stroke-play tournaments he has competed in dating back to the start of the spring campaign last year.
-This will be Hatter's first stroke-play event since competing as an individual at the Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate to open the spring last February; he was last in the lineup at the Jerry Weeks Match Play on April 1 last season.
THEY SAID IT
Head coach Ben Hannan
On the team playing a second tournament in a week: "Due to the short turnaround we didn't have a chance to qualify so we hand-picked the lineup and changed it a little bit. Attitudes have been good, the guys have been working hard on their games trying to prepare for Middle Tennessee the best we can without having seen the golf course before."
On the opportunity for the student-athletes selected to participate in the event: "Any time you get a chance to play, it's an opportunity to compete. Qualifying is very important, we've been playing some great golf at home and shooting some really competitive numbers as a group. This team is as deep and competitive as I can remember, so that puts the onus on tournament play and taking your game on the road. It's a great opportunity for everyone playing this week but it is also a lot of fun, that's why we work hard day in and day out — for the opportunity to play and compete."
On what needs to happen to be able to consider the event a success: "Success for us is always about controlling what we can and staying in the process. Since we can't control the result, we need to stay patient and commit to the process. When we do that, this group is pretty talented and obviously can play really good golf and good golf typically results in success. The goal for us this week — and every week — is to have the discipline to do what we know works and stay in the process throughout the ups and downs, and that's hard in this game because it is easy to get impatient, press and spin. Those are the things for us that will make the difference whether or not we are successful."
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