WEST POINT, Miss. – The University of South Alabama men's golf team will conclude regular season action at Mississippi State's Old Waverly Collegiate Championship, which begins with 36 holes on Monday.

The Jaguar lineup will feature Peter Staalbo, Rasmus Karlsson, Yannick Schütz, Kyle Robinson and Jordan Plunkett, the same group that has played together at each stroke-play event this semester.

The action will get underway at the Old Waverly Country Club with an 8:30 a.m. (CDT) shotgun start, while final round play on Tuesday — which will tee off from both the first and 10th holes — is set for 8 a.m.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Event (host): Old Waverly Collegiate Championship (Mississippi State)
Dates: 4/15-16 (Monday-Tuesday)
Start times: 8:30 a.m. (CDT) shotgun start Monday, 8 a.m. start from split tees Tuesday
Course: Old Waverly Golf Club (par 72, 7,000 yds)
Live scoring: http://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=16201

THE FIELD (15)
Bradley, Chattanooga, Lipscomb, Little Rock, Louisiana, ULM, Louisiana Tech, Memphis, Middle Tennessee, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, South Alabama, South Dakota, Southern Mississippi, #4 Vanderbilt

THE JAGUAR LINEUP
-Rasmus Karlsson (Jr., Fiskars, Finland; 19 rds, 73.32 avg, 2 T20s, 66 low 18, 212 low 54, 5 rds =/- par)
-Jordan Plunkett (Fr., Sterrett, Ala.; 19 rds, 74.00 avg, 69 low 18, 211 low 54, 9 rds =/- par)
-Kyle Robinson (So., Fayetteville, Ark.; 19 rds, 74.42 avg, 66 low 18, 218 low 54, 6 rds =/- par)
-Yannick Schütz (Jr., Friolzheim, Germany; 19 rds, 72.79 avg, 4 T20s, 69 low 18, 216 low 54, 10 rds =/- par)
-Peter Staalbo (Sr., Lejre, Denmark; 16 rds, 74.31 avg, 2 T20s, 69 low 18, 220 low 54, 6 rds =/- par)

TEE SHOTS
-The tournament field includes No. 4 Vanderbilt as well as three other Sun Belt Conference members.
-South has recorded a top-10 finish in the team standings five of the last six years since first competing at the 2013 edition of the event.
-The trio of Schütz, Karlsson and Staalbo were the team's top three finishers at the OWCC in 2018, highlighted by the former's top-20 performance after tying for 16th place in the individual standings.
-Staalbo and Karlsson recorded scores of 68 and 71, respectively, in the second round of the tournament the previous year, helping the Jags fire a 5-under-par 283 total.
-As a freshman, Staalbo posted a 69 and 70 on the opening day of the event before going on to place third individually with a 2-under-par 214 54-hole score.
-Robinson rejoins the Jaguar lineup after missing the Jerry Weeks Match Play at Southern Mississippi on April 1 due to injury.
-Plunkett has shot par or better in the final round at each tournament in the spring, and has accomplished the feat in nine of 19 rounds his first year at the collegiate level.
-As a team, South has shot par or below in at least one round at each of the last five events dating back to the Fighting Irish Classic hosted by Notre Dame Oct. 7-8.

THEY SAID IT
Head coach Ben Hannan
On preparation for the team's final event of the regular season: "About a week ago we settled on the lineup that is going to take us into the postseason, we do that so that they can start to focus on preparation.  Our practices have been tailored to each individual to help everyone in their game to hopefully peak at the right time."
On the importance of the tournament heading into the postseason: "As always, the field is solid at Mississippi State.  The tournament presents a great opportunity to compete, but in addition it is about getting into the mindset and process of playing solid golf, getting some confidence and momentum as it's a quick turnaround for the conference championship in a week."

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