CLEMSON, S.C. — The Clemson Men’s Golf team will make its first trip to the state of West Virginia April 13-14 to compete in the Mountaineer Invitational at the Pete Dye Golf Club in Bridgeport, West Virginia. The 19-team event will be the final regular season tournament for Jordan Byrd’s Tigers.
The field will include fifth-ranked Arkansas, sixth-ranked Oklahoma State and eighth-ranked Texas Tech. Other teams in the field include Western Kentucky, William & Mary, UNC-Greensboro, James Madison, Virginia Commonwealth, Ball State, George Mason, Villanova, TCU, West Virginia, Xavier, Appalachian State, St. Francis, Baylor and Navy.
Clemson is ranked 36th in the latest Spikemark rankings and has a 64-50-3 record. Teams must have a .500 or better record after their conference tournament to qualify for the NCAA Tournament. Clemson’s resume includes a victory at the Marquette Invitational last October, a second place at the Myrtle Beach Golf Trips Intercollegiate, a third place at the Bryan Brothers Collegiate and a fourth place at The Hootie in the team’s most recent tournament.
Clemson’s lineup will include two seniors, two sophomores and a junior.
Senior Lucas Augustsson will be number-one in the Clemson lineup. The transfer from East Carolina has a 72.26 stroke average this year and is tied for the lead in top 10 finishes with three. He is coming off a career best third place finish at The Hootie where he had 54-hole score of 10 under par 206.
Oscar Bredkjaer is number-two in the Clemson lineup and enters his eighth event of the year with a 72.0 stroke average, best on the Clemson team. He has six rounds in the 60s and 10 rounds at par or better this year. The junior from Denmark had a top 10 at Bryan Brothers and The Hayt.
Rich Wills is third on the Clemson team in stroke average at 72.80 and will be listed as the #3 player in the Clemson lineup in West Virginia.The sophomore from Cramerton, N.C. had a top 10 at the Marquette Intercollegiate, helping the Tigers to the team title.
Senior Thomas Higgins has three top 10s this year and leads the team in under-par rounds with 10. He has a 73.10 stroke average for the year. This will the Higgins’s 35th career tournament at Clemson and his second round of this tournament will be the 100th of his career.
Sophomore Colin Salema rounds out the Clemson lineup. He had a third-place finish at Marquette and has a 73.42 stroke average this year.
Freshman Sam Duran will play the event as an individual. Freshman Tip Price will play in a separate individual tournament at nearby Bridgeport Country Club.
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