FGCU MGolf: FAU Spring Championship Preview

 The FGCU men's golf team preps for the FAU Spring Championship March 29-31, which will be contested on the par-72, 6,786-yard Osprey Point Golf Course in Boca Raton, Fla.

The 54-hole tournament will be played across three days, with 18 holes each being contested Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The opening round will be a staggered start with FGCU teeing off beginning at 10:50 a.m. on the first hole. Round standings will determine tee times for the final two days.

The Eagles have been off for the past three weeks after finishing ninth at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate. The Green and Blue have also posted a runner-up finish at the Fort Lauderdale Intercollegiate after winning the Colin Montgomerie Invitational to kickoff the spring.

"We had a few weeks to focus on our weaknesses and short game," FGCU coach Eric Booker said. "The guys are rested and ready to compete."

LINEUP
1. Cole Castro
2. Andrew Potter
3. Tate Heintzelman
4. Chase Bigham
5. J.T. Barker

Last Time Out:
Castro led FGCU the last time out, posting a steady three-round score of 222 to finish in a tie for 14th at the Pinehurst tournament. Prior to that week, he shot a career-low 66 in the second round at the Fort Lauderdale event and tied for fourth. Potter, like Castro, has finished inside the top-25 in all three spring tourneys. He tied for fifth at the Texas tournament and landed in solo seventh in Fort Lauderdale.

Bigham and Heintzelman continue to be mainstays in the lineup and both own a pair of top-25 finishes, while Barker is slated to compete in his second event for the Eagles. He recorded two counting scores at the Fort Lauderdale Intercollegiate and tied for 49h.

Complete Field [Sorted by GolfStat ranking as of 3/27]:
75 - UCF
133 - Southern Illinois
135 - UConn
148 - FGCU
168 - Florida Atlantic
177 - Bethune-Cookman
193 - George Mason
195 - Xavier
197 - Georgetown
227 - Rhode Island
228 - Houston Baptist
241 - Murray State
251 - Hartford
N/A - Miami (Ohio)