Coming off the heels of the first tournament championship of the year, the FGCU men's golf team heads to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to compete in the Fort Lauderdale Intercollegiate March 4-5. The tournament, hosted by Loyola Maryland, will be contested on the par-72, 6,861-yard North Course at Fort Lauderdale Country Club.
There are scheduled to be 36 holes contested on Monday, beginning with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start. The 18-hole final round will be played Tuesday.
Last week, the Eagles opened their spring campaign by winning the Colin Montgomerie Invitational. The triumph helped the team jump three spots to No. 160 in the latest GolfStat Division I team rankings. FGCU wrapped up the fall portion of the schedule with a fourth-place finish at its home event, the Homewood/Hilton Garden Airport and FGCU Classic.
"We're obviously coming off a pretty solid week, and we're looking forward to the next two weeks for spring break," FGCU coach Eric Booker said. "We think we have a solid five guys in our lineup that can all get hot on any given day. We're excited to see how the team performs over the next two weeks."
Booker will be utilizing the following lineup beginning Monday:
1. Andrew Potter
2. Tate Heintzelman
3. Chase Bigham
4. Cole Castro
5. J.T. Barker
Both Potter and Heintzelman tied for fifth in last week's tournament at 1-under 143. Bigham shot even par 144 to crack the top 10 at T-9, while Castro shot 4-over 148 to tie for 24th. Barker - a newcomer to the team this semester - will be making his debut for the Eagles.
Barker is making his debut for FGCU after spending his freshman year at NJCCAA Northampton CC before transferring to FGCU.
Complete Field [Sorted by GolfStat ranking as of 2/26]:
23 - USF
102 - Davidson
128 - UConn
151 - Florida Atlantic
154 - VCU
160 - FGCU
174 - Boston College
194 - Loyola Maryland
196 - Old Dominion
207 - George Mason
253 - Hartford
269 - Villanova
This will be the third-straight year FGCU will have played in this tournament. The Eagles finished third in each of the last two installments.
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