Post by The Cats on Sept 3, 2021 17:46:53 GMT -5
Western Carolina men's golf opens its 2021-22 season this week at the EKU Intercollegiate hosted by Eastern Kentucky at the par-70, 6,653-yard University Club at Arlington.
The two-day, 54-hole tournament features 36 holes on Friday, Sept. 3 beginning with an 8:30 am shotgun start and the final 18 holes on Saturday, Sept. 4 beginning at 9 am, again with a shotgun start. Live scoring of the two-day event is available online through GolfStat.com.
It's the fifth year of the event, though it was not held during the 2020 season.
Western Carolina's six-golfer lineup includes five competing together for both the individual and team event championships, with one playing unattached as an individual. Stemming from preseason team qualifying, the Catamount fivesome will be led by a pair of true freshmen in Jake Peacock (Milton, Ga.) and Kyle Kushnir (Raleigh, N.C.) playing as the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds, respectively, in their collegiate debuts. Junior Magnus Pedersen, who finished third on the squad in scoring a year ago, will play in the third flight for WCU in the opener.
Rounding out WCU's scoring five are sophomore Presten Richardson and senior Tumi Kúld. His classmate Louis Theys, who is the top returner in stroke average from the 2020-21 season, is competing unattached for the Catamounts as an individual.