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Saturday, April 21
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Robert Kepler Invitational
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Falcons Compete In Robert Kepler Intercollegiate
April 20, 2018 | Men's Golf
Columbus, Ohio – The BGSU Men's Golf team will compete in the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate held in Columbus, Ohio Saturday and Sunday. The tournament is hosted by the Ohio State University and will be played on the Scarlet Course of The Ohio State University Golf Club. The Falcons will share the course with 15 other teams. Schools from the Big Ten include Rutgers, Wisconsin, Penn State, Michigan State, Iowa, Illinois, Purdue, and the tournament's host Ohio State. Competitors from the Mid-American Conference include Ball State, Kent State, Northern Illinois and Miami. Other teams sharing the field with the Falcons are Colgate, Francis Marion and Xavier. Seven of the competing teams are nationally ranked including last year's winner Illinois at No. 13 in the nation along with Kent State sitting at No. 26, the highest national ranking among MAC schools.
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The invitational will include three rounds at par 71 with a total of 7,455 yards with two rounds on Saturday and concluding on Sunday. The teams will tee off Saturday morning at 9 a.m. and Sunday at 8:30 a.m.
The Falcons will take their first strokes in competition since the Border Olympics in early March after being rained out of the Greenbrier earlier in April. The Falcon lineup for the weekend includes Rodrigue Vie, Trey Walker, Pablo Heredia Iglesias, Mitchell Kontak and Nick Hofland.
Leading the field for the Falcons is freshman Vie who totaled 210, -6 through three rounds at the Border Olympics finishing tied for seventh along with Kontak, another top scorer for the Falcons.
"This is a great test to finish our preparations for the MAC Championship" says coach Powers. "Ohio State has a tough golf course which requires a lot of patience and discipline with our approach shots. This field is one of the best we play all season and I am looking forward to seeing how we stack up."
The Falcons' 2018 season will conclude with MAC Championships (Apr. 27-29) taking place in Fort Wayne, Ind.
LIVE STATS
The invitational will include three rounds at par 71 with a total of 7,455 yards with two rounds on Saturday and concluding on Sunday. The teams will tee off Saturday morning at 9 a.m. and Sunday at 8:30 a.m.
The Falcons will take their first strokes in competition since the Border Olympics in early March after being rained out of the Greenbrier earlier in April. The Falcon lineup for the weekend includes Rodrigue Vie, Trey Walker, Pablo Heredia Iglesias, Mitchell Kontak and Nick Hofland.
Leading the field for the Falcons is freshman Vie who totaled 210, -6 through three rounds at the Border Olympics finishing tied for seventh along with Kontak, another top scorer for the Falcons.
"This is a great test to finish our preparations for the MAC Championship" says coach Powers. "Ohio State has a tough golf course which requires a lot of patience and discipline with our approach shots. This field is one of the best we play all season and I am looking forward to seeing how we stack up."
The Falcons' 2018 season will conclude with MAC Championships (Apr. 27-29) taking place in Fort Wayne, Ind.
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