Falcons Set To Compete In Colleton River Collegiate Tournament In South Carolina

Bluffton, SC – The BGSU Men's Golf team will continue its Spring season by playing in the Colleton River Collegiate Tournament in Bluffton, South Carolina on March 4-5. The Falcons competed in the event in 2016 and finished in ninth place.

This tournament will be one of the strongest playing fields BGSU has been a part of with seven of the 14 teams ranking in the top 100 of Golfstat's Team Rankings and four in the top 60 (Rankings as of 2/26/19).

BGSU opened the spring campaign finishing runner up at the Earl Yestingsmeier Match Play Tournament Feb. 4-5. The Falcons fell to Miami (OH) in the final but had wins over Ohio and Eastern Michigan, respectively.

The Falcons finished no worse than seventh in all of their events during the Fall season, including finishing in third place at the Fuzzy Zoeller Invitational.

Some standout individual performances included Rodrigue Vie winning the MAC Men's Golfer of the Week on Sept. 13. Vie shot -7 over three rounds at the Fuzzy Zoeller Invitational to finish fourth out of 75 golfers at the event. His 67-73-69-209 was the top BG result and he led the team to a third place finish out of 13 teams, including defeating MAC-rival Toledo. Pablo Heredia Iglesias had two top ten finishes in the fall campaign, finishing T-4th at the Sam Hall Intercollegiate and finishing T-10th at the Dayton Flyer Invitational.

Tournament Format
Host: Michigan State University
Dates: March 4-5
Location: Bluffton, South Carolina
Course Info: Pete Dye Course at Colleton River Club, 18 holes, 7,180 yards, Par 72
Tournament Field: The Falcons are one of 14 teams competing along with Michigan State (host), Cincinnati, Eastern Michigan, Georgia Southern, Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas State, Memphis, Miami (OH), Oakland, Penn State, Rutgers, and Wisconsin

Schedule of Events
Day 1: 36 holes continuous play, Day 2: 18 holes

Coach Powers Quote:
"It is exciting to compete against a great field on a tough golf course this week. Colleton River is a great test of ball striking, especially in the early spring. We have been very competitive in practice and our training, the guys are looking forward to getting back outside and into tournament play."

Falcons Lineup
The Falcons lineup this weekend will be Rodrigue Vie, Pablo Heredia Iglesias, Noah Firestone, Trey Walker, Max Rispler and Nick Hofland.

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Up Next:
The Falcons will travel to Laredo, Texas and compete in the Border Olympics hosted by the University of Houston on March 11 and 12.

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