Mercer Men Head South for USF Invitational

TAMPA, Fla. – The Mercer men's golf team will travel south for the two-day USF Invitational at the Tampa Palms Golf and Country Club, starting with 36 holes on Monday, March 12.

The Bears will finish out the tournament with 18 holes of play on Tuesday. It marks Mercer's fourth total event of the spring and third team event.

Event Information
Dates: Monday, March 12 – Tuesday, March 13
Location: Tampa, Fla. | Tampa Palms Golf & Country Club
Par/Length: 72 | 7,004 yards
Live Stats: GolfStat.com

Lineup

Individual: Nolan Miller
Individual: Tyler Copp

Course Information
With manicured ultra-dwarf Tifeagle Bermuda greens, challenging and varied hole designs and immaculate fairway/tee complexes, Tampa Palms offers some of the best conditions available in the Tampa metro area.

Designer: Arthur Hills
Slope: 140
Length: 7,004
Par: 72

Tournament Field
USF (host), Florida Atlantic, FGCU, Cleveland State, Murray State, Southern Illinois, George Mason, Stetson, Florida A&M, Delaware, Alcorn State, Mercer

Coach Kayden's Take
"The Tampa Palms golf course is tight, so keeping the ball in play will be a premium this week for our team," said head coach Kirk Kayden. "Committing to a small target will be huge to our success.

"We need to play with a lot of confidence this week; it's another opportunity for our team to improve and to continue moving up in the [GolfStat.com] rankings."

Monday's Pairings/Tee Times
The Bears will tee off Monday with host USF and Southern Illinois. Individual players Tyler Copp and Nolan Miller will play with a pair of USF golfers and one from Murray State and Cleveland State.

Stanton Schorr (No. 1 | 8:30 a.m.)
Spencer Ball (No. 2 | 8:30 a.m.)
Brennan Bogdanovich (No. 3 | 8:30 a.m.)
Jerry Ren (No. 4 | 8:30 a.m.)
Kiko Rosete (No. 5B | 8:30 a.m.)
Tyler Copp (No. 18A | 8:30 a.m.)
Nolan Miller (No. 18B | 8:30 a.m.)

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Players Mentioned

Spencer Ball

Brennan Bogdanovich

Tyler Copp

Nolan Miller

Jerry Ren

Kiko Rosete

Stanton Schorr

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