Bears Set for Linger Longer Invitational

Friday, March 12

Greensboro, Ga. (Reynolds Lake Oconee - Great Waters)

All Day (18 Holes)

Mercer University

Linger Longer Invitational

Photo by: Jen Jones

3/11/2021 5:57:00 PM | Men's Golf

Mercer returns to the golf course after a 10-day layoff

By: Stephen Waldman

MACON, Ga. – The Mercer men's golf returns to action to compete in the Linger Longer Invitational, co-hosted by Mercer and Kennesaw State, this weekend at Reynolds Lake Oconee – Great Waters.

There are seven ranked individuals in the field for this weekend, led by sixth-ranked Connor Coffee of Kennesaw State. The other ranked golfers are: #111 Van Holmgren (FGCU), #165 Ben van Wyk (Augusta), #184 Clayton Larsen (North Alabama), #209 Mac Murphy (Louisiana Tech), #224 Christo Lamprecht (Georgia Tech), #233 Noah Norton (Georgia Tech)

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Dates: Friday, March 12 – Sunday, March 14
Location: Greensboro, Ga. | Reynolds Lake Oconee – Great Waters
Course Info: Par 72 | 7,476 Yards
Format: 18-18-18 (Friday-Saturday-Sunday)
Live Scoring: golfstat.com

MERCER LINEUP

*Individuals

THE FIELD (16)
Augusta, #51 Charlotte, Chattanooga, #85 Florida Gulf Coast, Georgia State, #40 Georgia Tech, High Point, Kennesaw State, Louisiana Tech, Memphis, Mercer, #79 Middle Tennessee State, North Alabama, Toledo, Troy, Virginia

TEE TIMES
Mercer's five golfers who will be able to count toward the team score will tee off from 10-10:36 a.m. on the first tee and will be paired in three-somes with golfers from Virginia and Charlotte. Spivey and McKenzie, the Bears' two individual competitors, will tee off at 10:14 a.m. and 10:23 a.m. at the 10^th tee box.

Jonathan Parker | 10 a.m. | Group 11 | Tee 1
Ethan Werblo | 10:09 a.m. | Group 12 | Tee 1
Martin Plukka | 10:18 a.m. | Group 13 | Tee 1
Lino Galdin | 10:27 a.m. | Group 14 | Tee 1
Tyler Copp | 10:36 a.m. | Group 15 | Tee 1
Daniel McKenzie | 10:14 a.m. | Group 27 | Tee 10
Jay Spivey | 10:23 a.m. | Group 28 | Tee 10

COACH'S TAKE
"We're really looking forward to co-hosting the event at a Great Waters course at Lake Oconee that has a newly renovated design by Jack Nicklaus. This will be a strong test of golf with the high level of competition we were able to bring in. We have some good teams playing, and we've also got a challenging golf course. It will be a challenging week for everyone, and we're looking forward to playing this course.

"The guys are playing with a lot of confidence right now and are swinging well. They're a strong, confident bunch when the competition starts, and we need to continue to take things one shot at a time and control what we can control."

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