The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
UAB Men's Golf Prepped for Jerry Pate Intercollegiate
10/4/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate
Dates: Monday, Oct. 5 - Tuesday, Oct. 6
Location: Old Overton Country Club (Par 70, 7,209 yards) - Vestavia Hills, Ala.
Format: 54 holes (36 Monday, 18 Tuesday) | Play five, score four
Tournament Field: No. 16 Alabama, (RV) Arkansas, No. 3 Auburn, (RV) Arkansas, (RV) Baylor, Charlotte, No. 23 Florida, No. 1 Florida State, Kennesaw State, (RV) Mississippi State, UTSA, (RV) UAB, UNLV
Online: Live Scoring | Information Sheet | Updated Statistics
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Fresh off a 15-stroke win in its home tournament, the UAB men's golf team looks to keep the momentum rolling Monday and Tuesday at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate in Birmingham.
The 54-hole event, held at the par-70, 7,209-yard Old Overton Country Club, will begin Monday morning with two rounds, before closing Tuesday with the final 18 holes.
The annual tournament, hosted by Alabama, brings in some of the top teams in the country to make up the 12-team field. Along with UAB, the field includes No. 16 Alabama, Arkansas, No. 3 Auburn, Arkansas, Baylor, Charlotte, No. 23 Florida, No. 1 Florida State, Kennesaw State, Mississippi State, UTSA and UNLV.
The Blazers finished fourth in last year's tournament, led by Martin Rohwer's eighth-place result after shooting even par, 210. Paul Dunne (212, +2) and Lee Hodges (213, +3) also recorded top-15 finishes in last year's tournament, T-13th and T-15th, respectively.
Head coach Alan Murray will send out the same lineup from the first three tournaments, seniors Will Cannon and Martin Rohwer, sophomores Lee Hodges and Taylor Eyster, and freshman Tim Harry.
Hodges is coming off Conference USA Golfer of the Week honors after his individual win at the Shoal Creek Invitational. Cannon fired a 7-under, 65, a tournament record, in his final round to finish second behind Hodges.
Eyster has finished no worse than T-13th thus far, and is coming off a T-3rd at Shoal Creek. Harry has put together back-to-back top-30 finishes of T-26th and T-12th.
UAB will tee-off with No. 3 Auburn and No. 1 Florida State beginning at 8:20 a.m. on hole 10.
Live scoring for the tournament will be available via GolfStat and can be accessed by clicking here or in the link above.
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