State To Have Second Test At Louisville Cardinals Challenge
September 13, 2018 | Men's Golf
by Austin Coats, Student Assistant/Communications
SIMPSONVILLE, Ky. – Mississippi State men's golf is set for another weekend on the road as they play the three-day Louisville Cardinals Challenge.
The Golf Dawgs will play 54 holes beginning Friday at the Par-72, 7,101-yard UofL Golf Club. Live stats will be available via Golfstat throughout the tournament.
"I felt like we had a solid week of preparation," MSU men's golf coach Dusty Smith said. "We definitely have a hungry group who is focused on our next opportunity. This is the next step in our journey."
Juniors Peng Pichaikool and Garrett Johnson will lead MSU after they each earned top 15 finishes at the Carmel Cup on Pebble Beach Golf Links in their first contest. The pair has played in 14 consecutive tournaments together coming into the weekend's event.
Freshman Ford Clegg, senior Austin Rose and sophomore Hunter Hammett fill out Smith's lineup card. All five Bulldogs also played in State's first tournament of the fall.
Sophomore Griffin Agent is set to make his first appearance of the 2018-19 season as he plays as an individual.
Hammett will be the first Bulldog off the 10th-hole tee at 8 a.m. CT. Agent will tee off from No. 1 at 10:12 a.m.
State will face off against 15 other teams, including six teams ranked in the Golfstat Top 50. Duke, North Carolina, USF, Kentucky, Wake Forest, Louisville, East Tennessee State, Western Kentucky, Nebraska, Charlotte, Louisiana, Lamar, Cincinnati, ULM and Louisiana Tech make up the team leaderboard.
For more information on the Bulldogs, follow the program on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching @HailStateMG.
MSU men's golf coach Dusty Smith:
"I felt like we had a solid week of preparation. We definitely have a hungry group who is focused on our next opportunity. This is the next step in our journey. I am looking forward to watching how this group continues to mold into the team we know we can be. We need to make sure that the leadership is where it needs to be as we continue to grow. This week is about us and what we can control. Everyone needs to take ownership of their own game plan. We need to have the mentality of a one-shot season. Every shot has a life of its own and needs to be executed the proper way."
Need to Know:
SIMPSONVILLE, Ky. – Mississippi State men's golf is set for another weekend on the road as they play the three-day Louisville Cardinals Challenge.
The Golf Dawgs will play 54 holes beginning Friday at the Par-72, 7,101-yard UofL Golf Club. Live stats will be available via Golfstat throughout the tournament.
"I felt like we had a solid week of preparation," MSU men's golf coach Dusty Smith said. "We definitely have a hungry group who is focused on our next opportunity. This is the next step in our journey."
Juniors Peng Pichaikool and Garrett Johnson will lead MSU after they each earned top 15 finishes at the Carmel Cup on Pebble Beach Golf Links in their first contest. The pair has played in 14 consecutive tournaments together coming into the weekend's event.
Freshman Ford Clegg, senior Austin Rose and sophomore Hunter Hammett fill out Smith's lineup card. All five Bulldogs also played in State's first tournament of the fall.
Sophomore Griffin Agent is set to make his first appearance of the 2018-19 season as he plays as an individual.
Hammett will be the first Bulldog off the 10th-hole tee at 8 a.m. CT. Agent will tee off from No. 1 at 10:12 a.m.
State will face off against 15 other teams, including six teams ranked in the Golfstat Top 50. Duke, North Carolina, USF, Kentucky, Wake Forest, Louisville, East Tennessee State, Western Kentucky, Nebraska, Charlotte, Louisiana, Lamar, Cincinnati, ULM and Louisiana Tech make up the team leaderboard.
For more information on the Bulldogs, follow the program on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching @HailStateMG.
MSU men's golf coach Dusty Smith:
"I felt like we had a solid week of preparation. We definitely have a hungry group who is focused on our next opportunity. This is the next step in our journey. I am looking forward to watching how this group continues to mold into the team we know we can be. We need to make sure that the leadership is where it needs to be as we continue to grow. This week is about us and what we can control. Everyone needs to take ownership of their own game plan. We need to have the mentality of a one-shot season. Every shot has a life of its own and needs to be executed the proper way."
Need to Know:
- Peng Pichaikool earned his eighth-career top 5 finish in Mississippi State's first tournament at the Carmel Cup, as he took seventh. Pichaikool shot a 10-under-206, his fifth time shooting at that mark or better.
- Garrett Johnson placed just behind Pichaikool at the Carmel Cup with a share of 13th, for the sixth top 15 finish of his career. His 6-under-210 at Pebble Beach matched a career-high.
- Ford Clegg, Austin Rose and Hunter Hammett each carded and under-par round once at Pebble Beach.
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