MSU Tees Off At SEC Tournament
MSU enters the tournament ranked tenth in the SEC, averaging 73.65 strokes per 18 holes with a team average of 294.58 after ten regular season tournaments, which included six top ten finishes and two tournament titles (Troy Invitational & Mobile Bay Intercollegiate).
“We can only control what we do,” said Coach Clay Homan. “The good thing about golf is that there is no defense, so we can only worry about ourselves. I am confident if that’s what we do, we will find success this weekend.”
The Bulldogs rank four golfers in the top 55 of the SEC in stroke average, Josh Bevell, Noah Goldman, Matt Fast and Carlos Sainz, Jr., with Sainz standing among the top 25 with an average of 73.38 strokes per round in 29 rounds of play. All four will make the trip to St. Simons Island, Ga., along with senior Brian Mason.
“We’re playing much better of late,” said Homan. “I feel like we have a lot of guy’s confidence back, so hopefully we can start getting some low scores like we are capable of.”
All twelve SEC schools will compete in the tournament, six of which are ranked in the top 25 (Golfstat.com Poll) and nine ranked inside the top 50.
“There is tons of talent in this league,” said Homan. “Honestly, there are no bad teams so that makes things challenging.”
Tee time is expected at 7 a.m. CST with live stats available through www.MStateathletics.com.