TOLEDO, OH - Toledo will host the 12th-annual Inverness Intercollegiate on Monday-Tuesday, Sept. 19-20 at the renowned Inverness Club. The ultra-competitive 54-hole tournament will be played on a par-71, 7,323-yard layout. The 54-hole event will begin with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. with 36 holes on Monday and a tee time start of 8:00 a.m. with 18 holes on Tuesday.

UT will entertain a 13-team field that includes Auburn, Austin Peay, Ball State, Bowling Green, Duke, Miami, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Penn State, Saint Mary's (CA) and Virginia.

The Rockets' lineup at Inverness will include freshman Thomas Thurloway, junior Stephen Watts, junior Colin Joseph and freshman Joe Bryce. The fifth and final spot has yet to be determined. Thurloway currently leads the team with a 72.4 stroke verage, followed by Watts (73.0), Joseph (75.0), sophomore Jamie Knipe (76.8) and sophomore Spencer Shoemaker (77.2). UT will be paired with Auburn and Michigan State during Monday's opening two rounds.

Toledo is coming off a seventh-place finish at the rain-shortened Wolf Run Intercollegiate on Sept. 10-11. The event was originally scheduled for 54 holes, but was adjusted to 36 after well over an inch of rain fell on Friday night and early Saturday morning. The Rockets fired a team score of 35-over par 603 (296-307) to finish seventh among 14 squads.

Thurloway paced the Midnight Blue & Gold at three-over par 145 (70-75) and tied for 14th place in his second collegiate event. Joseph finished four strokes behind Thurloway and tied for 29th place at seven-over par 149 (72-77), while Watts finished tied for the 37th spot at eight-over par 150 (76-74). Rounding out Toledo's lineup were Knipe who shot 18-over par 160 (78-82) to tie for 66th place and Shoemaker who posted a score of 19-over par 161 (80-81) to tie for the 68th spot, respectively.

Last fall, Toledo finished in 10th place at the Inverness Intercollegiate. The Rockets posted a team score of 55-over par 907 (306-298-303) to finish second among five Mid-American Conference teams.

Otto Black (78-74-74) was UT's top finisher at 13-over par 226 and tied for 31st place, followed closely by Joseph (74-77-76) who finished one stroke behind Black at 14-over par 227 and tied for the 35th spot.  

Pac-12 Conference member California secured the team title at 25-over par 877 (291-293-293) and held a three-stroke cushion over 2014 team champion East Tennessee State at 28-over par 880 (293-293-294).

Individually, Michigan State's Mitch Rutledge captured medalist honors at two-under par 211 (75-70-66). Rutledge posted a three-shot victory over Michigan's Kyle Mueller at one-over par 214 (70-74-70) and just missed the lowest single round score in tourney history by a mere one shot. Kent State's Sebastian Bendsen and Kentucky's J.B. Holmes hold the tourney record with a 65 shot in 2014 and 2004, respectively.

Fans can view live scoring for next week's event through BirdieFire at http://bit.ly/2caTZj9. 

Following the Inverness Intercollegiate, UT will participate in The Macdonald Cup on Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 1-2 in New Haven, CT.

2016 Inverness Intercollegiate
Date: Sept. 19-20, 2016
Where: Inverness Club, Toledo, OH (Par-71 • 7,323 Yards)
Teams: Auburn, Austin Peay, Ball State, Bowling Green, Duke, Miami, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Penn State, St. Mary's (CA), TOLEDO, Virginia 
**There will also be a total of 13 individual players for a grand total of 78 golfers