Rockets Heading South to Participate in Louisiana Classics

Monday, February 26

Lafayette, La.

All Day

University of Toledo

Louisiana Classics

Sophomore Joe Bryce and the Rockets will compete in the Louisiana Classic on Monday and Tuesday.

Photo by: Toledo Athletics

Rockets Heading South to Participate in Louisiana Classics

2/25/2018 8:57:00 AM | Men's Golf

TOLEDO, Ohio — Toledo continues its spring season with a trip to the Bayou State for a return appearance in the Louisiana Classics on Monday-Tuesday, Feb. 26-27. The two-day event will be played at the par-72, 6,866-yard Oakbourne Country Club. The 54-hole tourney will consist of tee time starts beginning at 8:00 a.m. (CT) on Monday and 7:30 a.m. (CT) on Tuesday.

THE FIELD
• Fifteen schools are participating in the Louisiana Classics.
• Joining Toledo in the event will be four programs ranked in the Top 30 of Golfstat's rankings, headlined by No. 3 Texas A&M, No. 11 Illinois, No. 26 Louisville and No. 28 Kent State. Also participating are host Louisiana, McNeese State, Mississippi State, Rice, Sam Houston State, Southern Miss, ULM, UMKC and UTSA.

LIVE SCORING
• Live scoring for the Louisiana Classics can be found at golfstatresults.com. Live video of Hole 9 can be found at ragincajuns.com.

ROCKETS AT THE LOUISIANA CLASSICS
• Toledo is participating in the Louisiana Classics for the second-straight season. The Rockets tied for 11^th place last year, notching a 47-over par 911 (296-306-309). Colin Joseph paced UT at eight-over par 224 (73-77-74) and tied for 24^th place.
• UT's lineup this weekend will include sophomore Joe Bryce at #1, sophomore Thomas Thurloway at #2, senior Stephen Watts at #3, junior Duncan McNeill at #4 and senior Colin Joseph at #5.
• Bryce leads the Rockets with a 72.6 stroke average in eight rounds and is followed by McNeill (73.8/14 rds.), Watts (74.0/14 rds.), Thurloway (74.2/11 rds.) and Joseph (74.3/11 rds.).
• Kent State ran away with last year's team championship with a three-round score of 21-under par 843 (281-280-282) that was 19 strokes better than Texas A&M (287-288-287=862, -2). The Golden Flashes had four golfers among the Top 15 individuals to cruise to a double-digit margin of victory.
• LSU's Sam Burns secured medalist honors at 10-under par 206 (70-68-68), one stroke ahead of KSU's Ian Holt at nine-under par 207 (65-71-71).

LOOKING BACK AT THE EARL YESTINGSMEIER MATCH PLAY EVENT
• Toledo finished second at the Earl Yestingsmeier Match Play event on Feb. 12-13. The No. 3 seed Rockets tied No. 1 seed Miami in the championship match, but lost the tiebreaker. UT advanced to the championship by defeating DePaul 4-2 in the quarterfinals and winning the tiebreaker vs. Eastern Michigan in the semifinals.
• Thurloway and junior Spencer Shoemaker led UT during the event with perfect 3-0 records.

ON THE HORIZON
• UT will begin its spring break by competing in the Fort Lauderdale Intercollegiate hosted by Loyola (Md.) on Monday-Tuesday, March 5-6 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.