TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo men's golf team will receive its final tune-up for next weekend's Mid-American Conference championships when it travels to Columbus, Ohio for the 49th annual Robert Kepler Intercollegiate. The 54-hole tournament will be held on Saturday-Sunday, April 24-25, at Ohio State's par-71, 7,455-yard Scarlet Course. Tee times from the No. 1 and 10 holes will begin at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday with live scoring available at golfstat.com.

The Rockets finished seventh in the Kepler event in 2019 with Duncan McNeill pacing the Rockets by tying for fifth place. This year's 16-team field includes five schools - No. 8 Illinois, No. 14 Liberty, No. 39 Iowa, No. 40 Kent State and No. 47 Indiana - ranked in this week's Golfstat Top 50. Joining Toledo in the field will be Dayton, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Northern Illinois, Northwestern, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers and the host Buckeyes.

Freshman Barend Botha leads the Rockets with a 72.7 stroke average. Joining Botha in this weekend's lineup will be junior David Amm (75.0), sophomore NJ Botha (74.7), junior Muhammed Afif Mohd Fathi (74.0) and sophomore Palmer Yenrick (74.0). Freshman Jamie Tofte Nielsen (76.8) will be competing as an individual.

Following this weekend, the Rockets will head to Fort Wayne, Ind. for the MAC Championships on Friday-Saturday, April 30-May 1.