TOLEDO, Ohio - The Toledo men's golf team will wrap up its spring break at The Johnnie-O at Sea Island on Monday-Tuesday, March 13-14. The tournament will be held at the par-70, 7,005-yard Sea Island Golf Club's Seaside Course in St. Simons Island, Ga.

Junior Barend Botha leads the Rockets with a 71.0 stroke average and is followed by senior Palmer Yenrick (73.0) and senior NJ Botha (73.1). Toledo's lineup will consist of Barend Botha at No. 1, Yenrick at No. 2, NJ Botha at No. 3, junior Jamie Tofte Nielsen at No. 4, and freshman Mason Deal at No. 5. Freshman Bence Kotel is competing as an individual.

The Field
Every school in the 13-team field is ranked in the Top 100 of Golfstat's rankings, including six in the Top 50.  No. 25 Kansas State leads the way and is followed by No. 30 Cincinnati, No. 37 Ohio State, No. 42 Notre Dame, No. 43 UNC-Greensboro, and No. 50 Michigan State. Also competing in the field along with the Rockets are Iowa, Kansas, Memphis, Minnesota, Penn State and host Rutgers.

Last Time Out
Senior Palmer Yenrick notched his first Top 10 finish as Rocket to help Toledo tie for seventh place at Auburn's Tiger Invitational by Jason Dufner. Yenrick tied for eighth place with a career-low 54-hole score of six-under par 210 and was just two strokes shy of finishing in third place.

Up Next
Toledo will return to action in two weeks when it travels to Wilmington, N.C. for UNCW's Seahawk Intercollegiate on Sunday-Monday, March 26-27.
 
2023 The Johnnio-O at Sea Island Invitational

• Dates: March 13-14, 2023
• Course: Sea Island Golf Club - Seaside Course (St. Simons Island, Ga.) - Par 70, 7,005 yards
• Cincinnati, Iowa, Kansas, Kansas State, Memphis, Michigan State, Minnesota, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State and UNC-Greensboro.
• Live scoring: Golfstat