BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Men's Golf will begin its 2020 fall season by traveling to Choudrant, La., to compete against 11 other teams in the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate. The tournament is hosted by fellow Conference USA member Louisiana Tech. The Hilltoppers are set to play 18 holes each day from Sunday through Tuesday at the par-72, 7,070-yard Squire Creek Country Club.
At the Intercollegiate, WKU is slated to compete against No. 44 UAB, No. 93 ULM and No. 94 South Alabama as well as Abilene Christian, Central Arkansas, Houston Baptist, host Louisiana Tech, Lamar, Little Rock, Louisiana-Lafayette and Texas State.
Due to the ongoing pandemic, collegiate golf tournament fields have been adjusting in size and format. With this in mind, six Hilltoppers, rather than five, will be in WKU's lineup while only the four best scores will count for each round.
Redshirt senior Tom Bevington will lead WKU at the top of its lineup followed by fellow captains graduate senior Christian Tooley and senior Caleb O'Toole. Senior Chase Landrum will fill the fourth spot in the six-man lineup while redshirt junior Dawson McDaniel is in fifth with sophomore Luke Fuller finishing the squad.
Bevington has the lowest returning season stroke average from 2019-20 at 74.5. Both he and Landrum competed in the most events for WKU in 2019-20 at eight tournaments, including one individual competition. Landrum had the third-best season stroke average on the team at 74.9 while O'Toole was just behind him at 75.0.
"It'll be nice to play a golf tournament again," said Bevington on the upcoming event. "I'm looking forward to traveling with the team and going out and playing."
The Hilltoppers were catching their stride when spring sports were cancelled six months ago, having just finished t-6th as a team at the Tiger Invitational hosted by Auburn. A long off-season combined with several rounds of qualifying awaited the team prior to this week's first competition.
On Monday, men's golf head coach Chan Metts announced the additions of Tooley and O'Toole as captains alongside Bevington. The three have displayed excellent leadership on and off the golf course through weeks of practice and qualifying rounds.
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