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Tech travels to Myrtle Beach to play in General Hackler Championship
Top field to play Dunes Course
March 10, 2017
BLACKSBURG, Va. – The Virginia Tech men’s golf team will compete in the General Hackler Championship in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina this weekend. The event is scheduled to play 36 holes on Saturday and 18 final holes on Sunday at the par-72, 7,233-yard Dunes Club, annually ranked among the top 10 courses in South Carolina.
This year’s 15-team field features eight schools that have won a tournament this season and nine schools that are currently among the nation's top 50 including #3 Virginia, #9 LSU, #12 Kent State, #15 Wake Forest, #35 North Florida, #38 Kentucky, #39 South Carolina, #45 NC State and #47 Iowa State. LSU is the defending national champion.
Sarit Suwannarut, a freshman from Bangkok, Thailand, will lead off for the Hokies. The newcomer had a pair of third place finishes in his first two collegiate events and tied for 13th at UNC and 15th in Tennessee. He leads the Hokies in stroke average and finished 24th in Puerto Rico to open the spring season.
Mark Lawrence Jr., will play the second spot for the Hokies. A sophomore from Richmond, Virginia, Lawrence is second in scoring average at 71.60 and in crunch time scoring, at 70.60. He finished fifth at Marshall to open the fall season and finished tied for 29th at Puerto Rico.
Playing third for Tech is Logan Yates. A sophomore from Ruckersville, Virginia, Yates is third on the team in scoring and leads in crunch time scoring. He had two top-10 finishes in the first two events of the season.
Playing the four spot for Tech is Joey Lane. The senior from Great Falls, Virginia, secured his first collegiate win at VCU in September. He won the Virginia State Amateur and the prestigious Eastern Amateur over the summer. He tied for 15th at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate in the fall.
Tom Crow enters the line-up in the fifth spot. The freshman from Virginia Beach, Virginia is making his first appearance of the spring, after competing in three tournaments in the fall. This is his first event in the starting line-up.
Ian Hildebrand will play the tournament as an individual. The junior from Purcellville, Virginia is making his first appearance of the spring, after playing in two fall events. He was in the starting line-up for the season-opening Janney Invitational.
The Hokies are one of four ACC teams in the tournament. Live scoring will be available on Hokiesports.com, via a link from Golfstat.com.
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