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Sunday, March 2
Dade City, Fla.
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USF Invitational

Kyle Rodes and Bruce Cunningham
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Men's Golf Set to Swing the Sticks in USF Invitational

2/28/2014 3:56:00 PM | Men's Golf

Eastern tied for 14th-place at the event last season

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YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) —
After finishing in second-place at the 2014 Mid-American Conference Match Play event, Feb. 10-11, the Eastern Michigan University men's golf team returns to Dade City, Fla. for the USF Invitational, March 2-4, at the Lake Jovita Golf and Country Club.

Although Eastern will be the only MAC school competing in the intivational, the Eagles will square off with some of the top competition across the country. The members of the 17-team field include Air Force, Auburn, Charleston, Cincinnati, DePaul, Eastern Michigan, Florida, No. 22 Florida State, No. 6 Illinois, Marquette, Memphis, Mercer, Ohio State, Purdue, No. 19 South Florida, North Carolina-Greensboro and Wisconsin.

The 54-hole event begins at 9 a.m. on Sunday morning with tee times at the par-72 7,153-yard course spanning from 9-11:20 a.m. with 10 minutes between each team's tee-off. The Eagles will begin the first round on hole No. 10 at 10:40 a.m. The teams will play 18 holes each day and conclude competition on Tuesday, March 4, with the final round starting at 9 a.m. The event is free to the pubic.

For the event, Head Coach Bruce Cunningham will send out a lineup of five golfers, including a pair who competed in the event last season. Kyle Rodes, Michael Blair, Brett White, Brian Churchill-Smith and Joey Kremer will hit the links at Lake Jovita for the Green and White. Both Churchill-Smith and White played in the 54-hole invitational last season.

Last year for the Eagles, then-senior Spencer Slade turned in top-30 showing, placing in a tie for 30th place at the same event, March 3-5. The Saline, Mich. native carded a 71 in the final round to finish with a 224 (76-77-71). Stuart Grehan gave the Eagles another player among the top 60, after carding a 229 (72-78-79) for a 52nd place tie. White was the next best shooter for the Eagles in 61st place by posting a 231 (75-77-79). Churchill-Smith followed with a 236 (77-79-80) while Josh Heinze posted a 238 (78-80-80) for 80th place.

All three rounds can be followed live at www.golfstat.com.
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