By Mike Lehman, TTU Sports Information
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech men's golf team heads south for a unique twist on the season, competing in the Carpenter-Chaney Classic in Tunica, Miss. from Monday, Apr. 4 through Tuesday, Apr. 5. The tournament will feature match play with eight Ohio Valley Conference teams in the mix, getting a preview of how the final day of the league's championship tournament will look later in the month.
Live scoring for the event can be found at www.golfstat.com.
CARPENTER-CHANEY CLASSIC: Apr. 4-5, 2022 – 54 holes (36 Monday, 18 Tuesday), located at the par-72, 7,240-yard Tunica National in Tunica, Miss. Play will begin with Monday morning's first round, a split tee start at 8:00 a.m. CT, with the second round to tee off at 1:00 p.m. The third and final round tees off at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday. Each team will play three matches with a winner's side and consolation side after round one.
GOLDEN EAGLE LINEUP: Competing for the Golden Eagles are redshirt freshman Jackson Skeen, sophomore Nick Sutton, sophomore Mark McDearman, junior Chance Taylor, senior Bracton Womack, and sophomore Sean Anderson.
THE COMPETITION: The eight-team field consists of co-hosts Morehead State and UT Martin, as well as Austin Peay, Belmont, Murray State, SIUE, Tennessee State, and Tennessee Tech.
THOUGHTS FROM HEAD COACH POLK BROWN: "I've been very excited about this event since we committed last year. Match play is a completely different animal than stroke play and the guys are very excited to compete in this new event. Eight of the nine OVC teams will be present, so this will give us a good idea of where we stand with the rest of the conference as we head into the tail end of the semester."
Photo by Thomas Corhern