By Mike Lehman, TTU Sports Information

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech men's golf team heads south for its most unique event of the year, competing in the Carpenter-Chaney Classic in Mims, Fla., from Friday, Feb. 10 through Saturday, Feb. 11. The tournament will feature match play with 10 total teams, including six Ohio Valley Conference squads in the mix, getting a preview of how the final day of the league's championship tournament will look in April.

CARPENTER-CHANEY CLASSIC: Feb. 10-11, 2023 – 54 holes (36 Friday, 18 Saturday), located at the par-72, 7,019-yard Indian River Preserve Golf Club in Mims, Fla. Play will begin with Friday morning's first round, a split tee start at 6:30 a.m. CT, with the second round to tee off at 12:30 p.m. The third and final round tees off at 6:30 a.m. on Saturday. Each team will play three matches with a winner's side and consolation side after round one. The No. 1-seeded Golden Eagles are set to square off with No. 10-seeded Eastern Illinois in the first match.

GOLDEN EAGLE LINEUP: Competing for the Golden Eagles are senior Bryce Beeler, freshman Anders Larson, freshman Haden Maxwell, junior Mark McDearman, sophomore Jackson Skeen, and senior Chance Taylor.

THE COMPETITION: The 10-team field consists of co-hosts Morehead State and UT Martin, as well as Bellarmine, Eastern Illinois, Eastern Kentucky, Lindenwood, Missouri State, Omaha, SIUE, and Tennessee Tech.

THOUGHTS FROM HEAD COACH POLK BROWN: "We're very excited to get the spring season underway. There's not a much better way to get it going than traveling down to Florida and doing a match-play event. This will be an excellent opportunity for the guys to prep their match-play skills in lieu of what could possibly lie ahead at the end of April. We have been doing a lot of match-play work since school started, and the guys are ready to compete. We're thankful for this opportunity to start the semester."

Photo by Emily Armstrong