Golden Eagles poised for OVC Championships in Muscle Shoals
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech men's golf team will wrap up the 2020-21 regular season with a trip to Muscle Shoals, Ala. for the team's first taste of the Ohio Valley Conference Championships in two years after the cancellation of the league's annual event last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Golden Eagles will compete with the other 11 OVC squads Sunday, Monday and Tuesday at the Fighting Joe Course at The Shoals.
By Mike Lehman, TTU Sports Information
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech men's golf team will wrap up the 2020-21 regular season with a trip to Muscle Shoals, Ala. for the team's first taste of the Ohio Valley Conference Championships in two years after the cancellation of the league's annual event last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Golden Eagles will compete with the other 11 OVC squads Sunday, Monday and Tuesday at the Fighting Joe Course at The Shoals.
OVC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Apr. 25-27, 2021 – 54 holes (18 Sunday, 18 Monday, 18 Tuesday), located at the par-72, 7,258-yard Fighting Joe Course at Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at The Shoals in Muscle Shoals, Ala. Play will begin Sunday with tee times kicking off at 8:00 a.m. CT.
GOLDEN EAGLE LINEUP: Competing for the Golden Eagles are junior Bryce Beeler, senior Bracton Womack, senior Will Brooks, freshman Mark McDearman and junior Chance Taylor.
THE COMPETITION: The 11-team field consists of Austin Peay, Belmont, Eastern Illinois, Eastern Kentucky, Jacksonville State, Morehead State, Murray State, SIUE, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech and UT Martin.
THOUGHTS FROM HEAD COACH POLK BROWN: "The guys have put in a lot of work heading into our conference championship. They have been working hard all year for this, and we are excited for this opportunity which stands before us."
Photo by Thomas Corhern, TTU Sports Information
