BOWLING GREEN, Ky. \u2013 The WKU men’s golf team will compete in the Conference USA Championship in Texarkana, Arkansas at the Texarkana Country Club. The tournament begins on Monday, April 27 and runs through Thursday, April 30. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday will be stroke play with Thursday being match play.
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\nTOURNAMENT INFO<\/p>\n
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\n\tConference USA Championship
\n\tTexarkana, Ark.
\n\tTexarkana Country Club
\n\tMonday, April 27: 18 holes (WKU begins at 8:45)
\n\tTuesday, April 28: 18 holes
\n\tWednesday, April 29: 18 holes
\n\tThursday, April 30: Match play
\n\tLive scoring<\/a>
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\nABOUT THE TOPS<\/p>\n
\n\tWKU’s lineup will be Gage Doyle<\/a>, Rafe Blankenship<\/a>, Trevor Drew<\/a>, Will Easterlin<\/a>, and Joseph Agee<\/a>. Ethan Smith<\/a> will be a substitute.
\n\tIn April, the Hilltoppers competed in the Mountaineer Invitational and the Mason Rudolph Championship. At the Mountaineer Invite, WKU finished in 15th place. At the Mason Rudolph Championship, WKU competed against seven of the top 50 teams in the country. Rafe Blankenship<\/a> led WKU in both tournaments.
\n\tThe Hilltoppers earned a third-place finish at the Austin Peay Intercollegiate on March 23-24. WKU finished the tournament with a 3-under score, the second lowest 54-hole score of the season. Gage Doyle<\/a> and Joseph Agee<\/a> each finished in the top 10 in the field. Doyle placed fourth on the leaderboard, finishing with a 5-under score. Agee tied for 10th place with a 2-under score.
\n\tWKU teed off the spring season at the Military City Collegiate, finishing in eighth place with a 41-over score. The Hilltoppers then competed at the Seminole Intercollegiate, finishing in 14th place with a 46-over score. Will Easterlin<\/a> was the top finisher for WKU in the Military City Collegiate, carding a 224 (+8), tying for 20th place. Rafe Blankenship<\/a> had the Hilltoppers’ best score at the Seminole Intercollegiate, posting an 11-over score, tying for 43rd place.\u00a0
\n\tThe Hilltoppers played in five events in the fall. WKU competed at the Argent Financial Classic hosted by Louisiana Tech on Sept. 7-9, finishing in 11th with a 5-under score (859). The Hilltoppers competed in the Virtues Intercollegiate where they came in seventh place. WKU competed in the Cullan Brown Invitational in Lexington, Kentucky where they finished in 10th place. The Hilltoppers competed in the Purdue Fall Invitational, finishing in ninth place and then ended the fall at the Furman Intercollegiate, tying for third place.
\n\tRedshirt freshman Ethan Smith<\/a> claimed a tie for 14th place at the Cullan Brown Invitational with a 1-under (141) score for the 36 holes, helping him earn Conference USA Golfer of the Week.
\n\tGage Doyle<\/a> was the top finisher for the Hilltoppers at Louisiana Tech, at Purdue and at Furman. He carded a 4-under score of 212 for the tournament at LA Tech, tying for 22nd place. He shot an even 216 at the Purdue Fall Invitational to finish in a tie for 14th place and then shot a 213 (E) at Furman, tying for fifth place. Will Easterlin<\/a> was the leader for WKU in the Virtues Intercollegiate. He finished in 16th place with a 1-over par (217) score. Will Easterlin<\/a> was the top finisher for WKU at the Virtues Intercollegiate, carding a 217 (+1) for the tournament for a 16th place finish.
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\nTHE FIELD (11 TEAMS)
\nWKU will be joined in the field by the rest of the CUSA men’s golf teams including Delaware, Jax State, Kennesaw State, Liberty, Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee, Missouri State, New Mexico State, Sam Houston, and UTEP.
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\nHow to Follow the Hilltoppers:\u00a0For complete information on WKU Men’s Golf, visit WKUSports.com or follow the program via social media @WKUMensGolf on X or @WKUMensGolf on Instagram.
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