ECU To Open Spring Schedule at TPC Sawgrass

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – The ECU men's golf team opens its spring schedule this week as the Pirates head to TPC Sawgrass for the Sea Best Invitational on the Dye's Valley course. The 15-team field features five top-25 teams and nine top-50 teams in the latest Golfstat national rankings.

ECU enters the spring ranked 79^th nationally after four fall events. The Pirates tied for fifth-place at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate for its top finish of the fall season.

Three of ECU's five golfers in its Sea Best Invitational lineup enter the spring with stroke averages under 74 led by sophomores Patrick Stephenson (72.58) and Blake Taylor (73.25). Stephenson is coming off a victory at the Country Cub of North Carolina Amateur in December with 36-hole score of 4-under-par.

ECU Head Coach Andrew Sapp will also send seniors Tim Conover (73.42) and Jackson Spires (74.75) along with sophomore Logan Shuping to challenge the highly ranked field.

Quotable
"It's exciting to get the spring started this week at such a wonderful venue. The field here is excellent so it's a great opportunity for our guys to prove themselves. They have all worked extremely hard during the winter off-season and shown some tremendous improvement. It'll be fun to tee it up tomorrow in competition." – ECU Head Coach Andrew Sapp

The Field (Golfstat rankings)
No. 7 Florida, No. 11 LSU, No. 20 Arkansas, No. 23 Duke, No. 24 North Carolina, No. 27 North Florida, No. 28 Tennessee, No. 43 South Florida, No. 58 Lipscomb, No. 61 Campbell, No. 70 Liberty, No. 79 ECU, No. 80 Jacksonville, No. 174 USC Upstate, No. 200 Winthrop.

Tee-Time
Teams will play a shotgun start for Monday's opening two rounds. ECU will open play on holes 11-13 beginning at 8 a.m.; the Pirates will be paired with Campbell and Liberty.

Players Mentioned

Tim Conover

Logan Shuping

Jackson Spires

Patrick Stephenson

Blake Taylor

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