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Wendy’s Kiawah Classic
@MizzouMensGolf Closes First Half of the Season at the Kiawah Classic
11/1/2015 3:51:00 PM | Men's Golf
Leroux's Tigers golfing Sunday-Tuesday in Kiawah, S.C.
KIAWAH, S.C. - Mizzou Men's Golf is looking to finish the first half of the season strong in Kiawah Island, S.C., competing at in the Wendy's Kiawah Classic (Sunday, Nov. 1-Tuesday, Nov. 3).
Head coach Mark Leroux's Tigers aim to carry their solid play into another highly competitive tournament. Duke (7) and Georgia Tech (9), both ranked in the top 10 nationally, lead the field of play. Other teams competing include, Virginia (23) Newberry, College of Charleston, Winthrop, Rice, Presbyterian, Virginia Tech, Augusta, USC Upstate, Maryland, Richmond, ULM, Georgia Southern, Coastal Carolina, Jacksonville State, Gardner-Webb, Radford, Loyola of Maryland, and host, Charleston Southern.
Holding the first spot in Mizzou's lineup is redshirt senior Wilson Sundvold (Columbia, Mo.). Sundvold has played stout golf in the first half of the season, and is coming off a strong performance at the Mountaineer Intercollegiate (Oct. 19-20), where he placed in the top 20 overall, and second among Mizzou's golfers.
Next up in the Tigers' lineup is junior Linus Lilliedahl (Sandviken, Sweden), who has played well as of late. Lilliedahl has played in three of Mizzou's four tournaments. Twice in those tournaments, Lilliedahl has shot the lowest round of any Black & Gold golfer. He recorded a top 15 overall finish at the Mountaineer Intercollegiate, which placed him atop Mizzou's golfers for the tournament.
Third in the lineup is sophomore Hayden Buckley (Belden, Miss.) who has been key to Mizzou's strong first half of the 2015-16 season. The fourth spot in Leroux's lineup belongs to junior Euan Walker (Troon, Scotland).
Freshman Matt Echelmeier (Columbia, Mo.) holds down the fifth and final spot in the Mizzou lineup. He has played in three of the four tournaments the Tigers have competed in, and is a part of a young Tiger core that has potential down the road.
Follow updates on the action through GolfStat and on Twitter (@MizzouMensGolf).
