| Mountaineer Intercollegiate | |
| DATES | October 19-20, 2015 |
| LOCATION | Pete Dye Golf Club; Bridgeport, W. Va. (Par 72, 7,353 yards) |
| SCORING & INFO | Golfstat.com | Tournament Central |
| FIELD | West Virginia (host), Akron, Bowling Green, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Marshall, Miami (Ohio), Mississippi State, Missouri, Penn State, Seton Hall, St. John's, Toledo and Towson. |
Oct. 16, 2015
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The 11th-ranked Penn State men's golf team returns to action at the inaugural Mountaineer Intercollegiate Monday and Tuesday at the Pete Dye Golf Club in Bridgeport, West Virginia. Live scoring will be available through Golfstat throughout the tournament.
Update (10/18): Because of weather concerns, changes have been made to the format of the tournament. With temperatures expected to drop below freezing on Sunday night, a frost delay was anticipated for Monday morning. Therefore, the tournament has been shortened from 54 holes to 36. Players will tee off in a shotgun start at an adjusted start time of 11:30 a.m. Monday morning and play 18 holes. Players will return to the course for the final 18 holes on Tuesday. Teams will tee off in a shotgun start at an adjusted start time of 9 a.m.
Penn State starters for the event are: JD Dornes, Charles Huntzinger, Cole Miller, Chris Houston and Geoff Vartelas. The same lineup was used last weekend as the Nittany Lions captured the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate, their first tournament win of the season.
IN THE RANKINGS
Coming off a tournament victory last weekend in Tennessee, the Nittany Lions received their highest ranking in school history (No. 11) Wednesday when the first report of NCAA/Golfstat rankings came out after seven weeks of the season. They have spent the last two weeks in the Top 25 of the Golfweek poll and are now ranked No. 15.
THE FIELD
A total of 14 teams will compete in the event next week in West Virginia. Five programs rank in the Top 100 of GolfWeek's most recent rankings (October 13), headlined by Penn State's No. 15 ranking. UConn (No. 67), Missouri (No. 73), Miami (OH, No. 89) and Bowling Green (No. 100). Also participating the event are Cincinnati (No. 104), Akron (No. 105), Mississippi State (No. 106), Toledo (No. 107), Towson (No. 137), host West Virginia (No. 155), Marshall (No. 156), Seton Hall (No. 201) and St. John's (No. 262). Both Penn State and Miami (OH) are coming off of NCAA Regional Appearances in 2015.
THE COURSE
Pete Dye Golf Club is located in Bridgeport, West Virginia. The course is ranked No. 45 on Golf Digest's ranking of America's 100 Greatest Courses and comes in at No. 9 on Golfweek's ranking of Best Modern Courses. Mining remnants and rambunctious terrain combine across 250 acres in the Appalachian Mountains. Pete Dye previously played host to a PGA TOUR/web.com event (2004-09). The course runs 7,353 yards as a par-72 with a slope of 144 and a handicap rating of 75.7
PAIRINGS
Pairings are as follows:
West Virginia - Mississippi State - Penn State - Missouri
Marshall - UConn - Cincinnati - Miami (OH)
Akron - Toledo - Towson - Bowling Green
Seton Hall - St. John's - Individual - Individual