Men’s and Women’s Events to Play 54 Holes at Rock Barn
CONOVER, N.C. --- Rock Barn Golf &
Spa in Conover, N.C., is set to host the 2014 ODAC Men’s and
Women’s Golf Championships beginning Sunday morning thru
Tuesday afternoon. Each of the conference’s nine
men’s programs and five women’s squads will take to the
rolling hills in the Greater Hickory area for 54 holes apiece.
The men open at 8:00 a.m. with the first of three rounds on the
Jones Course. The custom par-72 layout covers 6,944
yards. The women will compete on the Jackson Course and also
play to a par of 72. That custom setup reaches 5,801
yards.
Official Tournament Scorecards: Men Women
Guilford College enters the tournament as the seventh-ranked
men’s squad in NCAA Division III by Golfstat.com. The Quakers lead the ODAC
with a 299.4 per round average and are closely tracked by
Hampden-Sydney College and its 300.6 average. The Tigers rate
20th in the country. Individually, H-SC’s Rick
O’Connell and Brian Burt are ninth and 10th in the nation by
Golfstat, while Guilford’s Tanner Gross chimes in
13th on that list. The three own the ODAC’s best
individual averages with Burt leading the way at 72.7.
On the women’s side, Randolph-Macon College looks poised to
claimed its second straight team crown. The Yellow Jackets
average 346.8 strokes per round with Bridgewater College (363.8)
and Washington and Lee University (381.2) rounding out the teams
competing for just the second women’s trophy in ODAC
history. Individually, Hollins’ University’s
Elizabeth Cheng leads the ODAC with a 78.4 average and is tightly
followed by R-MC’s Olivia Bowling (79.2). Cheng is
rated 20th in NCAA Division III.
Live scoring will be available for both the men’s and
women’s events thru Golfstat. Play begins at
8:00 a.m. in the men’s ranks, while the women tee-off at 9:00
a.m. For more information, visit the websites of the any of
the participating schools, or go to the ODAC’s championship
website by clicking HERE. Don’t forget to become a fan of the
ODAC on Facebook and follow the ODAC on Twitter at @odacathletics.
Additional championship links…
- Men’s Live Scoring
- Men’s Tee Times
- Women’s Live Score
- Women’s Tee Times