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Spartans Set for The McLaughlin

Spartans Set for The McLaughlin

The St. Thomas Aquinas golf team is set for The McLaughlin golf tournament hosted by  St. John's University on Sept. 17-18 at Bethpage State Park's Red Course in Farmingdale, N.Y. The par-70 Red Course is 6,734 yards.

This year's 15-team field includes Dartmouth, Harvard, Hofstra, Iona, IUPUI, Johnson & Wales, Loyola (Md.), Princeton, Rutgers, Sacred Heart, St. John's, Temple, Villanova and West Florida.  The 54-hole event begins with two rounds on Friday, Sept. 17. The first round will have an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start. The tournament will conclude on Saturday, Sept. 18, with final-round tee times starting at 7:30 a.m.

Coastal Carolina won The McLaughlin last year with a team score of 835. Harvard's Greg Shuman, Coastal Carolina's Sam Lyons and Towson's Nyasha Mauchaza tied for the individual title at 208 (-2).