RUSTON – Louisiana Tech will take four individuals down south to Lake Charles to participate in the Golden Nugget Invitational.
 
EVENT INFORMATION
Dates: Monday – Tuesday, March 2-3
Location: The Country Club at the Golden Nugget (Lake Charles, La.)
Stroke Play: 3 rounds/54 holes (36 holes Monday, 18 holes Tuesday)
Yardage: 6,909 yards | Par 72
Participants: 10 teams | 72 golfers
Stats: LATechSports.com/GolfStats
 
ABOUT LOUISIANA TECH
LA Tech looks to continue its momentum, playing in its third spring event.  The Bulldogs are coming off a seventh-place finish at the highly competitive Hal Williams Collegiate where they collected three wins over top 100 teams.
 
Morton Bailey was named Conference USA Golfer of the Week, his first ever weekly honor, after tying for ninth in the field made up of 78 golfers.  The sophomore shot under par in all three rounds, carding a score of 67-69-69=205 (-5) to outduel seven players ranked in the top 150 in the country for his first career top 10 finish.
 
Bailey has recorded four top 20 finishes in the six events played this season and owns a team-high nine rounds at or under par (six of his last seven rounds).
 
Abel Derksen matched Bailey's effort at the Hal Williams Collegiate with his best career finish, tying for ninth with a scorecard of 68-69-68=205 (-5). 
 
Also set to compete as individuals for LA Tech will be Riley Hnatyshyn and Oskari Schuvalow.  Hnatyshyn leads the Bulldogs with a scoring average of 72.77 while Schuvalow has a scoring average of 73.63.
 
THE FIELD (national ranking)
UTSA (154)
ULM (192)
Oakland (199)
Tarleton State (125)
Troy (169)
Wichita State (157)
Lamar (188)
Louisiana Tech (150)
USC Upstate (241)
Northern Colorado (217)
Abilene Christian (158)
 
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