BOSTON – The Suffolk men's golf team will join its conference counterparts on the green at the Valley Country Club in Warwick, Rhode Island, this weekend with the winner taking home the GNAC Title. The two-day event is hosted by Rhode Island.
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LAST TIME OUT
In its first two-day competition of 2017, the Suffolk men's golf team finished eighth overall at the Blazer Fall Invitational, hosted at The Orchards Golf Club over Oct. 8-9.
MORE READING: Men's Golf Take Eighth at Blazers Invitational
THE COURSE
Valley Country Club is an 18-hole, par 72 course with challenging greens including 51 bunkers and three water holes throughout the tree lined course. For more information on the course, click here.
POLL POSITION
On the edge of the 2017 GNAC Tournament, the conference released the championship coaches' poll with the Suffolk men's golf team selected sixth by a vote of the league's nine head coaches.
Tournament host and last year's runner up Rhode Island College sat atop the standings thanks to six first-place votes. The Anchormen look to take home their sixth league title this weekend, while Saint Joseph's (Maine), who came in third in the predictions, will attempt to repeat as champions.
| 2017 GNAC MEN'S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP COACHES' POLL | |||||
| SCHOOL 1. Rhode Island College 2. Johnson & Wales 3. Saint Joseph's (Maine) 4. Southern Maine 5. UMass Dartmouth 6. Suffolk 7. Worcester State 8. Emmanuel 9. Albertus Magnus |
POINTS (FPV) 78 (6) 65 (1) 56 (1) 54 (1) 52 36 35 17 12 |
2016 FINISH T2ND (610) 5TH (629) 1ST (607) T2 (610) 6TH (633) 8TH (646) 4TH (622) 7TH (643) 9TH (706) |
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MORE READING: Men's Golf Picked Sixth in GNAC Championship Poll
RAPID REWIND
The Suffolk men's golf team shot a collective 646 to claim eighth at the 2016 GNAC Men's Golf Championship hosted by Southern Maine at the Gorham Country Club.
MORE READING: Men's Golf Finishes Eighth at the GNAC Championship
WHAT'S NEXT
Suffolk caps off the fall portion of its schedule at the NEIGA Championships Oct. 21-22 at the Captains Golf Course in Brewster, Massachusetts.