BOSTON – Five tournaments await the Suffolk men's golf team in the fall of 2016, head coach Ed McMellen announced Monday afternoon.
The Rams will use three invitationals to prep for championship season as the 2016 campaign gets underway on the links of the William J. Devine Golf Course at Franklin Park for the one-day Emmanuel Invitational Wednesday, Sept. 14. The one-day tournament is a quad match featuring the Rams, Emmanuel, Daniel Webster and Mitchell.
Suffolk heads out west to Amherst, Massachusetts for Elm's two-day Blazer Fall Invitational. The Rams will take the green against nearly 20 other teams at the Hickory Ridge Country Club Sept. 17-18.
The EC Saint Invite Tuesday, Oct. 4 will serve as the Rams final prep before teeing off at championship tournaments. Suffolk will see familiar faces at the William J. Devine Golf Course as the Rams tee off against the Saints and Mitchell for the second time, while Dean takes the course against the Rams for the first time.
After the mid-week tournament its straight to championship season for the Rams with the GNAC Championships first up. Suffolk will compete for the GNAC Title at Gorham Country Club in Gorham, Maine Oct. 15-16. Last season, Suffolk took home eighth.
The best of New England will be crowned in Brewster, Massachusetts, Oct. 22-24, at the Captains Golf Course. In a field of 22 a year ago, the Rams finished 19th.