BOSTON – The Suffolk men's golf team will tee off its 2019 slate Friday, April 5 as the Rams take the green at the Valley Country Club in Warwick, RI for the RIC Spring Invitational.

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AUTUMN ACHIEVEMENTS
In its fall 2018 competitions the Rams started out on fire, winning the Emmanuel Invitational and placing second at the Saints Invitational, before slipping to eighth at the Blazer Invitational in its final prep for championship season.

Suffolk placed fourth at the GNAC Championships, its best finish since joining the league in 2007. A week later, the team capped one it's most successful seasons in program history by placing 18th at the NEIGA Championships at Captains Golf Course in Brewster, Massachusetts.

Throughout the year multiple Rams were recognized by the conference for achievements on the green. Brian Dunleavy earned Rookie of the Week honors Sept. 10, while Elias Sachs picked up a spot on the GNAC All-Sportsmanship Team.  

Owen Boggini also played himself on to the all-conference team with the best performance by a Suffolk student-athlete at the conference championship in recent history as the Tolland, Connecticut native finished in a tie for fifth with a score of 157.

THE COURSE
The Valley Country Club was first built in 1925 as a nine-hole course before it was extended to 18 in 1964. The private 72-par course is filled with challenging views, picturesque fairways, 51 bunkers, and three water holes making for a very challenging experience.

THE COMPETITION
The RIC Invitational serves as a series of three events in the spring, an annual event in its seventh season, which includes next weekend's Wildcats Spring Invitational and the Hampton Inn Invitational.

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk will be back on the course next weekend, April 13-14, as it faces off in the Wildcats Spring Invitational at Cranston Country Club in Cranston, Rhode Island.