The Murray State Men's Golf team begins play at the 2008 Ohio Valley Conference Championship Sunday in Paducah, Ky. The three-round 54-hole tournament will be contested at the Country Club of Paducah and concludes with the championship ceremony on Tuesday, April 22nd.
The Racers are one of the favorites to win the title after a sizzling fall and spring 2007-08 season in which they finished out of the top-5 only once in 14 events, including two wins. Last week the Racers tuned up with a second place showing at the UK Bluegrass Invitational.
MSU is led by Nick Newcomb, Cameron Carrico and Jerry Price who all have a 73.3 scoring average, tied for 8th best in the league. Jared Wolfe (73.7) and Mitchell Moore (74.9) round out the MSU Starting five.
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Murray State will be chasing their first OVC tournament title in 17 years.
The OVC Men's Championship tournament tees off on Sunday at 8:00 a.m. (8:30 tee times are set for Monday and Tuesday mornings).
The Country Club of Paducah will play host to the OVC Men's Golf Championships for the sixth time in the past seven years in 2008 (the 2005 event was held in Decatur, Ala.). The course features 6,915 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72. The course was designed by Robert Trent Jones and opened in 1965.
This year marks the 60th time the OVC Men's Golf Championship has been held; Western Kentucky won the first championship in 1949.
The OVC will honor its annual All-OVC teams, All-Newcomer Team and Freshman of the Year at a banquet on Sunday night in Paducah. The OVC Player of the Year and Coach of the Year, as well as the All-Tournament Team and Tournament MVP, will be presented at the conclusion of the third round of competition on Tuesday.
