Tee Time: Racers Compete At TSU Big Blue Intercollegiate

Event: TSU Big Blue Intercollegiate
Date (Time): April 12-13, 2021 (Tee times TBA)
Host: Tennessee State
Site: Nashville, Tenn.
Course: Hermitage Golf Club
Par/Length: Par 71 – 7,020 yards
Field – 11 Teams: Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Austin Peay, Belmont, Detroit, Evansville, John A. Logan, Missouri State, Murray State, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech, UT Martin
Schedule of Play: 54 hole stroke play – Monday 36 holes, Tuesday – 18 holes

With the Ohio Valley Conference Championship on the way, the Murray State men's golf team plays their final event before the league event at the TSU Big Blue Intercollegiate Monday and Tuesday at Hermitage Golf Club in Nashville, Tennessee.

The schedule calls for 36 holes of play Monday beginning with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start. Tuesday's final round is set for 9 a.m.

To say the Racers play well at The Hermitage is an understatement. Coming into the 2021 event, the Racers have finished second twice, plus a third and fourth place showing since 2016. In 2019, MSU's Avery Edwards carded his career-low round as a Racer with a final round 66 that nearly netted the medalist title. Austin Knight won this event in 2018 with scores of 71-72-69=212 and placed sixth in 2017. MSU's Jared Gosser had a second place finish here in 2016.

Coach Eddie Hunt announced his retirement at the end of the spring season after 20 years on the job. Hunt ends his run with the Racers playing this week at the Hermitage and the OVC Championship (April 25-27) in Muscle Shoals, Ala.

About Murray State Men's Golf
The Racers' program is in its 64th season overall and head Coach Eddie Hunt is in his 20th as the second coach in program history. Hunt took over the program in 2001. The founder of the Racer team was Coach Buddy Hewitt in 1959. Hewitt is a Murray State Hall of Famer, inducted in 1990. He was part of the famous Murray State football team that played in the 1948 Tangerine Bowl. The Racers have won Ohio Valley Conference championships four times (1971, 1987, 1991 and 2010). Hewitt won the first three titles and Hunt's team won it in 2010 as their most recent OVC championship. MSU has produced 11 all-time OVC Golfer of the Year winners: Bill Graham (1962, 1963), Ron Acree (1965), Chris Piggot (1971), Chris Carlson (1987), Adam Grogan (1996), Brandon Henson (2001), Nick Newcomb (2010), Cameron Carrico (2011) and Patrick Newcomb (2012, 2013).

About Murray State Athletics
Located in Murray, Kentucky, the athletics department at Murray State University is a member of NCAA D-I and plays in the Football Championship Subdivision. The Racers have 15 programs including men's teams for baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf and women's teams for basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field and volleyball. MSU also has a rifle program that is coed. The Racers are one of the founding members of the Ohio Valley Conference from its beginnings in 1948.

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Tee Time: Racers Compete At TSU Big Blue Intercollegiate

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Cameron Carrico

Avery Edwards

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Austin Knight

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