Updated Spring Schedule

Well, we have made some changes and finalized our schedule for this coming spring. We are very excited about it as we have added a 5th tournament and are heading south four times. We are starting the spring season with a trip to Oneonta, AL for a 16 team tournament hosted by Samford University on March 7-9. Some of the confirmed teams are Vanderbilt University, Kennesaw State (both are ranked in the top 100), Murray State, UT-Martin and Belmont. It should be a great test for us to go up against some of the southern schools this early in the year. The tournament will be played at Limestone Springs, which was voted the top place you can play in Alabama in Golfweek Magazine.

Our second tournament of the year will send us back down to Alabama for a tournament hosted by fellow OVC member Jacksonville State on March 21-23. Some confirmed teams at this tournament will be Austin Peay, Stetson, Tennessee Tech and Tennessee-Martin. It will be played at Silver Lakes Golf Course, which is part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail. It will be great to get down south for our first couple of tournaments to hopefully get some good weather to play in.

Our third tournament of the spring will be a short drive up to Macomb, IL for a tournament hosted by Western Illinois. It is nice to get into regional tournaments for traveling purposes and to show our support of other Illinois universities. It should be a large field and we will just hope for decent weather as the tournament is being played March 29-30. It could still be a little cold in Macomb at that time.

Our fourth tournament is a repeat tournament from last year as we head down to Tennessee State located in Nashville, TN on April 4-6. They have moved the tournament to a new course this year, King's Creek Golf Club. This is an Arnold Palmer designed course, which are a personal favorite of mine. We do not have any confirmed teams for this tournament yet, but will let everyone know when we get a little closer to that tournament.

Our fifth and final tournament of the year will be a great tournament at Arkansas State on April 11-13. Located in Jonesboro, AR, Ridge Point will be the tournament host and it looks great. I had heard many good things about this tournament from other coaches who said that if you ever get an invite to ASU, make sure you accept. We were lucky enough to get a late invite and thanks to generous donations we were able to go to this fifth tournament of the spring. Some of the confirmed teams here are Louisana-Monroe, Southern Illinois-Carbondale, Illinois State and Oral Roberts. This will be a great way to cap off our season.

Think Warm,
Coach Brown