Aces in Florida for Benbow Invitational
In what has become a mainstay on the schedule, the University of Evansville men’s and women’s golf teams travel to Jacksonville, Florida this weekend for the Benbow Invitational, which is hosted by Butler University.
Jacksonville Beach Golf Club will host the tournament, which features 18 holes on both Monday and Tuesday. The men will play off of the gold tees, making for a yardage tally of 6,750 while the women will be playing on adjusted tees with the yardage listed at 6,050. A shotgun start will kick the action off each day at 9 a.m. ET.
On the men’s side, the field is consisted of Alabama State, Butler, Chicago State, Detroit Mercy, Drexel, Eastern Illinois, Evansville, Murray State, Purdue Fort Wayne and Savannah State. Joining the Purple Aces on the women’s side are Butler, Eastern Michigan, Purdue Fort Wayne and Southern Illinois.
Evansville’s women opened up the season at the ASU Spring Classic, which wrapped up on February 22. Sophia Rohleder picked up the tournament championship with a 3-round tally of 233. Her low score of the event was a 77 in round two. As a team, the Aces came home in second place, six strokes behind Western Illinois. Alyssa McMinn took third place in the event with a 237 while Mallory Russell took 7th with a 245. Caitlin O’Donnell (14th) and Allison Enchelmayer (17th) also recorded top 20 finishes.
This will also mark the second event on the men’s side. UE took part in the Earl Yestingsmeier Match Play in the second week of February. The Aces finished in 6th place in the event, which saw them take on Ball State, DePaul and UConn. Caleb Wassmer earned a victory and tie in the opening day while Dallas Koth and Spencer Wagner recorded ties. Isaac Rohleder picked up two wins in the event, defeating his counterparts from the Blue Demons and the Huskies.
