Rutgers Men’s Golf Heads from Dorado Beach Challenge in Puerto Rico to Michigan State for Colleton River Collegiate

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According to The EMU site the field will consist of: #202 Bowling Green, #77 Cincinnati, #166 Eastern Michigan, #71 Georgia Southern, #42 Indiana, #85 Iowa State, #79 Kansas State, #72 Memphis, #143 Miami, #28 Michigan State, #145 Minnesota, #36 Ohio State, #80 Penn State, #120 Rutgers, and #26 South Florida. 2021 US Amateur champion, James Piot, plays for Michigan State.

This is a much stronger field than RU faced last week in Puerto Rico when they finished 9th out of 13 and dropped from #96 to their current #120 in the national rankings.
 

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After 1 Round Rutgers found itself 13th out of 15 after shooting a team 301 (+13), 1 stroke behind B1G foes PSU and Minnesota.

Ga Southern leads after shooting a 278, followed by Kansas State and USF 5 strokes behind after shooting 283's.

OSU and MSU shot 286 while Indiana came in with a 295.

Rutgers was led by Xavier Marcoux and Weston Jones with 2 Over 74's.

The teams are currently on the course for round 2 with the final round tomorrow.
 
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Led by 2 Under 70's by Xavier Marcoux and Weston Jones along with a 1 Under 71 by Rhett Sellers, Rutgers shot a team 1 Under, 287 while climbing 4 spots to 9th Place.

Top 5

Georgia Southern -16
Kansas State -10
#28 Michigan St -7
#26 USF -7
#36 Ohio State -4

Other B1G 10 teams

7th #41 Indiana +5
9th RUTGERS +12
12th Minnesota +17
13th Penn St +18

The 3rd and Final Round is tomorrow morning.
 
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Rutgers had a good third round (-8) but Iowa State shot the best round (-19) of the tournament, leapfrogging RU and dropping the Knights to 10th Place. Rutgers just couldn't avoid that 1 really bad team round which in this case it was the first. For the Tournament Rutgers shot 301-287-280 (+4)

Xavier Marcoux went low, scoring 4 Birdies on his back 9 and a 6 under 66 in the final round, the 5th best final round out of 75 golfers. He finished the tournament tied for 9th place.

Brendan Hansen added a 2 under 70 with Birdies on his last 2 holes.

Xavier Marcoux 74-70-66 (-6)
Weston Jones 74-70-73 (+1)
Brendan Hansen 77-76-70 (+7)
Rhett Sellers 82-71-72 (+9)
Luke Wells 76-77-72 (+9)

Final Top 5

Georgia Southern (-30)
Cincinnati (-21)
Kansas State (-20)
Ohio State (-17)
Michigan State (-15)

Other B1G Teams

7. Indiana (-8)
10. RUTGERS (+4)
12. Penn State (+13)
13. Minnesota (+16)
 

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Xavier Marcoux finished T-9 to lead Rutgers Men's Golf at the Colleton River Collegiate in South Carolina!