Pirates to Play Georgetown Intercollegiate This Week

BEALLSVILLE, MD. - The Seton Hall men's golf team will return to play this week with the 2019 Georgetown Intercollegiate at The Members Club at Four Streams, Oct. 14-15.

Tournament Details:
GEORGETOWN INTERCOLLEGIATE
Host: Georgetown University
Location: Beallsville, Md.
Course: The Member's Club at Four Streams
Course Vitals: Par-71, 7,035 yards
Dates: October 14-15, 2019, Three Rounds

The Course:
The Members Club at Four Steams is the first signature design in the United States from the renowned Price/Smyers Golf Course Design Group. The course is inspired by some of the world's best courses and holes. Mr. Price combines his playing talents with the architectural expertise of Steve Smyers, architect of Chart Hills (England) recently named the number one inland course in the British Isles, Old Memorial and Southern Dunes (Florida) and Wolf Run (Indiana). The greens, tees and fairways feature a new type bentgrass that will ensure superb playing conditions year round. The course is set on rolling land with visual drama from many vantage points.

Four Streams is located on a 300-acre parcel located in the Agricultural Reserve in Montgomery County, Maryland. Four Streams is ranked as one of the top 10 courses in Maryland by Golf Digest and one of the "World's Top 1,000 Golf Courses" by Rolex. In addition, the course has been awarded a Top Golf Architecture Award for Outstanding Design in Maryland.

The Field:
Seton Hall will have the opportunity to see how it stacks up against a number of BIG EAST teams this week as four conference teams will join the Pirates in the field, Butler, Creighton, DePaul and host Georgetown. Also in the field are Florida Atlantic, Loyola (Md.), Princeton, Rhode Island, Saint Joseph's Washington and William & Mary.

The Seton Hall Lineup:

Deven Ramachandran, Sophomore
Andres Acevedo, Junior
Gregor Tait, Junior
Wenliang Xie, Freshman
Peter Tyler Po, Sophomore

Individual – Alex Chalk, Senior

Last Time at Georgetown:
Four Pirates shot 2-over-par or lower, led by Deven Ramachandran's (San Rafael, Calif.) even-under-par, 71, as the Pirates vaulted up the team leader board to finish second at the Georgetown Intercollegiate last year. Ramachandran had a second consecutive strong round, finishing his round with two birdies and 12 straight pars. He tied for 22nd overall with a 6-over-par, 78-70-71-219.

Collectively, the Pirates had the best final round of the field, shooting a 4-over-par, 288, on Tuesday. The Hall entered the day in fourth place, but today's performance allowed it to jump over two BIG EAST opponents to finish second for the three-round event. The Pirates ended the tournament with a 10-over-par, 290-284-288-862, just six strokes behind team champion, Princeton. BIG EAST foes Georgetown and Butler finished six and nine strokes behind the Pirates respectively.

Last Time Out:
Ramachandran fired an even-par, 72, in Tuesday's final round to lift the Pirates to a fourth-place finish at the Hamptons Intercollegiate.

Ramachandran's 72 was the low round of the tournament for the Pirates. He was 2-under-par on the back nine today, using an eagle on the par-5, No. 13 hole to fuel his strong round. For the tournament, Ramachandran tied for ninth place with a 13-over-par, 81-76-72-229. He finished nine strokes behind the individual champion, Oregon State's Shawn Lu. It's Ramachandran's second career top-10 finish.

As a team, Seton Hall had the second-best final round of the field on Tuesday. The Pirates shaved 23 strokes off their second-round score to post an impressive 6-over-par, 294. The performance enabled The Hall to hop a pair of teams in the final 18 holes and finish fourth. For the tournament, the Pirates shot a 63-over-par, 316-317-294-927. Oregon State ran away with the team title at 26-over-par. Host Loyola (Md.) finished second, only five strokes ahead of the Pirates.

Tee Times:
The field will play two continuous rounds (36 holes) beginning with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start on Monday. The Pirates will be paired with golfers from DePaul and Florida Atlantic in round one. On Tuesday, a single final round will be played with again a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m.

Results:
Live scoring will be available for the tournament via Golfstat. Complete results will also be available following each day's competition at SHUpirates.com.