Pirates Open Tournament Play at Pinnacle Bank Intercollegiate

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - The Seton Hall men's golf team will return to action on Monday with three rounds of golf at the Pinnacle Bank Intercollegiate at Palmetto Hall, February 22-23.

Tournament Details:
PINNACLE BANK INTERCOLLEGIATE AT PALMETTO HALL
Host: Francis Marion University
Location: Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Course: Palmetto Hall Golf & Country Club (Arthur Hills Course)
Course Vitals: Par-72, 6,918 yards
Dates: February 22-23, 2021

THE COURSE:
The Arthur Hills Course at Palmetto Hall opened in 1991 to rave reviews and was almost instantly named to Golf Digest's list as one of America's Top 10 New Courses. In 2008-09, the magazine awarded the course 4-stars as one of "Best Places to Play." The Arthur Hills course plays 6,918 yards from the back tees with a course rating of 73.8 and a slope of 139. At 6,257 yards (70.6/128), the White Tees will prove to be a formidable foe for most golfers, while ladies will find the course enjoyable from the Red Tees (5,006/70.3/119).

Hills' signature style is fully on display here with undulated fairways with lots of mounding wind through heavily wooded forests of moss-draped oaks and towering pines, that frame the fairways of many holes. Lush fairways and crystalline lakes give way to large greens, with bunkers butted up against the sides, providing golfers with several challenges. Fortunately, most of the hazards are lateral and sit off to the sides of the fairways and only a handful of holes require an aerial approach on to the green.

THE FIELD:
In addition to Seton Hall and host Francis Marion, the field features 14 other teams including: Augusta, Charleston Southern, Dayton, Furman, Gardner-Webb, High Point, Kennesaw State, Presbyterian, Radford, Temple, USC Aiken, UT Chattanooga, Winthrop, Wofford.

THE SETON HALL LINEUP:

Andres Acevedo, Senior
Deven Ramachandran, Junior
Gregor Tait, Senior
Brody Hanley, Freshman
Alex McAuley, Graduate

LAST TIME OUT:
Seton Hall is coming off the BIG EAST Match Play event, held at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Florida, Feb. 1-2. The Pirates defeated DePaul 5-0-1, fell to Connecticut, 2-3-1, and was edged by Marquette in a tie-breaker. Junior Deven Ramachandran won all three of his matches, and newcomer Brody Hanley went 2-0-1.

FORMAT / TEE TIMES:
The field will play two rounds on Monday and one round on Tuesday. Tee times TBD.

RESULTS:
Live scoring of the event will be available through Golfstat. Complete results of each day's events will also be available following competition at SHUpirates.com.