ORLANDO, Fla. (October 30, 2016) - The
ninth-ranked Rollins men's golf team will finish the fall season
Oct. 31-Nov. 1, hosting the 2016 McDonough Cup at Rio Pinar Country
Club. The five-year old event replaced the long-running Rollins
Invitational and has become one of the late fall's premier college
events.
Teams will play 54-holes over the event, grinding out 36-holes
on Halloween and finishing with a final 18 Tuesday. An 8 a.m.
shotgun start will start play Monday and the final round will be
tee times, beginning at 7:45 a.m.
Lynn won a second-straight McDonough Cup last season as part of
a record-setting event. The Fighting Knights set a new scoring
record with 836 strokes, bolstered by a record 269 final round.
Lynn's Mateo Gomez beat Rollins' Emil Sorebo in a playoff with both
shooting 10-under scores of 206. Sorebo set a new tournament
low-round with an eight-under 64 to open play.
Lynn has won three of the past four McDonough Cups while
Armstrong took the tournament title in 2013. Neither the Fighting
Knights nor Pirates are in the field this season so a first-time
champion will be crowned.
2016 Participants:
Rollins
California Baptist
Carson-Newman
Eastern Florida State
Eckerd
Embry-Riddle
Erskine
Flagler
Georgia College
Georgia Southwestern
Lander
Le Moyne
Mount Olive
Newberry
Palm Beach Atlantic
Queens
Tampa
Wingate
Formerly the Rollins Invitational, the Tars' home tournament was
renamed in 2012 to honor former player James McDonough, who passed
away at the age of 24 on Feb. 26, 2011 after a tragic accident in
Charleston, S.C.
McDonough was born in Boston, raised in Milton, Mass. and
started his college career at Rhode Island before transferring to
Rollins in 2007. He played three seasons for the Tars, competing in
14 total events. McDonough's top performance came at the 2008
Birmingham Southern Invitational where he tied for second. From the
minute McDonough arrived at Rollins, he was a team leader, both on
and off the course. His charismatic attitude influenced the entire
program and directly led to the Tars' success.
"James loved Rollins and always felt privileged to play under
the direction of Coach Kyle Frakes," said James' parents Peggy and
Jim. "We are thrilled and honored that Rollins keeps James's
spirit, passion, and dedication to Rollins and golf alive by
holding this tournament in his memory."
The McDonoughs have also established an endowed scholarship in
James name to benefit the Tars men's golf program.
2016
Scorecard l 2015
Results l 2014
Results l 2013
Results l 2012
Results
About Rio
Pinar
Boasting over 50 years, Rio Pinar was first designed in 1957 by
Mark Mahanna and features a competitive tree-lined course
showcasing several large Florida oaks. With 43 bunkers and a
winding canal which runs through five holes, Rio Pinar provides
6,955 yards of challenging championship golf.
From 1966-78, Rio Pinar staged 17 PGA and LPGA championship
events, including the annual Florida Citrus Open. Golf icons such
as Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino, Hale Irwin and Gary Koch are former
winners of the event. Following the 1978 event, the course hosted
the Ladies Citrus Classic from 1978-81, an LPGA Tour event. Arnold
Palmer won the Florida Citrus Open in 1971. Other notable winners
of the tournament include Julius Boros in 1967, Lee Trevino in 1975
and Gary Koch in 1977. The tournament moved to Palmer's Bay Hill in
1979 and was initially named the Bay Hill Citrus Classic and
eventually evolved into the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
The course was redesigned in 1995 by Lloyd Clifton and provides
challenge with medium-sized greens, strategic bunkering and
sometimes-narrow fairways framed by mature pine and oak trees.
