NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — The first team event of the spring for App State Men's Golf begins Monday as the Mountaineers host the two-day Bash at the Beach tournament at the Surf Golf and Beach Club.
There will be 36 holes Monday and an 18-hole final round Tuesday on the par-71, 6,705-yard layout. There will be a shotgun start Monday morning at 9:15 a.m., and live scoring will be available by
clicking HERE.
In addition to an App State "A" team and a "B" team with five more individuals, there will be 16 other teams in the field: Bucknell, Connecticut, Dayton, Delaware, Holy Cross, Long Island, Maryland-Eastern Shore, Navy, North Carolina A&T, North Carolina Central, Oral Roberts, Presbyterian, Queens, Rhode Island, Rider and Utah Valley.
Oral Roberts is the highest-ranked team in the event, followed by Dayton, Rhode Island and App State. The Mountaineers will be in a foursome with golfers from Oral Roberts, Utah Valley and Queens on Monday.
App State's official lineup will include
Addison Beam,
Colin Browning, Lukas
Jönsson, Sverrir Haraldsson and Josh Buxbaum.
Five more individuals will compete and make up a "B" team for the Mountaineers:
Aidan Browning,
Herman Huus,
Cole Bergheim,
Ben Locker and
James Gradisek.
Last year, App State had a record-setting performance at the Bash at the Beach, with the Mountaineers and Haraldsson both posting runner-up performances in a deep field that included 15 teams.
App State's 22-under total of 830 over 54 holes put them in second, and the Mountaineers' total included a 12-under 272 in the final round to set a then-program record for the lowest 18-hole tournament score in documented history. The Mountaineers broke that record twice during the 2022 fall.
Haraldsson set a program record for the lowest 18-hole tournament round by an individual with an 8-under 63 in the final round. The 202 from Haraldsson — one shot behind the individual champion's total — set a program record for the lowest 54-hole tournament total in documented history.
