Moon Township, Pa. – The RMU men's golf team announced its 2022 spring schedule Tuesday, which features competitions hosted by Binghamton and Bucknell, Iona, Lafayette and Wright State as well as the 2022 Horizon League Championships.
The Colonials open the spring campaign Saturday, March 19, and Sunday, March 20, with the Carpetbagger Classic in Urbana, Md., at Worthington Manor Golf Club. The event is co-hosted by Binghamton and Bucknell.
The season opener at Worthington Manor will mark the second time RMU has taken part in the event and the first since 2020. At the previous Carpetbagger Classic, the Colonials finished third out of 10 teams with a 36-hole score of 605 (+29), with
Chris Sabol and
Chase Miller each recording top 10 finishes individually.
A week after the Carpetbagger Classic, RMU will take part in the Battle at Rum Pointe, which is hosted by Iona Saturday, March 26, and Sunday, March 27, in Berlin, Md., at Rum Pointe Golf Course. Also on the ledger for the Colonials this spring includes the Abarta Collegiate Invitational (April 10-11), which is hosted by Lafayette, and the Wright State Invitational (April 17-18).
RELATED: RMU 2021-22 Schedule
The 2022 Horizon League Championships are set for April 24-26 in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla., at the Mission Inn Resort. In their first appearance in the Horizon League Championships, the Colonials placed fifth out of 10 institutions, recording a score of 920 over 54 holes.
Led by head coach
Jerry Stone, who is in his 21st season leading the Colonials, RMU posted a best four-player team scoring average of 291.6 this past fall, which halfway through the season is tops in the school record book. In 2014-15, the top four players posted an average score of 296.7 in 25 rounds, while a year prior the Colonials recorded an average of 299.4 in 20 rounds.
The Colonials were led in the fall by junior
Josh Nagy, who recorded an average score of 70.4, including a pair of top five finishes. Nagy carded a 65 in the first round of the Towson Invitational, becoming the fourth RMU student-athlete to post the lowest round in school history. He finished the invite at Towson with a score of 209, establishing a school mark for a 54-hole tournament.
Follow The Colonials: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | RMU Athletics Gameday App
