The George Mason golf team will participate in the 45th Rutherford Intercollegiate, April 16-17 in State College, Pa.
The 14-team field will play a two-day tournament featuring three rounds at the par 71 Penn State Blu Course.
The Tournament
The Rutherford Intercollegiate, established in 1975 as the Penn State Invitational, was named in honor of R.B. "Pop" Rutherford, Sr., known as the "father of Penn State golf." Rutherford, Sr., was the program's coach from the team's inception in 1922 until 1949. Penn State has won or shared the team championship 27 times with the individual championship won by a Nittany Lion 20 times.
Last Time Out
The Patriots finished fourth at the Golden Horseshoe Intercollegiate, Mar. 28-29. Will Halamandaris led the Patriots for the second-straight tournament placing third individually at the par 71, 6,817-yard Gold Course at Golden Horseshoe. The grad student finished the 54-hole tournament six-over-par (74-72-73=219). It marked his third top-3, and seventh top 15 finish this season.
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- Senior J.P. Miller earned medalist honors at the Advance Golf Partners Collegiate (2/15). Miller carded an eight-under par, 54-hole 208 (68-71-69=208) at the 7,169-yard Hammock Creek Golf Club. The three-round 208 is the fifth best vs. par in Mason golf history. The win marks Miller's first collegiate win and the first Patriot to earn medalist honors since Kyle Hart won the Navy Spring Invitational in April 2017.
- Grad student Will Halamandaris leads the Green and Gold with a 72.41 stroke average through nine tournaments, ranking the best in Mason history for a season.
- With an eagle at the Donald Ross Collegiate Classic, Halamandaris tied the program record for most eagles in a season with five. He matched Eric Edwards (2016-17) and Mike Kirby (2005-06).
- JP Miller is second on the team in stroke average (73.74) per round. He racks up the most pars per round (11.17) for the Patriots this season. Miller has three top-10 finishes this year.
- Coach Greg Pieczynski played golf collegiately for the host Nittany Lions, where he was a captain, two-time Academic All-American.
1. Will Halamandaris
2. JP Miller
3. Colin Slater
4. Nikita Gubenko
5. Seth Conway
Ind. - Ryan Monastero
Up Next
The Atlantic 10 Championships will be held April 30 to May 2 at the Reunion Resort and Golf Club in Orlando, Fla.
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