Xavier Travels to Peoples Golf Championship

Thursday, March 7

St. Simons Island, Ga.

8 a.m.

Xavier University

Peoples Golf Championship

03.06.24 | Men's Golf

Live Scoring Tournament Website

The three-day tournament is being held at Sea Palms Resort

By: Greg Lautzenheiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier men's golf continues its spring season at the Peoples Golf Championship. The three-day tournament is being hosted by Western Carolina at Sea Palms Resort in St. Simons Island, Ga.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

Name: 2024 Peoples Golf Championship at Seam Palms Resort
Dates: March 7-9
Course: Sea Palms Resort
Location: St. Simons Island, Ga.
Course Par/Yardage: Par 71 / 6,664 yards

LIVE SCORING: bit.ly/3v1LAIo

WEBSITE INFO: peoples.golf/championship.html

PARTICIPATING TEAMS (22, 128 golfers)
Western Carolina (host), Bellarmine, Belmont, Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Davidson, Drexel, Eastern Kentucky, Eastern Illinois, Long Island, Marshall, Morehead State, Murray State, Siena, Tennessee Tech, UT Martin, UT Rio Grande Valley, Western Kentucky, Winthrop, Wofford, Wright State, Xavier

XAVIER LINEUP
1. Oscar Zimmerman
2. Carson Bellish
3. Zach Burton
4. AJ Adams
5. Ray Filter

Mason Witt (individual)

LAST TIME OUT

• Xavier placed 15th at the Wexford Intercollegiate on Feb. 20. The two-day tournament was played at the Arnold Palmer Signature Course (Wexford).

• Xavier posted a 54-hole score of 925 (+61) to place 15th in a field of 18 teams. Georgia State won the tournament with a score of 873 (+9), finishing four strokes ahead of South Carolina-Aiken (877, +13).

• AJ Adams paced the Musketeers with a score of 231 (+15), placing tied for 59th in field of 90 golfers.

BIG EAST GOLFER OF THE WEEK

• AJ Adams was named the BIG EAST Men's Golfer of the Week on Nov. 1. The freshman golfer earned the honors for the first time in his career.

• The Dallas, Texas, native is the first Musketeer to earn the honors since Imaad Qureshi on Oct. 21, 2021.

NOTABLES

• The Musketeers have had three players post top-three finishes in three of their last four tournaments. Carson Bellish placed second at the JT Poston Invitational on Sept. 26, Oscar Zimmerman placed third at the UConn Invitational at GreatHorse on Oct. 3 and AJ Adams won the Xavier Invitational presented by Gateway Logistics on Oct. 17.

• Xavier returns four of its top five performers from the 2023 BIG EAST Championships. The Musketeers also welcome four newcomers to the program: AJ Adams (Dallas, Texas/Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas), Ray Filter (Crown Point, Ind./Crown Point HS), A.J. Wilhelm (Mason, Ohio/Mason HS) and Oscar Zimmerman (Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier HS/Santa Clara).

• Sophomore Carson Bellish finished eighth with a 54-hole score of 218 (+2) at the 2023 BIG EAST Championships - the highest finish by a Musketeer at the conference championships since Garrett Wood took home medalist honors at the 2019 BIG EAST Championships. The eighth-place finish was the highest finish by a Xavier freshman since 2018 (Garrett Wood - tied for sixth).

• Carson Bellish had five top-15 finishes during the spring 2023 season, highlighted by a fourth-place finish at the Daytona Beach Spring Invitational on March 7. The finish was the highest individual finish for a Xavier golfer since Oct. 22, 2019 (Imaad Qureshi placed tied for third at the Musketeer Classic).

• Carson Bellish finished the 2023 campaign ranked 22nd in the final BIG EAST GolfStat Rankings, the third highest finish by a freshman with an average score of 74.07.

• Brian Arlinghaus enters year three at the helm of the program after being hired on June 18, 2021. He joined the Musketeers after serving as the head men's golf coach at Wright State from 2017-21. He was an assistant coach with the Raiders for two seasons (2015-17) before being promoted to head coach.

2024 SIGNING CLASS

• Head coach Brian Arlinghaus announced the signing of three players to the 2024-25 roster on Nov. 13.

2023 SIGNING CLASS
Kellen Dean - Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Saratoga Springs HS)
Kyle Smith - Canton, Ohio (Green HS)
Leo Walling - Powell, Ohio (St. Charles Preparatory)

SPRING SCHEDULE

Feb. 5-6 - BIG EAST Match Play - Bear Lakes Country Club - West Palm Beach, Fla.
Feb. 19-20 - Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate - Wexford Plantation - Hilton Head, S.C.
March 7-9 - Sea Palms Invitational - Sea Palms Golf Club - St. Simons Island, Ga.
March 11-12 - Ross Intercollegiate - Mid Pines Golf Club - Southern Pines, N.C.
March 17 - The Indy at Boone's Trace National - Richmond, Ky.
April 1-3 - Golfweek Intercollegiate - True Blue Golf Club - Pawleys Island, S.C.
April 6-7 - Northern Kentucky's The Jewell - Batavia, Ohio
April 14-15 - Wright State Invitational - Springboro, Ohio
April 15-16 - Mountaineer Invitational - Pete Dye Golf Club - Bridgeport, W.Va.
April 27-29 - BIG EAST Championships - Riverton Pointe Country Club and Golf Course - Hardeeville, S.C.

UP NEXT

• Xavier returns to action on March 11-12 at the Ross Intercollegiate. The tournament is being played at the Mid Pines Golf Club in Southern Pines, N.C.