Back to the Eastern Michigan Eagles Newsfeed

Men's Golf Wraps Up Day One of Yestingsmeier Match Play Event

Related Topics: Golf, Match play, Tiebreaker, Stroke play

Live Scoring.

DADE City, Fla. (EMUEagles.com) — The Eastern Michigan University men's golf team opened its spring season on Monday, Feb. 13, by posting an 0-1-1 record at the Sixth Annual Earl Yestingsmeier Match Play on the par 72, 7,153 yard Lake Jovita Golf Course. The No. 1 seed Eagles fell in the opening round to No. 8 seed Miami, 4-2, before rebounding to edge No. 5 seed Toledo on tiebreakers.

Schools are competing in teams of six with the seeds determined by their current GolfStat rankings. Each of the six matches is worth one point to the winner.