Huskers Open Spring in South Carolina – University of Nebraska

The Nebraska men’s golf team opens its 2024 spring season by traveling to South Carolina for the Battle at Briar’s Creek, Feb. 5-6.

The event, which is hosted by the College of Charleston at the Golf Club at Briar’s Creek in Johns Island, S.C., opens with a practice round on Sunday, Feb. 4, before the 14 teams in the tournament field hit the course for competition beginning with a shotgun start on Monday at 7:30 a.m. (CT). After playing two rounds on Monday, the tournament concludes with Tuesday’s final round and another 7:30 a.m. (CT) shotgun start.

Nebraska is one of 10 top-100 teams in the 14-team tournament field, including No. 23 Chattanooga and No. 45 Indiana among the nation’s top 50. Other top-100 teams including No. 59 Kentucky, No. 64 UNCW, No. 73 College of Charleston, No. 83 Virginia Tech, No. 85 Augusta,  the No. 92 Huskers, No. 96 Lipscomb and No. 100 Elon. No. 101 Clemson is just outside the top-100, while Boston College, Campbell and Maryland round out the solid tournament field.

Nebraska closed the 2023 fall campaign among the top 100 after compiling a 38-35-1 head-to-head record that included four top-10 tournament finishes in five events. The Huskers posted a team-best fifth-place finish with an 855 in a 15-team field at Purdue (Oct. 9-10).

Live updates and scoring for the Battle at Briar’s Creek can be found at HuskersGolf on Instagram and X, and Golfstat.com. Complete tournament coverage will be available on Huskers.com. 

Battle at Briar’s Creek
Johns Island, South Carolina
Golf Club at Briar’s Creek (Par 72, 7,175 Yards)
Host: College of Charleston

Schedule
Monday, Feb. 5 (Rounds 1 & 2) – 7:30 a.m. (shotgun)
Tuesday, Feb. 6 (Round 3) – 7:30 a.m. (shotgun)

Live Scoring: Golfstat.com

Participating Teams (14)
Augusta, Boston College, Campbell, Chattanooga, Clemson, College of Charleston, Elon, Indiana, Lipscomb, Kentucky, Maryland, Nebraska, UNCW, Virginia Tech 

Nebraska Lineup (5 count 4)
1. Hamish Murray, Jr., Sydney, Australia
2. Evan Myers, Sr., Northbrook, Ill.
3. Harry Crockett, Jr., Oxted, England
4. Will Marshall, Gr., Elburn, Ill.
5. Reed Malleck, Sr., York, Neb.

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