Pacers to Open Spring at Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - The 20th-ranked USC Aiken golf team will open its 2010 spring campaign in the two-day, 54-hole Fifth Annual Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate on Monday and Tuesday (Feb. 22-23). 

The Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate is hosted by Francis Marion. The tournament will consist of 36 holes on Monday and 18 holes on Tuesday. Both days will begin with shotgun starts at 8:30 a.m. 
 
The Wexford Plantation course measures 6,850 yards and is a par 72 layout.

The Pacers are the defending champions in the event, claiming top honors in the Fourth Annual Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate in 2009. 

Departed Pacer great and four-time All-American Roberto Diaz obtained individual medalist honors for USC Aiken at the 2009 Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate. 

The then NCAA Division top-ranked Pacers finished with a cumulative team score of 897 (292-299-306) to claim the team crown in the event in 2009. The Pacers' round of 292 in the first round was the low team round of the tournament.

USC Aiken is a two-time winner of the Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate, winning the inaugural event in 2006 in addition to 2009. 

In addition to the Pacers, this year's Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate field includes Francis Marion, Cleveland State University, University of Connecticut, Davidson College, DePaul University, Elon University, George Mason University,  Ohio University, Presbyterian College, University of Richmond, Samford University, University of Texas-Pan American, Wake Forest University, Western Carolina University, College of William & Mary and Wofford College. 
 
The Pacers as a team played well in the fall of 2009 with USC Aiken finishing in the top 10 in three of its four events, which includes a second place finish as a team at the Will Wilson NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Preview at the par 70 Tanglewood Championship Course.