Bryant opens 2018 fall slate with Ryan T. Lee Memorial

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant University golf team opens its 2018 fall season on Saturday, when they play in the Ryan T. Lee Memorial Collegiate Tournament, hosted by LIU Brooklyn.

After a practice round on Friday, 14 teams will play 18 holes on Saturday and 18 more on Sunday, with the lowest 36-hole team total being crowned the champion.

The Particulars
Tournament: Ryan T. Lee Memorial Collegiate Tournament
Course: Hop Meadow Country Club (Simsbury, Conn.) | 6,915 yards, Par 72
Teams: Bryant, Fairfield, Fordham, Holy Cross, LIU Brooklyn (host), Monmouth, Penn, RPI, Sacred Heart, St. Francis Brooklyn, Saint Peter's, Wagner, Yale
Live Scoring: RLCollegiate.com

Bulldog Notes and Notables

• This is the first of five fall dates for the Bulldogs, with the first two happening in Connecticut.
• The Black and Gold finished third out of 13 teams last season, finishing two shots out of second-place Bentley. Fordham won the tournament with a seven-over team total of 574.
• Senior Ryan Brown (Bedford, N.H.) paced Bryant in last year's competition, finishing T3 with an even-par 144 on the tournament.
• Junior Connor Henderson (Southborough, Mass.) also had a top-10 finish in the 2017 edition, compiling a two-over 146, good for T9.
• Junior Matthew Stafford (Suffield, Conn.) returns as the best scorer from the 2017-18 Bulldogs, averaging a score of 75.8 in 16 rounds last season, including a T11 finish at the Northeast Conference Championships.

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