VALDOSTA, Ga. – The Bellarmine men's golf team heads to the Peach State looking for their opportunity to earn a spot in the regional round of the NCAA Championship.
 
Event: ASUN Championship
 
Host: Atlantic Sun Conference
 
Dates: Tuesday, April 22 - Thursday, April 24
 
Times: Tee times beginning at 8 a.m. ET from Hole 1 and Hole 10
 
Course: Kinderlou Forest Golf Club
 
Schedule of Play: 3 rounds
 
Par: 72
 
Yardage: 7,781
 
Course Rating: 76.6 (via GolfLink.com)
 
Slope Rating: 144 (via GolfLink.com)
 
Participants (12): Austin Peay, Bellarmine, Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky, Florida Gulf Coast, Jacksonville, Lipscomb, North Alabama, North Florida, Queens, Stetson, West Georgia.
 
Bellarmine Starters: Kash Albarado (junior), Matthew Santini (junior), Luke Bischoff (junior), Ballard Harris (redshirt senior), Ben Wulkopf (redshirt freshman) plus Riley Jude Bender (junior) as the substitute.
 
About the Knights: Albarado, Bischoff and Harris have started all eight Bellarmine events (seven stroke play, one match play). Albarado tied for 11^th out of 83 golfers at the Jewell Invitational. He has twice shot under 70 this season (68 both times to tie Bischoff for the Knights' low rounds of the season) while shooting over 80 just once. Harris and Bischoff each own one top-10 finish, Bischoff tying for 9^th at the World Golf Village and Harris tying for 10^th at the Cullan Brown. Those two plus Santini are each averaging rounds of plus-3. Bischoff has finished at plus-8 or better in five of seven stroke play events and leads the Knights with five rounds at or below par. Harris has shot a 78 or worse in just three of 19 rounds. Wulkopf owns six rounds at 73 or lower and is averaging rounds of plus-5. In his collegiate debut at the Jewell, Santini tied with Albarado for the Knights' low round at minus-1 70. Bender tied for 29^th out of 83 at plus-4 at the Jewell Invitational in just his third career event and was one of four Knights to win a match at the Carpenter-Chaney Classic.
 
Live Scoring: via Clippd
 
About the Course: "A typical golf and residential community is developed with the intent to sell houses, with the golf course as secondary. But here at Kinderlou Forest, the golf course came first, and the homesites are arranged around the course, with beautiful views, but at a distance that does not impede play. Created by Davis Love III Designs, the professional course opened in April 2004, serving as host to six PGA Nationwide Tour events and two PGA Web.com events in ten years. The South Georgia Classic was one of the largest events on the tour, with one of the richest purses on the PGA qualifying circuit. In an area known for flat terrain, the topography of Kinderlou Forest is unusual for the region. Undulating hills lend a unique element not found in southern Georgia, and the signature #4 with its deep, all natural ravine is one of the most challenging, yet beautiful, holes on the course." –Course website (kinderlou-golf.com)
 
Last Time Out: The Knights went 1-1 and finished third out of four at the Carpenter-Chaney Classic, a match play event at the Country Club of Paducah (Ky.). The Knights were swept 6-0 in the first round by SIU Edwardsville, but bounced back to beat Morehead State 4-2 in the third-place match. Albarado, Bischoff, Santini and Bender earned wins against the Eagles.
 
Last Time at Event: Bellarmine placed 12^th in last season's ASUN Championship at Highland Oaks in Dothan, Ala. Bischoff was the Knights' top finisher, placing 29^th in the field of 54 at plus-7. Bischoff's card featured an even-par 72 in the first round, though Frankie Morgan registered a minus-1 71 in the first round for the Knights' low score.
 
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