ORLANDO, Fla. (UCFKnights.com) - UCF men's golf coach, Bryce Wallor, has announced the lineup for the squad's final regular season tournament of the 2018 spring season. The Knights will head north to West Lafayette, Indiana to compete in the 15th annual Boilermaker Invitational hosted by Purdue University at Kampen Course on Saturday, April 14 and 15.
Kyler Tate, Donnie Trosper, Juuso Kahlos, Bobby Bai, and Manuel Elvira will represent the Knights in the team tournament, while junior Jalen Ledger will compete as an individual. This will be Ledger's first competition of the spring season.
The two-day tournament welcomes 17 teams on the par-72 course, which plays home to Purdue. The tournament will be a 54-hole event beginning on Saturday with 36 holes and will commence with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. EST. The final 18 will be played on Sunday.
Live stats will be available via golfstat.com and a link can be found on the men's golf schedule page.
This will be the Knight's third year in the tournament after finishing 8th in 2016 and 6th in 2017. In the 2016 tournament, Elvira, a sophomore at the time, finished fifth shooting three under par.
This year, UCF is the fourth highest ranked team competing with Kent State, Northwestern, and Purdue just ahead of the Knights. Ohio State, Wisconsin, Michigan, Cincinnati, and Wichita State will also be in attendance.
Four rounds of qualifying were held to determine the participants in this year's Boilermaker Invitational.
The following is a look at scores from qualifying as well as other factors that went into selecting the lineup:
Boilermaker Invitational Qualifying
| Player | Rd1 (72) | Rd 2 (72) | Rd 3 (72) | Rd4 (72) | Total (288) |
| Donnie Trosper | 74 | 72 | 66 | 71 | 283 (-5) |
| Kyler Tate | 73 | 71 | 70 | 73 | 287 (-1) |
| Juuson Kahlos | 75 | 72 | 71 | 72 | 290 ( 2) |
| Manuel Elvira | 75 | 73 | 71 | 77 | 296 ( 8) |
| Jalen Ledger | 78 | 66 | 72 | 81 | 297 ( 9) |
| Tommy Cao | 83 | 73 | 71 | 76 | 303 ( 15) |
| Jake Grula | 81 | 76 | 72 | 76 | 304 ( 16) |
| Colin Kresl | 82 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 311 ( 23) |
| Bobby Bai | 76 | 76 | 73 | DNF | 224 ( 8) |
- Kyler Tate is exempt for the 2018 Boilermaker Invitational by virtue of a Top 20 finish at the 3M Augusta Invitational last week.
- Donnie Trosper will play in the 2nd spot in the lineup as a coaches' selection for the 2018 Boilermaker Invitational by virtue of finishing 1st in the four-round qualifier with a score of -5.
- Juuso Kahlos will play in the 3rd spot in the lineup as a coaches' selection for the 2018 Boilermaker Invitational by virtue of finishing 3rd in the four-round qualifier with a score of 2.
- Bobby Bai will play in the 4th spot in the lineup as a coaches' selection for the 2018 Boilermaker Invitational by virtue of having the 4th best tournament scoring average for the season.
- Manuel Elvira will play in the 5th spot in the lineup as a coaches' selection for the 2018 Boilermaker Invitational by virtue finishing 4th in the four round qualifier with a score of 8.
- Jalen Ledger will play as an individual for the 2018 Boilermaker Invitational by virtue of finishing 5th in the four round qualifier with a score of 9.