CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. - The La Salle golf team will compete for the conference title when the Atlantic 10 Championship tees off on Friday at 7:30 AM from Heron Bay Golf Club. 

The Explorers head into the three-day, 54-hole event with its deepest and most consistent roster in recent memory. The 2011-12 season had plenty of highlights, including the Blue and Gold winning the Immaculata Fall Invitational, and hosting and finishing third at the La Salle Spring Invitational at Talamore CC.

Sophomore Mike Johnson has been the top Explorer all season with a 75.3 stroke average. He has four top five finishes in nine events and shot a season and career low of 68 at the GW Intercollegiate. The Ambler, Pa. native is coming off a fine showing at the Navy Invitational last weekend, where he placed fifth with a 74-75=149 (+7).

A pair of seniors, Ed Carnes and Randy Kurzinsky, will be looking to end their careers with a bang. Kurzinsky averaged 77.2 strokes per round this season. He shot a pair of 72s in 2011-12, including one in the first round at Navy last weekend. 

Carnes, also an outstanding swimmer for the Explorers, averaged 77.9 strokes per round this spring. He tied for 12th at Lafayette earlier this month and will look to improve upon his 36th place showing at last year's A-10 Championship. 

Sophomore transfer Tyler Fewell has been a welcome addition to the team this year. He has averaged 78.3 strokes per round and tied for second at Immaculata with a 72-73=145 (+5). At last year's conference championship while a freshman at Washington and Jefferson, Fewell finished second to earn all-conference honors with a 72-77=149 (+7).

Rounding out the lineup is freshman Greg Goodreds. He averaged 81.6 strokes per round in a consistent season. His season low of 76 came in the first tournament of the spring at the GW Intercollegiate.

Live Coverage
Live statistics will be available for all three rounds, with tee times beginning at 7:30 AM. The link is available at GoExplorers.com. 

About the Atlantic 10 Championship
The Explorers will tee it up with 10 other conference rivals, including Charlotte, Dayton, Fordham, George Washington, Rhode Island, Richmond, Saint Joseph's, St. Bonaventure, Temple and Xavier. 

Charlotte has won a record six straight A-10 titles. Xavier and Richmond have occupied the second and third spots the past two seasons.

About Heron Bay GC
For six years (1997-2002) the PGA TOUR`S Honda Classic called Heron Bay home, crowning champions Stuart Appleby, Mark Calcavecchia, Vijay Singh, Dudley Hart, Jesper Parnevik and Matt Kuchar. It now is the permanent site of the prestigious and historic Dixie Amateur, one of the top-ranked amateur tournaments in the world.

When the course opened in 1996 as the TPC at Heron Bay, it was named one of America's 10 best new public golf courses by Golf Digest. Golf Magazine ranks it one of the top 10 daily-fee courses in Florida.

The par-72 course plays 7,258 yards from the tips with a rating of 74.9 and a slope of 133. The blue tees are 6,781 yards with a 72.7/128 rating.