TUNICA, Miss. - The No. 8 University of the South men's golf team opened the 2022-23 fall portion of the schedule with a third place finish at the Rhodes Fall Invitational from Tunica National. Firing a 54-hole score of 875, two Tigers secured top-five finishes.
INSIDE THE TOURNAMENT
Sewanee Men's Golf: Finished 3rd of 19 (875)
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TOURNAMENT LEADERBOARD
| 1. |
No. 11 Piedmont (Ga.) |
861 |
| 2. |
LeTourneau (Texas) |
869 |
| 3. |
No. 8 Sewanee (Tenn.) |
875 |
| 4. |
Rhodes (Tenn.) |
881 |
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Dallas (Texas) |
881 |
| 6. |
No. 3 Huntingdon (Ala.) |
886 |
| 7. |
Transylvania (Ky.) |
890 |
| 8. |
Southwestern (Texas) |
896 |
| 9. |
Webster (Mo.) |
898 |
| 10. |
LaGrange (Ga.) |
905 |
| 11. |
Millikin (Ill.) |
906 |
| 12. |
Hardin-Simmons (Texas) |
912 |
| 13. |
No. 23 Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) |
915 |
| 14. |
DePauw (Ind.) |
918 |
| 15. |
Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) |
922 |
| 16. |
Texas Lutheran |
924 |
| 17. |
Hendrix (Ark.) |
937 |
| 18. |
Rhodes (B) |
969 |
| 19. |
Rose-Hulman (Ind.) |
971 |
Rankings are from the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) Coaches Poll
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
-In his first meet of his collegiate career,
William Cooper missed the top spot by one stroke as he fired a 54-hole score of 212 (72-70-70), good for four-under. The freshman fired a two-under, 70, to move one spot into a tie for third with Bryson Thurston of LeTourneau.
-Recording a 3.93 par-4 scoring average, he chipped in an eagle on the 10th hole in Sunday's opening round, a par-4 hole. He finished the tournament with 11 birdies, good for sixth-best in the field.
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Pearse Lucas, the reigning Southern Athletic Association's Player and Newcomer of the Year, finished fifth with a 213 (69-71-73). The sophomore secured his fifth top-five finish of his career.
-Lucas averaged 4.5 strokes on par-5 holes, and he led the field with 17 birdies.
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Ryan Demit soared 11 spots in Monday's final round thanks to an even-par, 72 to finish 22nd overall (74-76-72).
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Grant Mahaffey (229) and
Colin Edwards (231) rounded out the Sewanee scoring.
-Piedmont won the individual tournament, as Fred Roberts IV, who fired a 66 in Monday's final round, shares the trophy with teammate Josh Hebrink. Each golfer scored a 211.
TEAM LEADERBOARD
-The Purple and Tigers posted identical 291 scores in the first two rounds to finish in a tie for second, but LeTourneau's five-under, 283 score in the final round pushed the Yellowjackets to second and sent the Tigers to third.
-Piedmont (861) secured the team championship, finishing three-under as a team.
UP NEXT
The Tigers will head to Nicholasville, Kentucky for the NCAA Division III National Preview at Keene Trace on Oct. 2-4 from Keene Trace, the site of the 2023 NCAA Division III Men's Golf National Championships.
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