JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. - The No. 16/19 University of hte South men's golf team posted its second-lowest score at the Jekyll Island Collegiate with a score of 878 for ninth place in the event over the weekend.
INSIDE THE TOURNAMENT
Sewanee Men's Golf: Finished 9th of 30 (878)
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TOURNAMENT LEADERBOARD
| 1. |
No. 3/1 Emory (Ga.) |
842 |
| 2. |
No. 5/7 Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) |
857 |
| 3. |
No. 1/6 Christopher Newport (Va.) |
862 |
| 4. |
No. 2/2 Methodist (N.C.) |
864 |
| 5. |
No. 14/8 Guilford (N.C.) |
865 |
| 6. |
No. 10/13 Oglethorpe (Ga.) |
869 |
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No. 9/5 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) |
869 |
| 8. |
No. 4/4 Piedmont (Ga.) |
876 |
| 9. |
No. 16/19 Sewanee (Tenn.) |
878 |
| 10. |
Berry (Ga.) |
880 |
| 11. |
No. 18/14 Huntingdon (Ala.) |
886 |
| 12. |
Rochester (N.Y.) |
888 |
| 13. |
Hampden-Sydney (Va.) |
890 |
| 14. |
No. 8/12 Washington and Lee (Va.) |
891 |
| 15. |
Kenyon (Ohio) |
892 |
| 16. |
Lynchburg (Va.) |
894 |
| 17. |
No. 7/9 Illinois Wesleyan |
895 |
| 18. |
No. 17/17 Greensboro (N.C.) |
896 |
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Southwestern (Texas) |
896 |
| 20. |
LaGrange (Ga.) |
901 |
| 21. |
No. 12/18 Redlands (Calif.) |
902 |
| 22. |
Denison (Ohio) |
905 |
| 23. |
Transylvania (Ky.) |
918 |
| 24. |
Rhodes (Tenn.) |
921 |
| 25. |
Roanoke (Va.) |
922 |
| 26. |
Bridgewater (Va.) |
924 |
| 27. |
Skidmore (N.Y.) |
929 |
| 28. |
New York University |
932 |
| 29. |
DePauw (Ind.) |
940 |
| 30. |
St. John Fisher (N.Y.) |
956 |
First Set of Rankings are from the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) Coaches Poll; Second Set of Rankings are the Top-25 GolfStat Rankings for Division III
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
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Pearse Lucas recorded a 54-hole score of 217 (70-70-77) to lead the Tigers with a 21st place finish. In Friday's opening round, the sophomore chipped in five birdies and finished the weekend with 11 birdies, good for 10th-best.
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Grayson Maddox finished 41st overall with a season-best score of 221 (75-71-75). Posting an eagle on the 18th to wrap up Saturday's second round, the senior fired seven birdies.
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Grant Mahaffey chipped in a career-best 224 (73-76-75) to finish 61st overall, while
Ryan Demit posted a 228 (76-81-71).
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Langdon Aronson wrapped up the team scoring with a career-low of 231 (77-69-85).
-Playing the individual invitational over at the Oleander,
Cameron Simons carded a 234 (79-85-70) for a ninth place finish. In Sunday's final round, he ascended 11 spots to finish ninth overall thanks to five birdies.
-Alex Price of Christopher Newport fired sub-70 scores in each round to finish -14 and won the tournament (202) by seven strokes.
TEAM LEADERBOARD
-Sewanee carded sub-300 rounds to take ninth place at the event with an 878 (294-286-298).
-The Tigers secured their second-best score at Jekyll Island since 2013.
-Emory ran away with the event with a team score of 842, good for 22-under-par (283-275-284).
UP NEXT
Sewanee will return to action on April 10-11 for the Visit Florence Intercollegiate from the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at The Shoals from Muscle Shoals, Ala.
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