SAVANNAH, Ga. - The No. 17/19 University of the South men's golf team posted an eighth place finish at the Savannah Invitational, Monday and Tuesday from The Club at Savannah Harbor. The Tigers carded a 54-hole score of 911.
INSIDE THE TOURNAMENT
Sewanee Men's Golf: Finished 8th of 18 (911)
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TOURNAMENT LEADERBOARD
| 1. |
No. 3/1 Emory (Ga.) |
880 |
| 2. |
No. 18/14 Huntingdon (Ala.) |
887 |
| 3. |
No. 4/4 Piedmont (Ga.) |
888 |
| 4. |
No. 14/9 Guilford (N.C.) |
889 |
| 5. |
No. 6/3 Wittenberg (Ohio) |
896 |
| 6. |
No. 5/7 Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) |
900 |
| 7. |
No. 1/6 Christopher Newport (Va.) |
901 |
| 8. |
No. 16/17 Sewanee (Tenn.) |
911 |
| 9. |
No. 24/25 Rensselaer Polytechnic |
914 |
| 10. |
Averett (Va.) |
915 |
|
No. 17/16 Greensboro (N.C.) |
915 |
| 12. |
Lynchburg (Va.) |
918 |
|
No. 10/15 Oglethorpe (Ga.) |
918 |
|
Rhodes (Tenn.) |
918 |
| 15. |
Transylvania (Ky.) |
922 |
| 16. |
Kenyon (Ohio) |
930 |
| 17. |
Rochester (N.Y.) |
931 |
| 18. |
Berry (Ga.) |
939 |
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 scored a top-20 finish with an 18th place score of 224 (74-71-79). The sophomore finished with eight birdies, averaged 3.08 strokes on par 3 scoring and 4.83 storkes on par 5 holes.
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Ryan Demit (72-78-76) carded a 26th place score of 226 over the two-day, 54-hole tournament. The senior also chipped in eight birdies and averaged 4.83 on par 5s.
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Grayson Maddox (72-76-81) totaled a 229, while
Langdon Aronson (78-76-81) posted a 235.
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Grant Mahaffey (80-81-78) rounded out to the Sewanee scoring with a 239.
-Fred Roberts IV of Piedmont and Michael Burry of Emory earned co-medalist honors with a 212.
TEAM LEADERBOARD
-Sewanee opened the tournament with a 296 in the opening round on Monday, but slid to eighth after a 301 in the second round that afternoon.
-Tuesday, the Tigers recorded a 314 to finish with a 911.
-Emory edged Huntingdon by seven strokes to claim the team title.
UP NEXT
After a couple of days off, Sewanee will compete next at the Tiger Invite at Forest Creek on March 11-12 from Pinehurst, N.C.
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