DICKSON, Tenn. - The No. 17/16 University of the South men's golf team holds in second place after the second round of the 2023 Southern Athletic Association (SAA) Men's Golf Championships, Satruday from GreyStone Golf Club.
INSIDE THE TOURNAMENT
Sewanee Men's Golf: 2nd of 8 (559) after 36 holes at the SAA Championships
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TOURNAMENT LEADERBOARD
| # |
Team |
1st Rd |
2nd Rd |
Total |
| 1. |
No. 9/9 Oglethorpe |
277 |
269 |
546 |
| 2. |
No. 17/16 Sewanee (Tenn.) |
282 |
277 |
559 |
| 3. |
Rhodes (Tenn.) |
282 |
281 |
563 |
| 4. |
Centre (Ky.) |
294 |
286 |
580 |
| 5. |
Berry (Ga.) |
290 |
291 |
581 |
| 6. |
Hendrix (Ark.) |
295 |
294 |
589 |
| 7. |
Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) |
299 |
299 |
598 |
| 8. |
Millsaps (Miss.) |
298 |
302 |
600 |
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
-Two Tigers have moved up into the top-five on the individual leaderboard.
Grayson Maddox fired a 67 on Saturday after chipping in seven birdies. Now tied for third and trailing Beck Lewis of Oglethorpe fy seven strokes, Maddox has a score of 137.
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Ryan Demit fired a 69 on Saturday thanks to six birdies and sits in fifth place with a 139.
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Colin Edwards moved up to 12th place with a 143, while
Pearse Lucas (144) fired a two-under, 70, as he slid up five sports to 16th.
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Langdon Aronson (147) and
Drew Miller (149) rounded out the Tigers scoring.
TEAM LEADERBOARD
-After setting a new lowest round in the SAA Championship on Friday, Sewanee improved the mark by five strokes to 277. The mark is now tied for the third-lowest tournament round in championship history.
-The new record for tournament low now belongs to Oglethorpe after firing a 269 on Saturday. OU now has a 13-stroke lead after 36 holes.
UP NEXT
The final round starts at 9:10 a.m. on Sunday for the Tigers.
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