SEWANEE, Tenn. – Sophomore
Turner Chiles recorded seven birdies en route to a six-under 66 and freshman
Aidan Tudor and senior
Elias Becker each shot one-under for Sewanee on Friday in the final round of the NCAA Men's Golf Championships on the El Campeon course at Mission Inn Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.
The Tigers posted their best round of the week with an eight-under 280 team score, moving up six spots into fourth place in the final standings. All of the Sewanee players started their rounds at No. 10.
Chiles finished with a flourish after three straight rounds above par, shooting the second-best round of the tournament, trailing only a 65 posted by Washington and Lee's Tim Kaufman on Wednesday.
Chiles birdied the par-5 10
th hole before a bogey at 12, but then he made four pars with birdies on the par-5 14
th and the par-5 17
th holes to complete the back nine. The Houston, Texas, native added four more birdies on the front side, on holes one (another par-5), six, eight and nine, carding a 31 on the front nine for his six-under par 66. He moved up 34 spots individually, finishing with a four-day total of 291, tied for 35
th.
Tudor started the day with birdies on holes 10 and 14 and was two-under on the back. The New Market, Md., native made another birdie at No. 1 but collected bogeys on holes five and nine, carding a one-under 71 for a 72-hole score of 287, tied for 20th.
Becker ended his Sewanee career with a final-round 71 as well that included 15 pars. The Mexico City, Mexico, native collected seven pars with birdies on the par-3 15
th hole and No. 17 on the back nine. On the front he registered eight pars and one bogey, posting a four-day total of 297, tied for 56th.
Sophomore
Niel Phillips played an up-and-down round Friday that ended at even-par 72. He netted five pars with two bogeys and birdies on holes 14 and 16 on the back nine. The New Orleans, La., native also made two bogeys on the front with birdies on holes three and nine for a 72-hole score of 294, tied for 49th.
Senior
Colin Edwards got off to a good start with three pars and birdies on Nos. 13 and 14, but he bogeyed three of the last four holes on the back nine. The Brookhaven, Ga., native recorded two double bogeys on the front but ended the day with a birdie at No. 9, shooting four-over 76 for a four-day total of 291.
INDIVIDUAL SCORES
t20.
Aidan Tudor – 74-73-69-71=287
t35.
Colin Edwards – 70-70-75-76=291
t35.
Turner Chiles – 76-75-74-66=291
t49.
Niel Phillips – 73-76-73-72=294
t56.
Elias Becker – 81-73-72-71=297
TEAM SCORES
t1. Illinois Wesleyan – 288-279-288-280=1135
t1. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps – 284-288-290-273=1135
3. Aurora University – 288-291-283-281=1143
4. Sewanee – 293-291-288-280=1152
5. Methodist University – 284-291-291-288=1154
t6. Washington and Lee – 290-280-290-295=1155
t6. Kenyon College – 286-291-284-294=1155
6. Carnegie Mellon – 281-290-292-293=1156
9. Emory University – 288-288-295-291=1162
11. Huntingdon College – 297-288-288-291=1164
8. Mary Hardin-Baylor – 289-296-283-297=1165
t13. LeTourneau University – 292-298-292-289=1171
t13. Guilford College – 299-295-288-297=1179
12. University of Dubuque – 300-285-295-300=1180
16. Drew University – 297-293-302-291=1183
15. Oglethorpe University – 291-292-307-294=1184
17. Transylvania University – 291-307-298-294=1190
18. John Carroll – 295-296-307-294=1192
