Jaguars tied for fifth at Cleveland Golf/Palmetto Invitational
AIKEN, S.C. – The GRU Augusta men’s golf team tied for fifth in their first tournament of 2015 at the Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate at the Palmetto Golf Club, in Aiken, S.C.
No. 8 South Carolina was in first after each round and hung on for the win with a team score of 825 (-15). No. 33 Clemson took second at 14-under par, No. 19 Virginia in third, No. 28 Kennesaw State in fourth, and the Jags tied for fifth with Idaho at one-over par (841).
Ranked 11th in the nation, South Carolina’s Will Starke won the individual title at nine-under par – shooting a 68 (-3) in his final round.
Jaguar junior Maverick Antcliff remained in the top 10 and finished the first for GRU in eighth place with a total score of 205 (-5). Antcliff shot his second round in the 60s at the event with a round-two 69, dominating the back nine again with five birdies.
Junior Robin Petersson and sophomore Viktor Edin each finished the event tied for 24 th, with Petersson shooting a 72 (+2) in his final round and Edin a 71 (+1).
Improving 15 places in the field, sophomore Jake Marriott finished tied for 31st with an even-par 70 in round three. He finished the event at four-over par, while teammate Jackson Stroup ended in a tie for 55th after shooting a five-over 75 in round three to end nine over for 54 holes.
The Jaguars compete in a one-day event at the Southern Intercollegiate, hosted by UGA, at the Athens Golf Club on Monday, March 16.
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NCCU’s Lewis places 40th at Bash at the Beach Invitational
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - North Carolina Central University freshman golfer Zane Lewis tied for 40th place on the individual leaderboard with a three-round total of 221 (+8) at the Bash at the Beach Collegiate Invitational, hosted by Appalachian State University at The Surf Golf and Beach Club in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on Monday and Tuesday.
Lewis (Sanford, N.C.) carded an even-par 71 in the opening round, followed by rounds of 74 and 76. He was the lone Eagle to place inside of the top 100.
NCCU junior Michael Wilson (Flint, Mich.) finished 100th with a cumulative score of 246 (78, 84, 84). Sumner Tate and Jordan Bohannon tied for 102nd with 248 each.
As a team, the Eagles placed 17th in the 17-team field with a total team score of 959 (321, 319, 319).
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