Friday, October 10, 2003
Friday, October 10, 2003 |
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CCSU golfers finish 19th in Presbyterian Intercollegiate The Clayton College & State University men’s golf team shot a round of 312, its lowest round of the season and 12 strokes better than its opening-round score, to place 19th in the Presbyterian Intercollegiate at Musgrove Mill Golf Course in Clinton, S.C. Tuesday. Coker College outlasted two other teams in a three-team playoff to win the 11th annual golf tournament held at the par 72, 6,680-yard course. Clayton State sophomore Jason Armour of Raymond, Ill., had the top finish for the Lakers, tying for 81st with rounds of 77 and 82, followed by senior Jess Shirley of Newnan tied for 84th with rounds of 81 and 79. Freshmen Matt Beall of Newnan and Jason Adams of Carrollton tied for 89th in the event with rounds of 81 and 80 and 85 and 76, respectively. Adams’ second-round score of 76 was the team's lowest round of the tournament. Senior Sergio Prieto of Colombia tied for 94th with rounds of 89 and 77. Coker won the team title in a in a playoff with defending Division II national champion Francis Marion University and Carson-Newman College after all three schools shot 587 for the two-day tournament. Francis Marion was eliminated from the playoff on the first hole after shooting even par as a team while the Cobras and Eagles both shot two-under par. Coker won the tournament by shooting one-under-par on the second playoff hole. Individually, Catawba College's Steven Harvey won the individual title with a two-round score of 6-under par 138, followed by Armstrong Atlantic State's Jonathan Cox and Belmont Abbey's Ryan Bates tied for second at 3-under par 141. Clayton State will return to action on October 20-21 in the North Shore/Pfeiffer Intercollegiate at the North Shore Country Club in Sneads, Ferry, N.C.
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