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GSW Opens Spring with Third Place Finish

ELKTON, Fla. — The 19th-ranked Georgia Southwestern men's golf team posted a three-round score of 33-over 897 on Tuesday at the Spring Kickoff Intercollegiate hosted by Lincoln Memorial University to finish the tournament in third place out of 22 teams. The 54-hole event was played at St. John's Gollf Club (Par 72, 7,136 Yards) and featured eight teams ranked in the top 25 of NCAA Division II according to the latest Golfstat computer rankings.

Payne Sells led the Hurricanes with an 8-over 224 for the event. Sells best round was the second 18, where he knocked down five birdies over holes 11-16 on his way to a 73. Sells finished tied for 12th place out of 112 golfers.

Chase McLain posted an even par on the final 18 holes to finished second on the team with a 9-over 225, tied for 17th place overall. Nicolas Escobar was third for the Hurricanes, a stroke back of McLain, with a 10-over 226. Jack Tharrington posted a 73 in Round 2, his best 18 of the tournament, and finished 12-over, in a tie for 34th place. Simon Estrada tied for 38th at 13-over.  

No. 11 North Georgia finished the tournament atop the team standings by holding off No. 3 Lincoln Memorial by four strokes to take home the team title. Evan Thompson from North Georgia led the individual standings, finsihing the tournament at 7-under to win by four strokes.

For more updates on the GSW golf team follow them on Twitter or Instagram at @GSW_Golf.

 

2022 SPRING KICKOFF INTERCOLLEGIATE - TEAM SCORES

Pos

 

 Team Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Total +/-
1 ↑4 North Georgia (11) 304 288 292 884 +20
2 ↑3  Lincoln Memorial (3) 304 289 295 888 +24
3 ↓2  Georgia Southwestern (19) 302 295 300 897 +33
4 ↑5 Anderson 307 304 289 900 +36
5 ↑10 Flagler 314 296 292 902 +38
6 ↓5 Limestone (14) 302 304 300 906 +42
T7 ↑2 Newberry 307 302 298 907 +43
T7 ↓2  Coker 304 302 301 907 +43
T9 ↓8 Lander (22) 302 305 306 913 +49
T9   Queens U. of Charlotte 307 303 303 913 +49
T11 ↓10 Barton (25) 302 314 298 914 +50
T11 ↓6  King 304 307 303 914 +50
13 ↑6 Montevallo 323 297 304 924 +60
14 ↓5 Wingate 307 310 308 925 +61
15 ↓2 Valdosta State 310 310 307 927 +63
16 ↑5  Tusculum 325 300 305 930 +66
17 ↓4 Erskine (18) 310 309 313 932 +68
18   Belmont Abbey (15) 322 302 313 937 +73
19 ↓2 Lenoir-Rhyne 320 313 306 939 +75
20 ↓1 North Greenville 323 316 307 946 +82
21 ↓6 Emmanuel 314 323 313 950 +86
22   Southern Wesleyan 332 308 318 958 +94
 
( ) - NCAA Division II Golfstat computer ranking
   - standing after Round 3 compared to standing after Round 1

 

 

GSW SCORES

Place    Player Rd. 1 Rd. 2
 Rd. 3  Total +/-
 T12 ↑6 Payne Sells 76 73 75 224 +8
 T17 ↑38 Chase McLain 74 79 72 225 +9
 T21 ↓3 Nicolas Escobar 75 74 77 226 +10
 T34 ↑12  Jack Tharrington 79 73 76 228 +12
 T38 ↑8 Simon Estrada 77 75 77 229 +13
 

 

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