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#16 Hurricanes Tied for 2nd at Home Event

ALBANY, Ga. — The 16th-ranked Georgia Southwestern men's golf team posted a three-round score of 5-under 571 on Tuesday at the Hurricane Invitational to finish the first two rounds in second place out of 17 teams. The event is being played at Doublegate Country Club in Albany, Ga. (Par 72, 7,136 Yards) and featured seven teams ranked in the top 25 of NCAA Division II according to the latest Golfstat computer rankings.

Nicolas Escobar led the Hurricanes with an 5-under 139 on Monday. Escobar's best round was the first 18, where he knocked down three birdies over the back nine on his way to a 69. Escobar finished tied for second place out of 90 golfers.

Jack Tharrington posted a 71 in the first 36 holes to finished second on the team with a 1-under 142, tied for 13th place overall. Chase McClain was tied for second for the Hurricanes, with a 4-under 68 in Round 2. Simon Estrada posted a 71 in Round 2, his best 18 of the day and finished 2-over, in a tie for 27th place. Payne Sells tied for 64th at 8-over.  

No. 7 Carson-Newman finished the day atop the team standings by holding off No. 9 North Georgia and the Hurricanes by a stroke. Samuel Trueba from King University leads the indivdual standings.

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2022 HURRICANE INVITATIONAL - TEAM SCORES

Pos

 

 Team Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Total +/-
1 ↑1 Carson-Newman (7) 286 284   570 -6
T2 ↑4  North Georgia (9) 294 277   571 -5
T2 ↑2  Georgia Southwestern (16) 290 281   571 -5
4 ↓5 Columbus State (22) 285 287   572 -4
5 ↓10 Belmont Abbey 292 285   577 +1
6 ↑5 Coker 297 283   580 +4
7 ↑2 Lander (15) 295 287   582 +6
T8 ↑2  Clayton State 296 288   584 +8
T8 ↓8 Erskine 292 292   584 +8
10 ↓8  Queens U. of Charlotte 296 293   589 +13
11 ↓10 King 296 294   590 +14
12 ↓6  North Greenville 294 298   592 +16
13   Lincoln Memorial (4) 298 296   594 +18
14 ↑5  West Georgia (11) 301 294   595 +19
T15 ↓4 Young Harris 299 302   601 +25
T15 ↑1 Montevallo 305 296   601 +25
17   Southern Wesleyan 306 304   610 +34
 
( ) - NCAA Division II Golfstat computer ranking

 

 

GSW SCORES

Place    Player Rd. 1 Rd. 2
 Rd. 3  Total +/-
 T2   Nicolas Escobar 69 70   139 -5
 T13 ↓4 Jack Tharrington 71 72   143 -1
 T13 ↑32 Chase McLain 75 68   143 -1
 T27 ↑18 Simon Estrada 75 71   146 +2
 T64 ↑3 Payne Sells 78 74   152 +8
               
 Playing as Individuals
T16 ↓4 Erik Fogel 72 72   144 E
T45 ↓13 Saksit Jairak 74 74   148 +4
T70 ↓25 Alex Wells 75 78   153 +9

 

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