AUGUSTA, Ga. — The seventh-ranked Georgia Southwestern men's golf team posted a 3-over-par 291 in the opening round of the Peach Belt Conference Championship on Friday at the par-72, 7,086-yard Forest Hills Golf Club. GSW finished the day in third place out of nine teams. The Hurricanes had four players land in the Top 10 of the 45-player field.
Jack Tharrington led the Hurricanes on Day 1 with an even par 72 to sit in a tie for sixth place. Tharrington birdied his second hole before going on a run of 13 consecutive pars. A bogey on his 16th hole dropped him back to even par. Chase McLain, Nicolas Escobar and Payne Sells all fired a 1-over 73 to tie for eighth place. Sells led the group with three birdies in the round. McLain and Escobar each posted a pair of birdies. Erik Fogel is tied for 33rd place with a 78.
No. 4 North Georgia was the only team to shoot under par in the opening round of the three-round event with a 1-under 287. UNG finished with a three-stroke lead over Flagler College. The Hurricanes are four shots back.
Fogel will get Round 2 started for GSW on Saturday with a tee time of 10:10 a.m.
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2023 PEACH BELT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP - TEAM SCORES
| Pos |
|
Team |
Rd. 1 |
Rd. 2 |
Rd. 3 |
Total |
+/- |
| 1 |
|
North Georgia (4) |
287 |
|
|
287 |
-1 |
| 2 |
|
Flagler College (44) |
290 |
|
|
290 |
+2 |
| 3 |
|
Georgia Southwestern (7) |
291 |
|
|
291 |
+3 |
| 4 |
|
USC Aiken (33) |
295 |
|
|
295 |
+7 |
| 5 |
|
Clayton State (11) |
301 |
|
|
301 |
+13 |
| T6 |
|
Georgia College |
303 |
|
|
303 |
+15 |
| T6 |
|
Columbus State (24) |
303 |
|
|
303 |
+15 |
| 8 |
|
Lander (23) |
308 |
|
|
308 |
+20 |
| 9 |
|
Young Harris |
310 |
|
|
310 |
+22 |
| |
| ( ) - NCAA Division II Golfstat Computer Ranking |
GSW SCORES
