COLUMBUS, Ga. - The Georgia Southwestern men's golf team moved up seven spots from day one at the AFLAC/Cougar Invitational to finish tied for 10th in the 21-team field on Tuesday.  GSW finished ahead of the tournament hosts, second-ranked Columbus State and tied No. 6 Florida Southern.  Sophomore Craig Gibson shot the low round of the tournament, a 6-under (65) on Tuesday, to finish 5-under-par and win individual medalist honors.

Gibson shot a bogey-free final round at the par 71 Green Island Country Club and birdied four holes (3,6,7,11) before notching an eagle on the 14th to win the tournament by a stroke over Chesley Gunn from Valdosta State.  Gibson started the second round tied for 28th.  

Rounding out the individual scoring for GSW, Christopher Hall (75-71=146) moved up 18 spots from the first day to finish 4-over-par, tied for 43rd amongst the 105 golfers in the field; Reese Moseley (74-73=147) finished a stroke behind Hall; Nate Gahman (75-77=152) and Will Smith (75-86=161) tied for 84th and 98th, respectively.

Barry shot a 6-under par 278 for Tuesday's final round and finished the tournament with a 7-under 561 to win. North Alabama finished a distant second, 10 strokes behind Barry.

GSW and West Georgia were the only two teams in the invitational to have not received votes in the latest Golf World/Nike NCAA Division II Coaches Poll. 

The Hurricanes complete their fall schedule participating in the Queens Invitational at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., beginning Monday. 

Click here to listen to Coach Shurling's post-invite interview (7.7 MB) 

2009 AFLAC/Cougar Invitational - FINAL TEAM SCORES

GSW SCORES