EATONTON, Ga.- The Georgia Southwestern men's golf team sits in 11th out of 17 teams after day one at the Bobcat Invitational on the par-70, 6,730-yard Golf Club at Cuscowilla on Lake Oconee.
The team field consists of 10 top-25 teams in Division II, five of which are in the top-10 of the latest Golfstat Head-to-Head ranking. GSW ranks 18th and is one of eight Peach Belt Conference teams playing in the tournament.
The Hurricanes posted a team score of 577 after 2 18-hole rounds on Monday. GSW shot 9-over par in Round 1 to get a team score of 289 and improved in Round 2 with a team score of 288, 8-over par. GSW sits 20 strokes behind the leader, No. 1 Nova Southeastern and are 12 strokes behind the second position held by No. 6 Sait Leo.
Nicholas Ward leads the Canes with an overall score of 140, shooting 4-under par in Round 1 with a 70 and 4-over par in Round 2 with a 74. Ward is tied for eighth overall out of the 93 player field. Ward is five strokes behind the top contender, Chandler Blanchet from West Florida.
Chris Low shot 4-over par in Round 1 with a score of 74 and improved in Round 2 with a 1-under par score of 69. Low sits tied for 27th with a combined score of 143.
Hayes Dupree sits tied for 50th posting a score of 147 shooting a 75 in Round 1 and improving in Round 2 with a 72. Fraser Johnston scored a 149 after getting a 74 and a 75 which puts him tied for 64th. Anders Olsson sits tied for 85th after posting a score of 154. Olsson shot an 81 in Round 1 and improved in Round 2 with a 73.
The men return to the links for the final round Tuesday at 8 a.m.
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2015 BOBCAT INVITATIONAL - TEAM SCORES
Place | Teams | Rd. 1 | Rd. 2 |
Rd. 3 | Total | +/- |
1 |
(1) Nova Southestern | 278 |
279 |
557 |
-3 |
|
2 |
(6) Saint Leo | 280 |
283 |
565 |
+5 | |
T3 |
(5) Lynn |
282 |
283 |
566 |
+6 |
|
T3 |
(4) USC Aiken |
280 |
286 |
566 |
+6 |
|
T5 |
Armstrong | 283 |
284 |
570 |
+10 |
|
T5 |
Rollins College | 286 |
284 |
570 |
+10 |
|
T7 |
(20) West Florida | 289 |
283 |
572 |
+12 |
|
T7 |
Clayton | 294 |
278 |
572 |
+12 |
|
9 |
(2) Barry |
280 |
293 |
573 |
+13 |
|
10 |
(33) Georgia College |
290 |
286 |
576 |
+16 |
|
11 |
(18) GSW |
289 |
288 |
577 |
+17 |
|
12 | (10) Florida Southern | 293 |
285 |
578 |
+18 |
|
13 |
(14) Columbus State | 286 |
297 |
583 |
+23 |
|
14 |
Lander | 294 |
290 |
584 |
+24 | |
15 |
Valdosta | 288 |
297 |
585 |
+25 |
|
16 |
(22) North Alabama | 291 |
297 |
588 |
+28 |
|
17 |
UNC Pembroke | 304 |
289 |
593 |
+33 |
|
( ) - NCAA Division II ranking in latest Golfstat Relative Ranking |
GSW SCORES
Place | Rd. 1 |
Rd. 2 |
Rd.3 | Total | ||
T8 |
(46) Nicholas Ward | 66 |
74 |
140 |
E |
|
T27 |
(99) Chris Low |
74 |
69 |
143 |
+3 |
|
T50 |
Hayes Dupree | 75 |
72 |
147 |
+7 |
|
T64 |
Fraser Johnston | 74 |
75 |
149 | +9 |
|
T85 |
Anders Olsson | 81 |
73 |
154 | +14 |