Hurricanes Open Up Fifth At AFLAC/Cougar Invitational

Hurricanes Open Up Fifth At AFLAC/Cougar Invitational

COLUMBUS, Ga. -- Georgia Southwestern men's golf player Vincent Norrman finished day one of the AFLAC/Cougar Invitational in second place, leading the Hurricanes to a fifth place finish at the par-71, 6,515 yard course at the Country Club of Columbus. 

Norrman carded rounds of 71 and 67, shooting a four-under 138 as he finished tied for second place. Chase McLain shot one-under 141 with rounds of 72 and 69 for a 12th place finish. Simon Estrada (+2) carded rounds of 71 and 73 for a 31st place finish while Saksit Jairak (+3) finished in 38th place, shooting rounds of 72 and 71. Cole Madison finished tied for 76th place with rounds of 75 and 77. Elias Birkeland, who shot as an individual, carded rounds of 72 and 78. 

Throughout two rounds, GSW carded scores of 288 and 280 for an even-par 568 finish, tieing with host No. 21 Columbus State. No. 4 Florida Southern carded a 562 (-6) to take first place to end day one. No. 1 Lynn University (566), Valdosta State (567) and No. 12 St. Leo (567) all rounded out as the top five teams competing. 

Zach Zediker of Delta State finished in first place as he carded rounds of 73 and 62 for a 135 (-7). Six players finished day one tied for second place as they all carded four-under 138. St. Leo's Kevin Johnson, Jordan Doull of Columbus State, Alex Hodge of Carson-Newman, Johnny Tucker of Florida Southern and Carlos Bustos of Lynn University all finished in the same pact. 

GSW will tee off for round 3 of the AFLAC/Cougar Invitational at 9 a.m.

AFLAC/COUGAR INVITATIONAL - TEAM SCORES

 

Teams

Rd. 1

Rd. 2

Total

+/-

1.

Florida Southern (4) 289 273 562 -6

2.

Lynn University (1) 283 283 566 -2

3.

Valdosta State 282 285 567

-1

  St. Leo (12) 283 284 567 -1

5.

GSW 288 280 568 E

 

Columbus State (21) 285 283 568 E

7.

Lee University 281 288 569 +1

8.

Barry (2) 283 286 569 +1

9. 

Delta State 298 273 571 +3

10.

Limestone (16) 297 279 576 +8

11.

Queens (N.C.)  292 285 577

+9

12.  Lincoln Memorial (5) 292 286 578 +10
13. Carson-Newman (18) 286 294 580 +12

14.

Florida Tech (8)

290 291 581 +13
15.

Wingate

300 286 586 +18
16.

Montevallo 

289 303 592

+24

17. Clayton State 291 304 595 +27
 *() = Bushnell Golfweek Rankings

 

GSW SCORES

Place

Player

Rd. 1

Rd. 2

Total

+/-

T2.

Vincent Norrman

71 67 138 -4

T12.

Chase McLain 72 69 141 -1

T31.

Simon Estrada 71 73 144 +2

T38.

Saksit Jairak 74 71 145 +3

T76.

Cole Madison 75 77 152 +10

 

Elias Birkeland 72 78 150 +8