AMERICUS, Ga. -- The Georgia Southwestern golf team carded a Round 3 score of 289 (+1), jumping one spot up the leaderboard as they finished in third place to end the Hurricane Invitational. GSW finished with a total score of 872 (+8) at the Par 72, 7,024 yard course at the Doublegate Country Club.
Jaxson Daskalos led the Hurricanes with their sole birdie, finishing the final round with a four-under 68, his tournament best. Simon Estrada took home a fifth place finish with a 214 (-2) final score after finishing up with a 71. Chase McLain carded a 74 and finished in 12th place with a card of 218 (+2). Daskalos finished tied in 31st place while Saksit Jairak finished in 36th place, 224 (+8). Payne Sells picked up a 50th place finish with a total score of 228 (+12). Individuals Nicolas Escobar (221,+5) and Jack Tharrington (239, +23) finished in 22nd and 78th, respectively.
No. 31 Lander won the Hurricane Invitational, shooting 288 in the final round for an 865 (+1) total score. No. 34 finished in second (869,+5) followed by GSW. No. 9 Newberry, who shot a tournament-low 283, finished in fourth place with a score of 877 (+13) followed by Carson-Newman (878, +14), to round out the top five teams.
Newberry's Patrick Jacobs carded a tournament-low 64 to climb atop the leaderboard as he finished first in individuals with a total score of 209 (-7). Maxime Legros from Lander and Paul Murphy from Montevallo both finished tied for second place with a 211 (-5) card. North Greenville's Evans Lewis took sits in fourth with a 212 (-4) while Estrada closes out the top five teams.
The Hurricanes will tee off again March 15-16 as they will compete in the Southeastern Collegiate, hosted by Valdosta State. They will be playing at the Kinderlou Forest Golf Club.
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HURRICANE INVITATIONAL
Teams | Rd. 1 | Rd. 2 | Rd. 3 | Total | +/- | |
1. | Lander (31) | 288 | 289 | 288 | 865 | +1 |
2. | Clayton St. (34) | 293 | 282 | 294 | 869 | +5 |
3. | GSW | 294 | 289 | 289 | 872 | +8 |
4. | Carson-Newman | 292 | 291 | 294 | 877 | +13 |
Newberry College (9) | 293 | 301 | 283 | 877 | +13 | |
6. | North Georgia (10) | 298 | 284 | 297 | 879 | +15 |
7. | Montevallo (27) | 295 | 295 | 296 | 886 | +22 |
8. | Belmont Abbey | 295 | 294 | 298 | 887 | +23 |
9. | Southern Wesleyan | 297 | 292 | 299 | 888 | +24 |
10. | Queens (N.C.) | 296 | 294 | 304 | 894 | +30 |
11. | North Greenville | 296 | 300 | 304 | 900 | +36 |
12. | Delta State (12) | 299 | 295 | 307 | 901 | +37 |
13. | Erskine College (48) | 300 | 304 | 300 | 904 | +40 |
14. | West Georgia (38) | 299 | 299 | 308 | 906 | +42 |
15. | Missouri-St. Louis (17) | 303 | 296 | 309 | 908 | +44 |
16. | Abraham Baldwin | 327 | 306 | 319 | 952 | +88 |
*()=Golfstat Rankings |
GSW SCORES
Player | Rd.1 | Rd. 2 | Rd. 3 | Total | +/- | |
T5. | Simon Estrada | 74 | 69 | 71 | 214 | -2 |
T12. | Chase McLain | 72 | 72 | 74 | 218 | +2 |
T31. | Jaxson Daskalos | 78 | 77 | 68 | 223 | +7 |
T36. | Saksit Jairak | 76 | 72 | 76 | 224 | +8 |
T50. | Payne Sells | 72 | 76 | 80 | 228 | +12 |
Ind. | Nicolas Escobar | 78 | 68 | 75 | 221 | +5 |
Ind. | Jack Tharrington | 77 | 77 | 84 | 238 | +22 |