No. 6/8 Hurricanes Finish Fifth at Aflac/Cougar Invitational

No. 6/8 Hurricanes Finish Fifth at Aflac/Cougar Invitational

COLUMBUS, Ga. -- No. 6/8 Georgia Southwestern men's golf team shot 15-over 295 during Round 3, finishing the Aflac/Cougar Invitational tournament tied in fifth place. They carded a 40-over 880 total score at the par 70, 6,547 yard Green Island Country Club course. 

The Hurricanes led the tournament with 172 pars while finishing ninth with 23 birdies. 

Simon Estrada shot a 73 during Round 3 and finished in 7th place, shooting four-over 214. Chase McLain shot a 71 and finished with a seven-over 217 total score for a 13th place finish. Saksit Jairak finished in 21st place after shooting a 75 and finishing with a 11-over 221 total score followed by Jack Tharrington, who shot a 77 and finished in 51st place with a 19-over 229 total score. Nicolas Escobar shot a 76 for a 24-over 234 total score, finishing in 67th place. 

GSW individuals Jaxson Daskalos carded a 75 and finished 23-over 233 while Payne Sells carded an 80, finishing with a 28-over 238 final score. 

Jordan Doull of Columbus St. took home the individual title after carding two rounds of 67 for an eight-under 202 total score. Beck Burnette of Lee finished par with a 210 followed by Ronan Kleu of Columbus St. who finished one-over 211 in third place. Linus Jonsson of Lander and Alejandro Restrepo of West Florida both finished tied in fourth place with a two-over 212 total score. 

Hosts No. 17 Columbus St. jumped atop during Day two, earning the first place finish with a 10-over 850 total score. No. 1 West Florida sits in second place shooting 14-over 867 while No. 11 Lee shot 27-over 867 for third place. No. 28 Valdosta St. shot 36-over 876 for fourth place. No. 8 GSW and No. 12 Georgia College finished tied in fifth place with a 40-over 880 total score. 

The Hurricanes will play their final regular-season event of the year next week in Pensacola, Fla. competing in the Argonaut Invitational on April 5 and 6. 

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COUGAR INVITATIONAL

  Teams Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Total +/-
1. Columbus St. (17) 292 280 278 850 +10
2.  West Florida (1) 282 289 283 854 +14
3. Lee University (11) 289 298 280 867 +27
4. Valdosta St. (28) 298 288 290 876 +36
5.  Georgia College (12) 297 288 295 880 +40
  GSW (8) 298 287 295 880 +40
7.  Flagler College 286 300 295 881 +41
8. Lander (21) 293 287 302 882 +42
9.  Clayton St. (20) 299 302 285 886 +46
10. Rollins College 301 294 296 891 +51
11.  Delta State 305 293 304 308 +62
12. West Georgia 321 296 292 912 +72
13. Mississippi College 311 310 305 926 +86
  *()=Golfstat Rankings          

 

GSW SCORES

   Player Rd.1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Total +/-
7. Simon Estrada 70 71 73 214 +4
T13. Chase McLain 74 72 71 217 +7
T21. Saksit Jairak 76 70 72 221 +11
T51. Jack Tharrington 78 74 77 229 +19
67.  Nicolas Escobar 78 80 76 234 +24
IND. Jaxson Daskalos 78 80 75 233 +23
IND Payne Sells 77 81 80 238 +28