Hurricanes Win Full Moon BBQ Invitational By 10 Strokes

Hurricanes Win Full Moon BBQ Invitational By 10 Strokes

CALERA, Ala.- The Georgia Southwestern men's golf team shot 4-over par on Tuesday to take the victory at the Full Moon BBQ Invitational hosted by the University of Montevallo at the Timberline Golf Club. GSW won by ten strokes over West Georgia.

"It feels great to start the year off with a win," said head coach Darcy Donaldson. "It's nice to finally get a victory after being a runner-up last year four times. I have a lot of confidence in these guys and am looking forward to see what else they can do this year."

Ethan Chamineak earned All-Tournament honors after firing a 2-under par 68 in the final round on the par-70, 6651 yard course. Chamineak moved up four spots and finish tied for second individually only being one shot behind the leader, Barrett Waters from West Gerogia.

Hayes Dupree shot two-over par for the tournament and finished tied for ninth. Nicholas Ward carded a two-round tournament score of 143 to tie for 11th. Tyler Barker shot a tournament low 71 to tie for 13th and Anders Olsson was one shot behind Barker to tie for 16th. 

Fraser Johnston finished tied for16th as an individual for GSW after shooting a 72 and 73.

The Canes also broke the GSW 36-hole team record by seven strokes. The old record of 271 was set in 2013 at the Spring Kick-Off Intercollegiate tournament. The men shot a 280 and 284 to make the new record 564.

GSW is back on the links next week for the AFLAC/Cougar Invitational hosted by Columbus State. Rounds 1 and 2 will be played on Monday and they will play the final round Tuesday.

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2015 FULL MOON BBQ INVITE - TEAM SCORES

Place  Teams Rd. 1 Rd. 2
Total +/-
1
(19) GSW 280 284
564  +4
2
(16) West Georgia 290
284 574
+14
T3
Lee University
285
290
575
+15
T3
(RV) Clayton State
289
286
575
+15
5
Montevallo 296
280
576
+16
6
Young Harris
283
295
578
+18
7
West Alabama
288
293
581
+21
8
Shorter University 297
294
581
+31
9
North Georgia
296
303
599
+39
 
( ) - NCAA Division II ranking in latest Bushnell Golfweek DII coaches poll

 

GSW SCORES

Place
Rd. 1
Rd. 2
Total +/-
T2
Ethan Chamineak 69 68 137 -3
T9
Hayes Dupree 68
74
142
+2
T11
Nicholas Ward 70
73
143
+3
T13
Tyler Barker 73 71 144 +4
T16
Anders Olsson 73
72
145
+5
T16
Fraser Johnston (IND)
72 73
145 +5