GSW Finishes Fifth, Norrman Ties For Third At PBC Championship

GSW Finishes Fifth, Norrman Ties For Third At PBC Championship

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- The Georgia Southwestern State University golf team tallied a score of 303 Sunday to put up a 54-hole score of 901 (+37) and finish in fifth place at the Peach Belt Conference Championship played at the Slammer & Squire golf course.

First Team All-Conference selection Vincent Norrman shot an even-par round of 72 to finish 3-under for the tournament and tie for third place on the individual leaderboard. Norrman was named to the All-Tournament Team after finishing in the Top 5. Johnson Holliday of USC Aiken took home individual medalist honors after finishing 8-under par while Columbus State's Gideon van der Vyver was runner-up at 5-under. Axel Ostensson (USC Aiken) tied with Norrman for third place at 3-under and August Lindvall (USC Aiken) rounded out the Top 5 with a score of 1-under par.   

The Hurricanes 901 team score was five shots off the pace of fourth place finisher and 18th-ranked Lander (896) on the 6,939 yard par 72 course. No. 9 USC Aiken ran away with the team title after posting a 289 to finish 14-under par (850) and beat runner-up No. 11 Columbus State by 14 strokes (864, even par). No. 19 Young Harris took home third place by posting a 54-hole score of 882 to finish 18-over par.   

Tyler Barker carded a 78 Sunday to finish tied for 23rd place while Ryan Cahill shot a 5-over 77, good enough for a 32nd place tie. Wil Hernandez and Nix Duncan both turned in a round of 5-over par to finish tied for 36th place and round out the GSW scoring for the tournament. 

The Hurricanes will await their NCAA Tournament fate when the bracket is officially released on Friday, April 27.       

For more updates on the GSW golf team follow them on Twitter at @GSW_GOLF.

PEACH BELT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP - TEAM SCORES

 

Teams

Rd. 1

Rd. 2

Rd. 3

Total

+/-

1

 USC Aiken (9)

 284

 277

 289

 850

 -14

 Columbus State (11)

 286

 289

 289

 864

 E

3

 Young Harris (19)

 297

 300

 285

 882

 +18

4

 Lander (18)

 298

 300

 298

 896

 +32

 GSW

 302

 296

 303

 901

 +37

 Flagler

 298

 300

 308

 906

 +42

7

 Clayton State 

 304

 299

 308

 911

 +47

 Georgia College 

 300

 306

 308

 914

 +50

 North Georgia

 305

 299

 318

 922

 +58

 *Golfstat NCAA DII national ranking in parentheses

GSW SCORES

Place

 

Rd. 1

Rd. 2

Rd. 3

Total

+/-

T3

 Vincent Norrman

 70

 71

 72

 213

 -3

T23

 Tyler Barker

 75

 74

 78

 227

 +11

T32

 Ryan Cahill

 77

 76

 77

 230

 +14

T36

 Nix Duncan

 80

 76

 77

 233

 +17

T36

 

 

 Wil Hernandez

 81

 75

 77

 233

+17