ALBANY, Ga. — The 16th-ranked Georgia Southwestern men's golf team posted a three-round score of 5-under 571 on Tuesday at the Hurricane Invitational to finish the first two rounds in second place out of 17 teams. The event is being played at Doublegate Country Club in Albany, Ga. (Par 72, 7,136 Yards) and featured seven teams ranked in the top 25 of NCAA Division II according to the latest Golfstat computer rankings.
Nicolas Escobar led the Hurricanes with an 5-under 139 on Monday. Escobar's best round was the first 18, where he knocked down three birdies over the back nine on his way to a 69. Escobar finished tied for second place out of 90 golfers.
Jack Tharrington posted a 71 in the first 36 holes to finished second on the team with a 1-under 142, tied for 13th place overall. Chase McClain was tied for second for the Hurricanes, with a 4-under 68 in Round 2. Simon Estrada posted a 71 in Round 2, his best 18 of the day and finished 2-over, in a tie for 27th place. Payne Sells tied for 64th at 8-over.
No. 7 Carson-Newman finished the day atop the team standings by holding off No. 9 North Georgia and the Hurricanes by a stroke. Samuel Trueba from King University leads the indivdual standings.
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2022 HURRICANE INVITATIONAL - TEAM SCORES
| Pos |
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Team | Rd. 1 | Rd. 2 | Rd. 3 | Total | +/- |
| 1 | ↑1 | Carson-Newman (7) | 286 | 284 | 570 | -6 | |
| T2 | ↑4 | North Georgia (9) | 294 | 277 | 571 | -5 | |
| T2 | ↑2 | Georgia Southwestern (16) | 290 | 281 | 571 | -5 | |
| 4 | ↓5 | Columbus State (22) | 285 | 287 | 572 | -4 | |
| 5 | ↓10 | Belmont Abbey | 292 | 285 | 577 | +1 | |
| 6 | ↑5 | Coker | 297 | 283 | 580 | +4 | |
| 7 | ↑2 | Lander (15) | 295 | 287 | 582 | +6 | |
| T8 | ↑2 | Clayton State | 296 | 288 | 584 | +8 | |
| T8 | ↓8 | Erskine | 292 | 292 | 584 | +8 | |
| 10 | ↓8 | Queens U. of Charlotte | 296 | 293 | 589 | +13 | |
| 11 | ↓10 | King | 296 | 294 | 590 | +14 | |
| 12 | ↓6 | North Greenville | 294 | 298 | 592 | +16 | |
| 13 | Lincoln Memorial (4) | 298 | 296 | 594 | +18 | ||
| 14 | ↑5 | West Georgia (11) | 301 | 294 | 595 | +19 | |
| T15 | ↓4 | Young Harris | 299 | 302 | 601 | +25 | |
| T15 | ↑1 | Montevallo | 305 | 296 | 601 | +25 | |
| 17 | Southern Wesleyan | 306 | 304 | 610 | +34 | ||
| ( ) - NCAA Division II Golfstat computer ranking | |||||||
GSW SCORES
| Place | 
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Player | Rd. 1 | Rd. 2 |
Rd. 3 | Total | +/- |
| T2 | Nicolas Escobar | 69 | 70 | 139 | -5 | ||
| T13 | ↓4 | Jack Tharrington | 71 | 72 | 143 | -1 | |
| T13 | ↑32 | Chase McLain | 75 | 68 | 143 | -1 | |
| T27 | ↑18 | Simon Estrada | 75 | 71 | 146 | +2 | |
| T64 | ↑3 | Payne Sells | 78 | 74 | 152 | +8 | |
| Playing as Individuals | |||||||
| T16 | ↓4 | Erik Fogel | 72 | 72 | 144 | E | |
| T45 | ↓13 | Saksit Jairak | 74 | 74 | 148 | +4 | |
| T70 | ↓25 | Alex Wells | 75 | 78 | 153 | +9 | |