Hurricanes Finish 4th at Mizuno Intercollegiate

Hurricanes Finish 4th at Mizuno Intercollegiate

GAINESVILLE, Ga. -- The eighth-ranked Georgia Southwestern men's golf team posted a 3-under 285 and finished 4th of 17 teams in the final round of the Mizuno Intercollegiate hosted by the University of North Georgia. Played at the par-72, 7,166-yard Chattahoochee Golf Club, the event featured seven programs ranked in the Top 25 of NCAA Division II according to the latest Golf Coaches Association of America rankings.

Payne Sells finished the day 1-under par 72 and he finished the tournament 7-under par which earned him a fourth place finish. Sells had an overall great performance he pared on every hole except for the ninth hole on the front nine. He birdied two holes on the back nine and never shot less than par on the other holes.

Marco Trstenjak had a great tournament as well he shot a 3-under on the day he birdied three holes on the front nine and two holes on the back nine he ended the tournament 4-under finishing tied for ninth place.

The duo of Sells and Trstenjak combined to play the par 4 holes at 10-under for the week, with both men at 5-under, which led the field.  

Erik Fogel finished his day 1-over he birdied one hole on the front nine and bogied on three holes but still performed very well finishing the tournament tied for 25th. 

The biggest improvement was from Jack Tharrington he climbed 20 spots and finished the day even par and finished the tournament 7-over which was tied for 53rd.

No. 11 Lincoln Memorial won the invitational finishing 27-under par 11 strokes ahead of No. 6 North Georgia.

The Hurricanes will compete in the Cateechee Invitational hosted by Lander University Oct. 2-3.

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2023 MIZUNO INTERCOLLEGIATE - TEAM SCORES

Pos ↑↓  Team Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Total +/-
  Lincoln Memorial (11) 276 280  281  837 -27
2   North Georgia (6)  285 279 284  848 -16
3      Columbus State 281 284  293  858 -6
4 ↑2 Georgia Southwestern (8) 289 288  285  862 -2
5 ↓2 Lee (5)  291 283  292  866 +2
T6   Carson-Newman (16) 291 288  292 871 +7
T6 ↑1 Lander  287 293  291 871 +7
8   USC Aiken 294 287  291 872 +8
9 ↑1 Florida Southern 291 297  288  876 +12
T10 ↑3 West Florida (3) 299 293  292 884 +20
T10 ↓1 Wingate 297 288  299  884 +20
12   Anderson (9) 302 289  299 888 +24
13   USC Beaufort  297 295  300 892 +28
14 ↓5 Erskine  290 295  308  893 +29
15   Findlay 299 299  298  896 +32
16   Limestone 303 301  298 902 +38
17   Georgia College & State 314 309  313  936 +72
 
( ) - NCAA Division II Golfstat Computer Rankings
 

GSW SCORES

Place ↑↓  Player Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Total +/-
4 ↓1 Payne Sells 69 69  71   209 -7
T9 ↑8 Marco Trstenjak 72 71 69   212  -4
T25   Erik Fogel 72 73  73   218  +2
T53 ↑20 Jack Tharrington 76 75 72   223 +7
T85 ↑7 Miles Gray 79 77 74   230 +14