Hoadley takes medalist honors, Spartans second at Wolfpack Intercollegiate
RALEIGH, N.C.-Robert Hoadley fired a 1-over par 72 during the final round of play at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate, earning individual medalist honors and helping UNCG to a second-place finish, Tuesday at Lonnie Poole Golf Course.
Hoadley shot 4-under par 209 (69-68-72) for a two-stroke victory. The win is the second of Hoadley's career and his first since winning at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate during his freshman year in 2010.
"Robert played very well," said UNCG head coach Terrence Stewart. "He's been playing well for a long time now and he was as steady as can. (Assistant coach) Dr. Bob Christina walked with Robert for the entire tournament and they both did a fantastic job."
The Spartans shot 863 (295-281-287) and finished two strokes behind tournament champion Memphis (861). Louisiana-Lafayette (866), East Carolina (870) and Campbell (870) made up the rest of the top five teams.
"There were some really good teams in this field," said Stewart. "Our guys got off to a rough start today but stayed calm, didn't panic made and pars and birdies coming in. Any time you finish second in a tournament with four top 50 teams (26-Campbell, 27-East Carolina, 39-Memphis, 41 NC State) you feel pretty good about it."
Teammate Colin Chapman joined Hoadley in the top 10, finishing tied for 10th at 216 (73-74-69). Andy Knox finished 15th overall at 217 (78-66-73).
Alex Ehlert tied for 30th at 222 (76-73-73), while fellow freshman Roy Dixon tied for 61st at 229 (77-74-78).
Alex Simmons played as an individual for UNCG and finished tied for 49th at 226 (76-75-75).
The Spartans next participate in the Georgia State AutoTrader Collegiate, Oct. 17-18 in Duluth, Ga.
2 UNCG 295 -281 -287 =863
1 Robert Hoadley 69 -68 -72 =209
T10 Colin Chapman 73 -74 -69 =216
15 Andy Knox 78 -66 -73 =217
T30 Alex Ehlert 76 -73 -73 =222
T61 Roy Dixon 77 -74 -78 =229
Chattanooga Finishes Sixth at Rees Jones Invitational
Stephan Jaeger gets second top 10 in three events tying for seventh at +6
DAUFUSKIE ISLAND, S.C. --- The Chattanooga Mocs men's golf team finished sixth at the Rees Jones Invitational on Haig Point Golf Club Tuesday. Chattanooga's final round 301 gave it a three-day total of 909.
"It's disappointing," said head coach Mark Guhne. "There were a lot of factors involved, but those are excuses when you allow them be. I'm glad our next event (Brickyard Collegiate) is this weekend. We are ready to get back into competition."
Stephan Jaeger (Munich, Germany) led the Mocs with his second top 10 in three events. Jaeger tied for seventh at six-over par 222 shooting 74, 75 and 73.
Chris Robb (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) posted his first top 20 of the season tying for 20th at 228 (+12). Steven Fox (Hendersonville, Tenn.) shot 230 to end up tied for 30th, three strokes ahead of Benni Weilguni (Langelois, Austria) who tied for 36th. Davis Bunn (Knoxville, Tenn.) wound up another stroke back tying for 39th at 234.
Kennesaw State repeated as champions shooting 894. The Owls overcame an 11-stroke lead by Iowa State to open the day to beat South Carolina by four shots.
ISU's Nate McCoy won medalist honors at six-under par 210. He finished nine shots ahead of runner-up Ben Greene of Kennesaw State at three over.
Chattanooga returns to the tee this Friday at the Brickyard Collegiate Classic in Macon, Ga. The 54-hole event features 18 holes per day ending on Sunday with live scoring available on GoMocs.com with access on the men's golf schedule page. The Mocs finished sixth in last year's event one shot ahead of Clemson led by Fox's tied for eighth finish (-3).
SAMFORD MEN'S GOLF PLACES 11TH AT TALENT-LADEN JERRY PATE NATIONAL INTERCOLLEGIATE
--- The Bulldogs finish with a three-round, 54-hole mark of 894 at the Old Overton Club ---
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. --- In the most prestigious collegiate tournament of the 2011 fall season, the Samford University men's golf team earned an 11th-place finish at the prominent Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Tuesday. The Bulldogs tallied a three-round score of 894 at the Old Overton Club.
The 2011 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate featured a talent-laden field of 12 teams. On Monday, the teams opened with 36 holes, while the third-and-final round of the 54-hole tournament was held Tuesday.
This week, Samford competed against the following teams: Alabama, Arizona, Auburn, Clemson, Louisville, Mississippi State, Middle Tennessee State, Texas, Southern Methodist, UAB and UNLV.
Of the 12 teams, five are currently ranked in the Golf World/NIKE Golf Coaches' poll and/or the Golfweek Sagarin Rankings. Alabama, the third-ranked team in the nation, was joined by No. 5 Texas, No. 7 Florida, No. 9 Auburn and No. 16 Clemson.
Samford placed 11th on Tuesday and finished ahead of Louisville by 20 strokes. The Bulldogs completed the two-day event with a 54-hole score of 894 (309-283-302), which was just 18 strokes behind eighth-place Mississippi State.
On Monday, Samford turned in its best round of the competition with a second-round mark of 283. The Bulldogs' 18-hole stretch of 283 proved to be the third-lowest score of the entire round. The only teams that finished better in the second round were tournament-champion Texas (278) and Mississippi State (281).
Individually, Samford was led at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate by juniors Drew Aimone and Casey O'Toole. Aimone completed the tournament with a three-round score of 221 (75-70-76), while O'Toole followed closely at 222 (79-69-74). Aimone, the Bulldogs' native of Savannah, Ga., finished tied for 29th place in the individual standings. O'Toole placed 34th in the tournament.
Rounding out the scoring for Samford were Bill Nabors, Gabe Hyde and Zac Hughes. Nabors carded a 54-hole mark of 225 (78-69-78), while Hyde tallied a three-round total of 233 (82-77-74) and Hughes finished with a score of 237 (77-75-85).
Fifth-ranked Texas earned the team championship title of the 2011 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate on Tuesday. The Longhorns completed the two-day event with a 54-hole score of 836 (271-278-287). The individual championship title was won by Clemson's Corbin Mills who streaked to a 9-under-par 201 (65-69-67).
Since its inception, the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate has seen some powerful names in the world of golf win its individual title. Current PGA Tour golfers Rory Sabbatini, Hunter Mahan and D.J. Trahan have all won medalist honors at the Pate, and arguably the greatest golfer of all-time, Tiger Woods, won the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate in 1994 while competing for Stanford.
The Samford University men's golf team will next be in action Oct. 17-18, as the Bulldogs head to Hopkinsville, Ky., for the 2011 Austin Peay Invitational which will be held at The Links at Novadell.
Men's Golf Gains Four Spots in Final Round of Wolfpack Intercollegiate
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Led by John Somers' final round 67, the Elon Phoenix men's golf team charged four spots up the leaderboard in the final round of the Wolfpack Intercollegiate on Tuesday. The Phoenix ended the event in eighth place with a final score of 888 (297-298-293), just one stroke back of host and 41st-ranked NC State.
By shooting a four-under 61 in the final round, Somers ended the day in a tie for 10th individually in the field of 89 golfers. Somers, who finished the tournament with 10 birdies and one eagle, carded a score of 216 (78-71-67). Somers topped the field by going six-under on the par-five holes.
Tanner Norton finished the tournament in a tie for 38th after shooting a 223 (70-77-76) over his three rounds. Norton was tied for second in the field with 11 birdies. He was followed by Blayze DiPasquale who shot a 227 (74-78-75) to place in a tie for 57th.
Elon's Dylan Morgan, who totaled nine birdies, and Matt Brady both tied for 70th with a score of 231. Morgan posted rounds of 81, 75 and 75 while Brady went 75, 75 and 81.
UNCG's Robert Hoadley held on to his lead throughout the final day. Hoadley took home the individual title with a score of 209 (69-68-72).
The team title went to 39th-ranked Memphis which carded an 861 (288-283-290) over the event. UNCG was two strokes back at 863 (295-281-287) while Louisiana-Lafayette placed third with a mark of 866 (289-285-292). In a tie for fourth were 27th-ranked East Carolina (295-282-293--870) and 26th-rated Campbell (292-283-295--870).
The Phoenix finished one stroke ahead of Minnesota (298-296-295--889) and two ahead of SoCon rival Davidson (298-290-302--890). Elon also bested league member Western Carolina. The Catamounts placed 13th in the 16-team event with a score of 899 (291-296-312).
Elon will be back on the course on Oct. 17 as it opens play at the Donald Ross Intercollegiate in Morganton, N.C. The tournament concludes the next day.
Davidson Men's Golf Places 10th at Wolfpack Intercollegiate
RALEIGH, N.C. - Junior John Skeadas placed 16th to lead Davidson men's golf to a 10th-place finish at 890 (298+290+302), Tuesday at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate on the Lonnie Poole Golf Course at NC State.
Skeadas led Davidson in the final round with a three-over-par, 74 to finish at 218.Senior Jackson Taylor posted the team's second-best score of the round with a 75.
The Wildcats finished in one stroke behind ninth-place Minnesota (889), two strokes behind fellow Southern Conference-member Elon (888) and three strokes behind seventh-place NC State (887).
Memphis won the team title while UNCG's Robert Hoadley claimed medalist honors with a three-round score of 209 (69+68+72). UNCG finished two strokes behind Memphis.
Freshman Todd Eckstein was Davidson's next-best finisher placing 38th at 223 (74+73+76). Sophomore Richard Fountain placed 49th at 226 (77+72+77). Classmate Sam Echikson was two strokes back at 228.
Davidson will travel north to Ohio next Monday and Tuesday for the Firestone Invitational hosted by Akron.
Men's Golf Completes First Tournament of 2011
BEACHWOOD, OHIO -- The Wofford Terriers men's golf team completed their opening tournament of the 2011-12 season at the weather shortened Cleveland State Invite Tuesday morning at the Canterbury Golf Club with a team score of 310.
Hayes Brown led the way with a 75 in the only round of the tournament after play was cancelled on Monday due the inclement weather.
Brent Whitehead finished with a 77, while Chandler Brazeal carded a 78. Cory Taylor followed with an 80 to complete the Terriers top four on the day.
Wofford's 310 put the Terriers in 14th, 21 strokes behind tournament winners IPFW.
Cleveland State's Andrew Bailey took the individual crown with a 68.
Wofford will tee off again in their next tournament in the The Autotrader.com Collegiate Classic in Duluth, Ga. on October 17.
Young Apps Shine At Rain-Shortened Tournament
BEACHWOOD, Ohio - Appalachian State University men's golf sophomore Casey Komline (Dorset, Vt./Burr and Burton Academy) matched a career best with an even-par 71 and finished tied for third at the rain-shortened 18-hole Telich Cleveland State Invitational on Tuesday. The Mountaineers tied for sixth place with a 299 (+15), just one stroke shy of a tie for fourth place.
Komline knocked in 12 pars and three birdies at the event.
Newcomer John Michael Cole (Fayetteville, N.C./Cape Fear) made his Black and Gold debut with a 75 (+4) to tie for 24th place, one stroke ahead of senior Darren Cook (Boone, N.C./Watauga) in 37th place.
Hildebran, N.C. native Dustin Hudson (East Burke) and freshman Jason Woodall (Yanceyville, N.C./The Elon School) tied for 45th in the 85 golfer field with rounds of 77 (+6).
In its second competition of the season, Appalachian tied with Youngstown State in the 14-team field.
IPFW took home the team title with a 289 (+5), five strokes ahead of host Cleveland State. CSU's Andrew Bailey earned the tournament medal with a 68 (-3), one stroke ahead of IPFW's Bruno Carvalho.
From the Southern Conference, Wofford finished 14th with a 310 (+26).
The tournament was originally scheduled for 54 holes beginning on Monday before the first two rounds were canceled due to rain.
The fall season continues when ASU hosts the Donald Ross Intercollegiate on Oct. 17-18 at Mimosa Hills Golf and Country Club in Morganton, N.C.
Catamount Men's Golf Finishes 13th at Wolfpack Intercollegiate
J.T. Poston leads WCU with a career-best, sixth-place finish
Raleigh, N.C. - Western Carolina struggled over its final 18 holes on Tuesday, carding a 312 as a team to shoot 899 overall for the 54-hole event to finish 13th overall at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate, hosted by North Carolina State at the par-71, 7,358-yard Lonnie Poole Golf Course.
True freshman J.T. Poston led the Catamounts by tallying the second top-10 of his young collegiate career, finishing tied for sixth in posting a career-best finish. Poston, who was tied for first after 18 holes and tied for the runner-up position after the second round, shot six-over, 77, in the final round.
Poston opened the final round with his worst start of the event, carding four bogies and two double-bogey scores to make the turn at eight-over-par, 43. The Hickory, N.C., native rallied, though, to shoot two-under on the back nine, scoring back-to-back birdies on the par-4 12th and 13th to finish at 77 for the round, 215 for the event. He did card his career-low round of 68 in the opening round on Monday.
Catamount classmate Charlie Kilzer, who was also tied atop the leader board with a career-low 68 in the opening round, shot 79 on Tuesday to slip into a four-way tie for 16th at 218 - both of which were career-bests. Kilzer played the majority of the round at five-over par, countering five bogies with a pair of birdies on the back nine before a disastrous triple-bogey on the par-4 18th dropped him to eight-over for the final round.
The University of Memphis led wire-to-wire, carding a final round 290 to shoot 861 to win the 54-hole tournament by two strokes over UNC Greensboro (863). Louisiana-Lafayette slipped from second to third in the final standings, five strokes off the pace at 866, with East Carolina and Campbell tying for fourth with identical scores of 870 to round out the top five teams.
UNCG's Robert Hoadley turned in a four-under par, 209, to claim individual medalist honors by a pair of strokes over Jack Belote of Memphis.
Rounding out the scorers for the Catamounts was sophomore Jack Walsh in a tie for 75th at 233, followed by sophomore Greg Bunner in a tie for 79th (234) and freshman Matthew Turner in 87th (247).
Walsh made the turn at two-over on Tuesday and dropped to one-over with a birdie on the par-4 tenth. However, consecutive double-bogies on the 12th and 13th relegated him to six-over for the round, followed by a bogey on No. 16 to shoot seven-over 78. Bunner had a solid round, posting 11 pars and seven bogies while Turner was on his way to playing the front nine at even par before a triple-bogey on the par-3 eighth started a stretch where he was bogey-or-worse on eight of the next nine holes.
Western Carolina returns to action in two weeks at the Donald Ross Intercollegiate, hosted by Appalachian State at the Mimosa Hills Country Club in Morganton, N.C. The 54-hole event opens with 36-holes on Monday, Oct. 17 and concludes with a single round on Tuesday, Oct. 18.