FINAL RESULTS
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. – The nationally-ranked No. 25 Hampden-Sydney College Golf team posted a second-round score of 296, and a third-round score of 288 on Sunday for a 54-hole team score of 886 (302-296-288) to move up the leaderboard significantly and finish eighth among 30 teams at the
Jekyll Island Collegiate Invitational played at the King and Prince Golf Club on St. Simons Island, Georgia. Junior
John Hutcheson (Edina, MN) led the Tigers with his 72-74-72--218 that tied for 13th individually among the 150 collegiate golfers, as H-SC posted the lowest team score of the final round (288).
Hutcheson posted five birdies and 24 pars during his second and third rounds on the par 71, 6,515-yard layout as the Garnet & Grey moved up nine spots after standing 17th after 36 holes. He was followed by freshman
Jack Barnes (Manakin Sabot) (77-73-70--220, T-20th), senior
Tommy Bishop (Jacksonville, FL) (72-80-73--225, T-53rd), along with juniors
Rece Lott (Fort Worth, TX) (81-69-80--230, T-85th) and
Nick Rubino (Charlotte, NC) (84-80-73--237, T-124th). Barnes contributed six birdies and 25 pars during rounds two and three, Bishop had five birdies and 17 pars, Lott posted six birdies and 19 pars, while Rubino added five birdies and 17 pars.
Hutcheson also tied for second among the tournament field in par 3 scoring (2.83, -2) and tied for 19th in pars (35). Bishop tied for 11th in par 3 scoring (3.00, E) and tied for 18th in birdies (9). Barnes tied for 12th in par 5 scoring (4.67, -3), and his final round of 70 was third-best of the round. Lott's second-round 69 tied for seventh-best of the round.
The large and highly-competitive tournament featured 15 teams that are ranked among the Top 25 nationally in the latest
Bushnell/Golfweek DIII Coaches Poll, including eight of the Top 10—tourney host and No. 3 Oglethorpe (GA) University won the event with its 297-278-295--870. Avery Stansell of Rhodes (TN) took individual medalist honors at four-under par 69-71-69--209.
H-SC will play again at the
Wynlakes Invitational on April 1-2 at the Wynlakes Golf & Country Club in Montgomery, Alabama.
