The University Of The South No. 16 Men's Golf Wraps Up Spring Break with Ninth Place Finish at Jekyll Island

Grayson Maddox/Men's Golf | The University Of The South

By South Cumberland News Reports

Mar 22, 2023

The No. 16/19 University of hte South men's golf team posted its second-lowest score at the Jekyll Island Collegiate with a score of 878 for ninth place in the event over the weekend.

INSIDE THE TOURNAMENT
Sewanee Men's Golf: Finished 9th of 30 (878)
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TOURNAMENT LEADERBOARD

1.	No. 3/1 Emory (Ga.)	842
2.	No. 5/7 Carnegie Mellon (Pa.)	857
3.	No. 1/6 Christopher Newport (Va.)	862
4.	No. 2/2 Methodist (N.C.)	864
5.	No. 14/8 Guilford (N.C.)	865
6.	No. 10/13 Oglethorpe (Ga.)	869
	No. 9/5 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.)	869
8.	No. 4/4 Piedmont (Ga.)	876
9.	No. 16/19 Sewanee (Tenn.)	878
10.	Berry (Ga.)	880
11.	No. 18/14 Huntingdon (Ala.)	886
12.	Rochester (N.Y.)	888
13.	Hampden-Sydney (Va.)	890
14.	No. 8/12 Washington and Lee (Va.)	891
15.	Kenyon (Ohio)	892
16.	Lynchburg (Va.)	894
17.	No. 7/9 Illinois Wesleyan	895
18.	No. 17/17 Greensboro (N.C.)	896
	Southwestern (Texas)	896
20.	LaGrange (Ga.)	901
21.	No. 12/18 Redlands (Calif.)	902
22.	Denison (Ohio)	905
23.	Transylvania (Ky.)	918
24.	Rhodes (Tenn.)	921
25.	Roanoke (Va.)	922
26.	Bridgewater (Va.)	924
27.	Skidmore (N.Y.)	929
28.	New York University	932
29.	DePauw (Ind.)	940
30.	St. John Fisher (N.Y.)	956

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
-Pearse Lucas recorded a 54-hole score of 217 (70-70-77) to lead the Tigers with a 21st place finish. In Friday's opening round, the sophomore chipped in five birdies and finished the weekend with 11 birdies, good for 10th-best.

-Grayson Maddox finished 41st overall with a season-best score of 221 (75-71-75). Posting an eagle on the 18th to wrap up Saturday's second round, the senior fired seven birdies.

-Grant Mahaffey chipped in a career-best 224 (73-76-75) to finish 61st overall, while Ryan Demit posted a 228 (76-81-71).

-Langdon Aronson wrapped up the team scoring with a career-low of 231 (77-69-85).

-Playing the individual invitational over at the Oleander, Cameron Simons carded a 234 (79-85-70) for a ninth place finish. In Sunday's final round, he ascended 11 spots to finish ninth overall thanks to five birdies.

-Alex Price of Christopher Newport fired sub-70 scores in each round to finish -14 and won the tournament (202) by seven strokes.

TEAM LEADERBOARD
-Sewanee carded sub-300 rounds to take ninth place at the event with an 878 (294-286-298).

-The Tigers secured their second-best score at Jekyll Island since 2013.

-Emory ran away with the event with a team score of 842, good for 22-under-par (283-275-284).

UP NEXT
Sewanee will return to action on April 10-11 for the Visit Florence Intercollegiate from the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at The Shoals from Muscle Shoals, Ala.