Men's golf team finishes fourth at Titan Winter Invitational
Central Alabama Community College shot the best round of the day to pick up the victory by one stroke over Keiser University as Eastern Florida State College men’s golf team finished fourth in the Titan Winter Invitational at Suntree Country Club
The Eastern Florida State College men's golf team finished fourth in the Titan Winter Invitational at Suntree Country Club.
The final round began in cold, windy weather and the Titans struggled in the elements, shooting a 317 in the final round on Tuesday morning.
Central Alabama Community College shot the best round of the day to pick up the victory by one stroke over Keiser University. Central Alabama shot a 299 in the final round.
Eastern Florida State College's Jamie Smith finished 8-ver and tied for fifth overall after shooting 7-over 79 in the final round. Teammate Daniel Byers shot a 76 for the third straight round and tied for 16th overall. Nolan Hyatt also tied for 16th after shooting a 78 on Tuesday.
Trey Farnsworth shot an 84 while Sean Jacoby had a 90 in the final round.
Horace Pennix shot 5-over 77 for the second straight round and is tied for 33rd overall while Zach McGoffin tied for 38th overall at 21-over. Josh Bibby shot an 82 and Andrew Bell had an 85.
"Today is one of those days that before you even tee off you wonder, how is this going to go? You are either going to really hang in there and get it done or it's going to beat you up and we got beat up. And most of the field got beat up, Central Alabama with a 299 is awesome, that is good playing," Eastern Florida State College men's golf coach Jamie Howell said. "I was encouraged by the first round, concerned by the second round and concerned by today's round. We are better than that. We have to do a better job, we have played and practiced in crap weather since we have been back. We have to get better."
Webber International finished third overall in the tournament led by individual champion Vedant Sirohi who shot a 73 in the final round and finished the tournament at 3-over. Sirohi won the tournament for the first time after placing in second the past three seasons.
Murray State's Shashank Koirala tied for second with Keiser University's Yann Ferrando.
Eastern Florida State College will compete in the Bantams Invitational on Feb. 23-24.