FINAL RESULTS
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The High Point University men’s golf team shot 300 on the third and final day of the 2010 Big South Men’s Golf Championship to finish in fifth with a combined team score of 890 on Wednesday in Ninety-Six, S.C. Freshman
Chase Wilson (Zanesville, Ohio/Zanesville) led the Panthers with a one-under 71 to move into a tie for 18th with a 54-hole score of 223 (79-69-75).
“I was extremely proud of the team this week,” head coach JB White said. “Obviously we would have liked to stay where we were but to hold third place for two rounds was pretty good. If you count Presbyterian we would have been seeded eighth so I feel pretty good about fifth. To finish ahead of three solid teams is pretty good for us. It was nice to see Chase hit under par today and nice to have one player under par each day. That makes me feel pretty good next year.”
HPU’s three round score of 890 is the second-lowest by the Panthers in a Big South Championship and the best since High Point shot 887 at the Sea Trail Golf Resort in 2002.
Junior
DJ Dougherty (Glen Allen, Va./Deep Run) was the top HPU finisher in the championship, carding a final-round 77
to finish in a tie for 15th with a three-round score of 222 (69-76-77). Sophomore
Curtis Brotherton (High Point, N.C./Ledford) shot 75 on Wednesday and finished tied with Wilson for 18th with a three-day total of 223 (79-69-75), one stroke behind Dougherty. Junior
Nick Goins (Winston-Salem, N.C./Ledford) carded a final-round 77 and finished tied for 21st with a total score of 225 (75-73-77) while
Evan LaRocque (Toronto, Ontario/Heritage Academy) scored an 80 on the final 18 to finish the championship in 31st with a score of 233 (76-77-80).
“I feel really good about my performance this week,” Wilson said. “Anytime you finish under par in your final round you can’t be disappointed. I started off real solid with pars on my first seven holes. I hit it real close to the pin on eight and was able to get an eagle and that really got me started.”
No. 1 seed Coastal Carolina held off last day surges by both Charleston Southern and Liberty to win its seventh-straight Big South title with a three-day score of 868. CSU finished four strokes behind Coastal with a combined team score of 872 while Liberty fired a final round 281 to pull within one of Charleston Southern, finishing with a three-day score of 873. Winthrop recovered from a score of 308 on Tuesday to shoot 287 on Wednesday, finishing fourth with a score of 886. Gardner-Webb shot 290 in the third round, finishing sixth with a score of 897 and Radford finished seventh with a score of 907 after shooting 305 in the third round. Presbyterian tied Radford with a score of 907 but was not included in the team standings due to its transition into Division I athletics.
Robert Karlsson of Liberty fired a final round 66 to pass Coastal’s Dan Obremski for the individual title. Karlsson won by just two strokes over CSU’s Kelvin Day and by six over Obremski, who struggled all day on the way to a final round 76.