Bridgewater Misses Cut, Gahman to Play On
HERSHEY, Pa. --- Guilford College's men's golf team shot 297 Wednesday and climbed two spots into third place after the second of four rounds at the 37-team NCAA Division III Golf Championships. The Quakers trail leader Methodist University (307-290-597) by three strokes after the top-ranked Monarchs turned in the tournament’s low score playing the par-72 Hershey Links Course. Second-ranked Huntingdon College (309-290-599) shot 290 Wednesday on the same course and sits one shot ahead of the Quakers with a 36-hole score of 599.
Bridgewater College climbed two spots from its first round
showing, but the Eagles missed the cut by five strokes, finishing
in a tie for 222nd place (327-304-631).
Bridgewater will still have representation in the final two rounds
as Travis Gahman, nine-over-par through the first two days
(74-78-142) is one of five individual players tabbed to complete
the 120-player field on Thursday and Friday. Gahman currently
sits in a tie for 31st with 11 other players.
After playing through rainy and cold conditions for most of
Tuesday’s first round, the 190 competitors found more
temperate weather Wednesday with mostly cloudy skies and
temperatures in the 50s. Guilford played the par-71 East Course of
the Hershey Country Club Wednesday after playing Tuesday's round on
the Links Course. The Quakers' 297 marked the low score among the
18 teams playing the East Course Wednesday and the lowest score on
the course among all 37 teams.
Guilford is ranked fourth in the Apr. 28 Golf World/NIKE
Division III Coaches' Poll and third in the latest Golfstat.com
Division III Head-to-Head Ratings. The Quakers are after their
third national title in nine years after winning the 2005 and 2002
NCAA titles.
Senior Peter Latimer led the Quakers' charge with a one-over-par
72 Wednesday. After making bogeys on two of the first three holes,
he settled down with four birdies over the last 15 holes. He
birdied both par-three holes on the back nine and posted the day's
second-lowest score among 90 competitors on the East Course. The
two-time defending ODAC Player of the Year climbed 22 rungs on the
individual leader board into a share of 17th place with
a two-day total of 77-72-149.
Guilford senior Brian Creghan, maintained his sixth-place
individual standing with a two-over 73 Wednesday. He had three
birdies mixed with five bogeys in his second straight round of 73.
Sophomore Dusty Roberts continued his solid play with a two-over 73
that moved him up seven spots into a share of 11th place
at 75-73-148. Freshman J.T. Thomas carded the Quakers’ fourth
score Wednesday with a 79 that ranks 120th in the field
at 82-79-161. Classmate Noah Ratner shot 80 and shares
89th place with a 36-hole 78-80-158.
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges individual Tain Lee maintained his
first-round lead by shooting three-under 69 Wednesday on the Links
Course. He is five under for the tournament and holds a six-shot
edge over the University of LaVerne’s Mitchell Fedorka
(74-70-144) and Hope College’s Steven Strock (74-70-144).
Centre College’s Chris Morris had Wednesday’s low score
on the East Course with a one-under 70. At 145, he shares fourth
place with Susquehanna University individual Mitch Mercer, who
blistered the Links Course Wednesday with a six-under 66, the
tourney’s low round to date.
The top-23 teams and top-five individuals not on one of those
teams after 36 holes advance to the final two rounds, which will be
played Thursday and Friday on the East Course. Complete
results and Thursday’s tee times can be found at: http://www.golfstatresults.com//public/index.cfm?tournament_id=1853.
This release is courtesy of Guilford College sports
information and the ODAC.