Golf at No. 1, wins Kiawah

The top-ranked Bobcat golf team opened up its season with a victory in the Kiawah Island Invitational that took place Monday and Tuesday. The tournament was held at the Cougar Point Golf Course, a 6,875-yard course with 72 as the par score.

With GCSU shooting a second-round team score of 280, their closest competitor was the University of South Carolina at Beaufort, who finished the tournament trailing the Bobcats by seven strokes.

Of the five Bobcats in the lineup, four finished in the top 10. Leading GCSU was senior Francisco Bide, who finished his round three strokes under par with a score of 69 and a total score of 141. The score earned Bide a spot in the playoffs for the low medalist, which in the end was taken by Seth Fair of the University of Indianapolis. Bide finished in second place overall.

Coming in at third place, junior Billy Shida shot 71 both days, which totaled up a score of 142, two under par. Nipping at his fellow Bobcat’s heels, junior Joe Young finished fifth overall in the tournament with a score of 143, under par by one stroke.

Three-time All-American senior Niclas Johansson finished the Invitational tied for ninth place with a score of 145. Finishing the tournament with a placement of 33 and scores of 76 and 74, junior Matthew Yonz earned a tournament score of 150.

The Bobcats look to continue their hold on the top spot on Monday and Tuesday, when they compete in the Raines Intercollegiate hosted by Francis Marion University.

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