No. 4 golf takes sixth in Mizuno Intercollegiate

The Division II GCSU golf team held its own at the Division I Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate, hosted by Georgia Southern University.

The Bobcats finished sixth out of fourteen teams while Armstrong Atlantic, the only other Division II team, finished in eleventh place. Florida Gulf Coast University won the tournament beating the second place team Wofford College by 17 strokes and 20-under par.

GCSU senior and Peach Belt Conference Player of the Week Joe Young led the team, finishing in third place, only one stroke out of the playoff for first place between Davidson’s Richard Fountain and Georgia State University’s Logan Blondell. Fountain won the first place individual title after five play-off holes.

“I made one or two swings that probably cost me winning the thing,” Young said about his performance. “The (Savannah Quarters Country Club) course always plays tough for some reason.” Young posted scores of 67, 70 and 70 for the three rounds of the tournament.

Young represented the GCSU Bobcats well in the tournament in spite of being out for two months following elbow surgery in late July.

Young played in three tournaments prior to the Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate.

Coming in second for the Bobcats and 31st overall, sophomore Patrick Garrett posted scores of 78, 72, and 70, four-over par, for the three rounds of the tournament.

Garrett improved his scores as the tournament went on, the opposite of how he played in the Aflac/Cougar Invitational hosted by Columbus State University in the first week of October.

“I talked to Jimmy (Wilson), the head coach, and we talked about diet,” said Garrett about what he changed for the Mizuno tournament. “I drink a lot more, I always have water or Gatorade with me. Now I never seem to feel tired.”

Freshman Gavin Harper came in third for the Bobcats and 36th overall, five-over par. Harper shot 81, 70, and 70 for the three rounds.

Senior Billy Shida came in 44th overall and fourth for the Bobcats with eight-over par while sophomore Bernardo Bide came in 79th overall and fifth for the Bobcats with scores of 78, 82 and 80 for the three rounds.

This tournament was the last of the fall season for GCSU golf; Young is looking forward to a tournament in Lakeland, Fla., next season where he won last year.

“We had a great fall season,” Garrett said. “I’m anxious to see what we’ll do in the spring.”

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