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Men's Golf Finishes Tied for 13th at Queens Invite

Men's Golf Finishes Tied for 13th at Queens Invite

PONTE VERDE, Fla. -- The Anderson men's golf team trimmed five strokes off its first-round score to finish tied for 13th at the Queens Invitational hosted by Queens University of Charlotte at the par-72, 6,848 yard TPC Sawgrass course Tuesday afternoon. Barton College (576) held off a strong second round by Florida Southern (581) to win the event, finishing the two-round tournament with an even score. Bringing home the third place trophy was Flagler College with a score of 586 (293-293). Anderson (609) wrapped up the tourney tied with Armstrong Atlantic, just two strokes behind Carson-Newman (607), three strokes behind St. Andrews (606) and only trailed Georgia Southwestern by five at the conclusion. Sophomore John Moore lead AU's improvement, shaving nine strokes off his opening round to move from a share of 57th to a tie for 19th with teammate Ryan Booth, as both carded a two-day total of 147. Senior Kenny Shockley posted a second-round 74, cutting five strokes off his first-round tally and finished with a share of 45th. Sophomore Chase Epting notched a two-day 18-over to hold 83rd, while fellow sophomore Trey Gibbs (88-85=173) finished the afternoon in 88th. The field of 89 included 17 teams, three ranked in DII top 25 (Florida Southern, No. 6, Lander, No. 21, and Belmont Abbey, No. 22), and five individuals. The Trojans wrap up their Fall slate at the Southeastern Regional Preview at Tanglewood Country Club in Clemmons, N.C., Oct. 18-20. Fin. School Scores 1 Barton College 288 288 576 E 2 Florida Southern Col 301 280 581 +5 3 Flagler College 293 293 586 +10 4 Belmont Abbey Coll. 292 295 587 +11 5 Abilene Christian U. 292 296 588 +12 6 Midwestern State 296 294 590 +14 7 Lander University 295 296 591 +15 8 Queens Univ of Charl 297 297 594 +18 9 Mount Olive College 298 303 601 +25 10 Georgia Southwestern 302 302 604 +28 11 St. Andrews Presby. 310 296 606 +30 12 Carson-Newman Coll. 307 300 607 +31 13 Armstrong Atlantic 306 303 609 +33 Anderson Univ. (SC) 307 302 609 +33 15 Wingate University 306 315 621 +45 16 Catawba College 310 315 625 +49 17 Tusculum College 314 314 628 +52