BRISTOL, Tenn. – The Anderson men's golf team trimmed five strokes off its score from Monday's opening round, but was unable to gain ground and finished the two-day King Invitational in seventh place.
The event was hosted by the Tornados at the par 70, 6,474 yard, Country Club of Bristol.
North Greenville overcame a two-stroke deficit to win the tournament by four shots over Southern Wesleyan, while Erskine finished third after leading the tourney following Monday's first round. King and Belmont Abbey finished in a tie for fourth. Anderson finished eight strokes behind sixth-place King (B) and trailed Belmont Abbey and the host Tornados by a dozen shots, while outdistancing Catawba by two strokes. Pfeiffer finished ninth, with Virginia-Wise rounding out the 10-team field.
North Greenville's Evan Gfeller (68-65=133) held off a second-round charge by King's Alex Summers to claim individual medalist honors by two shots. Summers carded an opening-round 73 on Monday, but blistered the course with a second-round 62 to vault from an eight-way tie for 17th into the runner-up spot.
Sophomore Jake Miller (73-71=144) paced the Trojans for the second straight day and finished in a four-way tie for 15th, while classmate Brady Cox (75-71=146) slashed four strokes off his opening-round score and finished in a tie for 22nd. Junior Grayson Bell carded a two-day 147 and shared 28th, with freshman Cal Brock matching his season-low score (74) for the second straight round and wrapped up the tourney in a tie for 32nd. Senior Forrest Fowler carded identical 75s and finished in a tie for 36th.
The Trojans are slated to return to the links Monday for the Myrtle Beach Intercollegiate.
1 2 Team Scores
2 1 North Greenville 285 277 562 +2
T3 2 Southern Wesleyan 286 280 566 +6
1 3 Erskine 283 284 567 +7
T3 T4 King 286 287 573 +13
5 T4 Belmont Abbey 289 284 573 +13
6 6 King University (B) 292 285 577 +17
7 7 Anderson 295 290 585 +25
9 8 Catawba 301 286 587 +27
8 9 Pfeiffer 300 297 597 +37
10 10 Virginia at Wise 317 308 625 +65
7 Anderson 295 290 585
T15 Jake Miller 73 71 144
T22 Brady Cox 75 71 146
T28 Grayson Bell 73 74 147
T32 Cal Brock 74 74 148
T36 Forrest Fowler 75 75 150
