CAMDEN, S.C. – Paced by junior Jake Miller's three-round, 10-over-par 220, the Anderson University men's golf team claimed 10th place Tuesday at the 2019 South Atlantic Conference Championship, which was hosted by Coker at the par-70, 6,455-yard Camden Country Club.
Queens, which entered the final round trailing Newberry by three strokes, won its first title since joining the league for the 2014 season. Newberry, which led the 11-team field following each of the first two rounds and was seeking its first SAC title since 2011, finished as runners-up by just one stroke. Coker was 10 strokes further back in third place, with Lincoln Memorial claiming fourth place. Two-Time defending champion Carson-Newman moved up one spot into fifth, while Wingate finished sixth.
Lenoir-Rhyne, which was ninth following Sunday's first round and fourth entering today's final round, finished seventh. Tusculum moved up to finish eighth, with Catawba holding the ninth slot. Anderson and Mars Hill rounded out the field.
Newberry's Harry Bolton (66-73-71=210) led the tournament wire-to-wire and claimed individual medalist honors by two shots over teammate Adrian Villiger. Queens' Jonathan Noble was one shot further back in third, with teammate Henry Bryden, Lenoir-Rhyne's Dawson Walker and Coker's Wanjoo Lee finishing in a tie for fourth – four strokes off the pace set by Bolton.
Miller posted a 6-over-par 76 on Tuesday and finished in a three-way tie for 12th, with junior Brady Cox also carding a final-round 76 and sharing 40th place.
Senior Hunter Parks notched an 80 in the final round and finished in a tie for 45th, while junior Drake McAlister and senior Cole Jefferys also each carded 80s on Tuesday and finished 50th and 51st, respectively.
2019 SAC Men's Golf Championship Medalist
Harry Bolton, Newberry
First Team All-Tournament
Harry Bolton, Newberry
Adrian Villiger, Newberry
Jonathan Noble, Queens
Dawson Walker, Lenoir-Rhyne
Henry Bryden, Queens
Wanjoo Lee, Coker
Second Team All-Tournament
Kyle Engelbert, Tusculum
Elis Lewis, Queens
Tanner Bibey, Catawba
Brad Robinson, Lenoir-Rhyne
Tom Forster, Carson-Newman
10 Anderson 308 306 312 926 +86
T 12 Jake Miller 73 71 76 220 +10
T 40 Brady Cox 79 80 76 235 +25
T 45 Hunter Parks 80 77 80 237 +27
50 Drake McAlister 76 84 80 240 +30
51 Cole Jefferys 83 78 80 241 +31
Pos. School Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Total To Par
1 Queens 288 288 288 864 +24
2 Newberry 278 295 292 865 +25
3 Coker 284 302 289 875 +35
4 Lincoln Memorial 291 306 293 890 +50
5 Carson-Newman 297 301 293 891 +51
6 Wingate 296 303 294 893 +53
7 Lenoir-Rhyne 298 295 304 897 +57
8 Tusculum 293 314 307 914 +74
9 Catawba 294 309 315 918 +78
10 Anderson 308 306 312 926 +86
11 Mars Hill 309 315 320 944 +104