ALBANY, Ga. – Behind the sixth-lowest three-round score in program history, Anderson senior Reece Coleman claimed his first outright individual tournament championship, while the team moved up four spots and shared fourth place, Tuesday at the 8th Annual Hurricane Invitational.
Georgia Southwestern hosted the two-day, 54-hole tournament, which featured seven of the top-20 teams in the nation at the 7,024-yard, par-72 Doublegate Country Club.
"Our win streak as a team came to an end this week," said Anderson Director of Golf Danny Neal. "We failed to take advantage of the good weather in the first round yesterday and dug ourselves into a hole. The wind blew strong in the afternoon round and I thought our guys handled that pretty well. We missed some opportunities to get up and down around the greens and didn't putt particularly well. On the brighter side, Reece won the tournament! He showed a lot of grit eagling his third-to-last hole to take the lead. We will get back to work and prepare for our next event in Greenwood."
Sixth-ranked North Georgia led wire-to-wire and finished five shots in front of eighth-ranked Nova Southeastern. The host Hurricanes move up four spots and finished third, while the Trojans and Columbus State shared fourth place. Clayton State, Flagler, Carson-Newman and Tampa all finished tied for sixth place, with Florida Southern, Coker, King, Erskine, Valdosta State, West Georgia, Lenoir-Rhyne and North Greenville rounding out the 17-team field.
Coleman edged North Georgia's Evan Thompson and Tampa's Jonty Marshall by one stroke, while Nova Southeastern's Josep Serra and Carson-Newman's Hayden Hunneke finished one shot further back in a tie for fourth place.
Junior Calahan Keever leapt 17 spots on the strength of a final-round 4-under 68 and finished in a tie for 10th place, while freshman Alejandro de Castro finished alone in 27th place. Junior Daniel Coker wrapped up the tourney in a tie for 57th place, with senior Parker MacDonald sharing 67th place.
The Trojans will get back in action at next week's Bearcat Classic, which will be hosted by Lander at the Greenwood Country Club.
Notables
• Coleman's 36-hole 139 matched the 21st best two-round score in program history.
• His 54-hole, 7-under 209 matched the sixth-best three-round score in program history.
T4 Anderson 287 292 284 863
1 Reece Coleman (2) 70 69 70 209
T10 Calahan Keever (1) 73 73 68 214
27 Alejandro de Castro (3) 70 74 73 217
T57 Daniel Coker (5) 74 76 75 225
90 Simon Wright (4) 76 D 73 149
Teams Scores
1 North Georgia 275 294 281 850 -14
2 Nova Southeastern 282 290 283 855 -9
3 Georgia Southwestern 282 296 278 856 -8
T4 Columbus State 288 287 288 863 -1
T4 Anderson 287 292 284 863 -1
T6 Clayton State 284 293 289 866 +2
T6 Flagler College 294 287 285 866 +2
T6 Carson-Newman 283 291 292 866 +2
T6 Tampa 288 289 289 866 +2
10 Florida Southern 285 305 291 881 +17
11 Coker 298 295 295 888 +24
12 King 299 296 294 889 +25
13 Erskine 297 304 292 893 +29
14 Valdosta State 301 305 295 901 +37
T15 West Georgia 299 310 293 902 +38
T15 Lenoir-Rhyne 303 307 292 902 +38
17 North Greenville 305 305 315 925 +61
