KIAWAH ISLAND, SC—Sawyer Mills tied for 8^th and Eric Gilpin tied for 16^th as the Winthrop men's golf team tied for 9^th at the East Bay Deli Classic at Kiawah. 
 
EVENT: East Bay Deli Classic at Kiawah
DATE: Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017
LOCATION: Turtle Point Golf Course – Turtle Point at Kiawah (Kiawah Island, SC)
COURSE INFO: Par 72 / 6,911 yards
PLACE (WINTHROP): T9^th of 15 teams (912/+48) 
TOP FIVE TEAMS: #26 Tennessee (+9), Jacksonville State (+17), Chattanooga (+20), College of Charleston (+32), Rutgers (+33)
FINAL RESULTS (54 holes)

TAP-INS

• The Eagles tied for 9^th with fellow Big South member High Point as it posted a final round 294 (The team's low round of the tournament)
• Junior Sawyer Mills fired a 73 in the final round to move up four spots and post his first Top 10 of the fall season
• Mills finished 4^th in the event in the fall of 2016, which remains his best collegiate finish
• Sophomore Zak Butt shot his second consecutive 73 as he finished in a tie for 58^th
• Junior Eric Gilpin had his second straight Top 20 finish as he tied for 16^th after a final round 74
• Freshman Noah Peterson also shot a 74 in the final round as the Eagles were +6 as a team on the day
• For the event, Gilpin finished in a tie for the second best in Par 3 scoring at -2 while Mills finished tied for 5^th best Par 4 scoring
• Butt, Gilpin and Peterson all finished at -3 for the weekend in Par 5 scoring
• Gilpin led the Eagles with nine birdies while Mills and Butt had the most pars with 33

 
WINTHROP RESULTS

T9th	Winthrop	318	300	294	912 (+48)
T8	Sawyer Mills	73	76	73	222 (+6)
T16	Eric Gilpin	75	75	74	224 (+8)
T58	Zak Butt	89	73	73	235 (+19)
65	Noah Peterson	88	76	74	238 (+22)
76	Michael McKee	82	82	81	245 (+29)
90	Vijay Mishra	98	84	94	276 (+60)

WHAT'S NEXT
This concludes the fall season for the Eagles as they won't be back in action until Feb. 5-6, 2018 in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL for the Seabest Invitational.