HATTIESBURG, MS —Michael McKee and
Sawyer Mills each fired final rounds under par to help the Winthrop men's golf team post its lowest 54-hole total since 2016 as it wrapped up play at the Sam Hall Intercollegiate.
EVENT: Sam Hall Intercollegiate
DATE: Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018 (Final Round)
COURSE: Hattiesburg Country Club
COURSE INFO: Par 71 / 6,902 yards
PLACE (WINTHROP): 10
th out of 13 teams (869/+17)
TOP FIVE TEAMS: Southern Mississippi (-9), Mercer (-5), Missouri State (-1), Bowling Green (+3), Troy (+4)
FINAL RESULTS (54-HOLES)
TAP-INS
- Eagles shot a final round 288 (tied for 6th best team score in the final round) for a 54-hole total of 869
- It was the lowest total as a team for 54 holes since the Eagles shot the same score at the 2016 Wolfpack Intercollegiate
- Michael McKee had a final round 69 (2-under) to finish T10, which is his best collegiate finish (T25 at Kingsmill Intercollegiate in 2017 was previous best)
- McKee finished 73-70-69 as he posted a career low 212 in a 54-hole event (Previous best was 218 at Kingsmill Intercollegiate in 2017)
- The 69 by McKee was a stroke shy of his career-best 68 (-4) he fired in the second round of the 2017 Big South Conference Championship
- Sawyer Mills fired Winthrop's low round of the tournament with a 68 in Tuesday's final round
- It is Mills second time in the 60's over the last five rounds as he shot the 68 behind six birdies
- It is his 5th collegiate round in the 60's as he finished tied for T18
- Zak Butt tied his second best 54-hole score of 219 after a final round 76
- McKee finished tied for 2nd in Par 3 scoring (-2) and tied for 4th in Par 5 scoring (-4)
- Mills tied for 3rd in Par 3 scoring (-1) and tied for second in Par 4 scoring (-1)
- Mills led all Eagles in birdies with 13 while McKee had 12
- Mills played the back nine at -6 over the two days while McKee was -5 on the back
- Butt led the team in pars with 37, which tied for 5th most in the field and was 1-of-8 players in the field to card an eagle
WINTHROP RESULTS
WHAT'S NEXT
Winthrop will have a couple of weeks before it heads to Akron, OH for the Firestone Invitational, Oct. 1-2.
