AIKEN, SC — Sawyer Mills paced the Winthrop men's golf team with a T46 finish with a final round 73 at the 2019 Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate.
EVENT: Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate
DATE: Tuesday, Mar. 12, 2019 (Final Round)
COURSE: Palmetto Golf Club
COURSE INFO: Par 70 / 6,617 yards
PLACE (WINTHROP): 16
th of 18 teams (896/+56)
TOP FIVE TEAMS: #37 South Carolina (-27), Virginia (+8), UAB (+8), #13 Clemson (+15), Memphis (+19)
(FINAL RESULTS)
TAP-INS
- It was a tough final round for the Eagles as they posted their highest 18-hole total of the weekend
- Winthrop had shot under 300 as a team in 5-of-6 tournaments this year
- Senior Sawyer Mills moved up 13 spots in the final round as he shot 73 (+3) and was the top finisher for the Eagles at T46 (+11)
- The 73 by Mills was the team's lowest score in the final round as sophomore's Rohan Boettcher and Ryan Tattan put in the second lowest with a 77 each (+7)
- Tattan had the second highest finish among the team at T56
- The team combined for 25 birdies the first two round (13 in the 1st, 12 in the 2nd) and had just four in the final round
- As a team the Eagles finished second in Par 3 scoring at +2
- Mills and senior Michael McKee tied for the most pars on the team with 33 while sophomore Noah Peterson finished with the most birdies (9)
- The third round scoring was over a stroke tougher than either of the first two rounds
WINTHROP RESULTS
WHAT'S NEXT
The Eagles will be back on the course Mar. 22-24 when they head to Greenville, SC for the Furman Intercollegiate.
