St. Simons Island, Ga. — Logan Lutz's 7-under opening round at the Peoples Golf Championship paced the Winthrop men's golf team, Monday afternoon.
Event: Peoples Golf Championship at Sea Palms
Dates: Thursday, Mar. 13, 2025 (1
st Round)
Location: St. Simons Island, Ga.
Course: Sea Palms Resort | Par 71, 6,664 yards
Place: 8
th (285/-+1)
Top 5 Teams: UNC Greensboro (-16), Davidson (-7), Richmond (-6), Villanova (-4), Mount St. Mary's (-3)
(RESULTS)
TAP-INS
- Sophomore Logan Lutz had the team's low round on the day with a collegiate-low -under and sitting in second place
- Lutz started on the 10th hole and opened with a birdie
- He the followed with an Eagle on the 11th and was 4-under after three holes when he birdied the 12th
- Lutz finished with seven birdies and an eagle in his first round
- His previous best was a 4-under 68 in the second round of the Ironwood Collegiate Classic on Oct. 2, 2023
- The 7-under round matches Jeff Nelson for the lowest this season and is one stroke off tying the program for a single round
- It was also one stroke from tying the low round in the Peoples Golf Championship
- Freshman Dallas Johnson posted a 1-over 72 for the second-lowest round by an Eagle and is T40
- The 285 by the team was the second-lowest opening round of the season
- Posted 16 birdies as a team in the opening round, tied for the 4th most among the field
- Thomas Lamar led the Eagles in Par 3 scoring (-1)
- Lutz leads the field in Par 4 scoring at 6-under while Lutz and Johnson lead the team in Par 5 scoring at 1-under
WINTHROP RESULTS
WHAT'S NEXT
Eagles are back in action on Friday, Mar. 14 for the second round of the Peoples Golf Championship and will tee off the 1
st tee beginning at 8:30 a.m.
