ORLANDO – The No. 21 (
Golf World/Nike Golf Coaches Poll) Flagler College men's golf team finished in eighth place at the Rollins College Invitational which concluded Tuesday at the Rio Pinar Country Club (par: 72; yards: 7001).
Flagler shot 303 in the final round and slipped back into eighth place with a 54-hole total of 896. No. 19 Newberry College shot a final round 284 to top the 11-team field with a 3-over 867. Carson-Newman College and the host school, Rollins, finished in a tie for second place with an 877. Carson-Newman came into the final round tied for first with Newberry, but shot a 294.
Spencer Cole of Rollins led the 74-man field with a 5-under 211. He won by two strokes over Matthew Campbell and Chandler Gruenmeier, both from Newberry, who shot a 3-under 213. Gruenmeier was in a tie for first with Cole entering the final round, but Cole shot a 1-under 71 in the last round while Gruenmeier shot a 2-over 73.
Joel Dahlenburg (St. Augustine, Fla., Bartram Trail HS) led the Flagler contingent with a 2-over 218 and finished in a tie for eighth place. It is Dahlenburg's second top 10 finish this fall.
Greg Mergel (Allenwood, N.J., Wall Township HS) shot an even par 72 today to finish with an 8-over 224 and tie for 24th place.
Andrew McCracken (Virginia Beach, Va., First Colonial HS) carded an 11-over 227 and tied for 34th place.
Travis Ralph (St. Petersburg, Fla., St. Petersburg College) shot a 13-over 229 and tied for 40th place.
Travis Ralph (St. Petersburg, Fla., St. Petersburg College) rounded out the Flagler scorers with a 20-over 236 and tied for 63rd place.
Christopher Hughes (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., Ponte Vedra HS), playing as an individual, tied for 51st place with a 15-over 231.
Flagler will now get ready for its final fall competition, the Queens University of Charlotte Invitational, Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at TPC Sawgrass Pete Dye's Valley Course at nearby Ponte Vedra Beach.
Rollins College Invitational (Final)
Oct. 24-25, 2011
Rio Pinar CC – Orlando, Fla.
Par: 72 Yards: 7,001
Team scores
1) Newberry 292-291-284=867
t2) Carson-Newman 296-287-294=877
t2) Rollins 287-298-292=877
4) Columbus State 289-301-297=887
5) Lynn 300-294-296=890
6) Eckerd 297-296-298=891
7) Florida Southern 295-297-301=893
8) Flagler 296-297-303=896
9) Saint Leo 303-304-298=905
10) Brevard CC 313-300-304=917
11) Tampa 309-313-301=923
Top 10 individuals
1) Spencer Cole (RC) 69-71-71=211 (-5)
t2) Matthew Campbell (NC) 73-72-68=213 (-3)
t2) Chandler Gruenmeier (NC) 68-72-73=213 (-3)
4) Nick Brothers (SLU) 72-71-71=214 (-2)
5) Jonathan Kim-Moss (C-N) 72-69-74=215 (-1)
6) Marcelo Rozo (LU) 75-71-70=216 (E)
7) *Davis Hall (RC) 74-69-74=217 (+1)
t8) Rourke Van der Spuy (CSU) 73-72-73=218 (+2)
t8)
Joel Dahlenburg (FC) 70-74-74=218 (+2)
t8) Tyler Sluman (RC) 70-72-76=218 (+2)
t8) *Case Gard (FSC) 69-73-76=218 (+2)
Flagler scorers:
t8)
Joel Dahlenburg 70-74-74=218 (+2)
t24)
Greg Mergel 76-76-72=224 (+8)
t34)
Andrew McCracken 73-73-81=227 (+11)
t40)
Travis Ralph 79-74-76=229 (+13)
t51) *Chipper Hughes 77-76-78=231 (+15)
t63)
Michael Boss 77-78-81=236 (+20)
*-indicates playing as an individual
