GREENWOOD, S.C. – The Flagler College men's golf team finished in a tie for ninth place with a 10-over par 874 (296-287-291) at the Bearcat Classic, which wrapped this afternoon at the Greenwood Country Club (par 72; 6,800 yards).

Top-ranked Anderson University took home the team title with a 15-under 849 (283-275-291). The Trojans topped the 19-team field by four strokes. No. 31 Lander University, the host school, finished in second place with an 11-under 853. No. 11 Clayton State University finished in third place with a 6-under 858. No. 30 University of Findlay turned in a 5-under 859 to finish in fourth. No. 18 Barton College and Wingate University tied for fifth place with an even par 864.  

There was a tie at the top of the 108-man leaderboard. Linus Jonsson of Lander and Nick Fleming of Wingate each shot a 9-under 207. Jonsson won the playoff on the first hole. There was a three-way tie for third place at 6-under.

Nic Whittaker led the Saints contingent with an even par 216 (71-71-74). He finished in a tie for 19^th place. Whittaker tied for fifth place for the most birdies in the tournament with 13. He birdied the No. 1 and 18 holes all three rounds and had a birdie on hole No. 17 twice. Franco Piovano shot a 3-over 219 (75-74-70) to finish in a tie for 36^th place. He was one of 17 golfers to have an eagle in the tourney. Piovano did that in the first round on hole No. 1. Joel Petersson finished in a logjam in 51^st place. He carded a 6-over 222 (76-72-74). Petersson tied for fourth place for the most pars in the field with 41. Nic Eberhard also finished in a tie for 51^st place. His second round 2-under 70 tied his season-best round. Trey Wilson vaulted up 19 spots thanks to today's 1-over 73. He shot an 8-over 224 (76-75-73). Tomas Cavanagh played as an individual and shot a 16-over 232. His second round 1-over 73 is his best single-round score of the year.

Flagler will now set its sights on the Hargett Memorial Invitational at Monroe, North Carolina, which will be played March 20-21. 

Bearcat Classic (Final Round)
March 6-7, 2023
Greenwood Country Club – Greenwood, S.C.


Team scores
1) Anderson 283-275-291=849 (-15)
2) Lander 278-289-286=853 (-11)
3) Clayton State 286-285-287=858 (-6)
4) Findlay 288-285-286=859 (-5)
t5) Barton 285-287-292=864 (E)
t5) Wingate 289-289-286=864 (E)
7) Newberry 286-288-294=868 (+4)
8) West Georgia 294-289-287=870 (+6)
t9) Belmont Abbey 289-289-296=874 (+10)
t9) Flagler 296-287-291=874 (+10)
t9) Coker 284-293-297=874 (+10)
12) Lander "B" 285-297-294-876 (+12)
13) Lenoir-Rhyne 295-288-294=877 (+13)
14) Georgia College 293-297-290=880 (+16)
15) Tusculum 283-305-296=884 (+20)
16) King 289-300-296=885 (+21)
17) Erskine 291-298-299=888 (+24)
18) North Greenville 299-299-304=902 (+38)
19) Young Harris 292-305-308=905 (+41)

Top 10 individuals
1) +Linus Jonsson (LAN) 66-72-69=207 (-9)
2) Nick Fleming (WIN) 71-70-66=207 (-9)
t3) Reece Coleman (AND) 71-69-70=210 (-6)
t3) Hunter Foltz (FIN) 72-68-70=210 (-6)
t3) Edward Rahm (LAN) 64-72-74=210 (-6)
t6) Alejandro De Castro (AND) 71-69-71=211 (-5)
t6) Patrick Jacobs (NEW) 66-72-73=211 (-5)
t6) Killian Ryan (COK) 68-73-70=211 (-5)
9) Nico Cabello (CLY) 71-73-68=212 (-4)
t10) Felipe Gomez (CLY) 70-71-72=213 (-3)
t10) Tanner Grzegorczyk (FIN) 74-68-71=213 (-3)
t10) Luke Hammond (LAN) 70-69-74=213 (-3)
+-indicates won a one-hole playoff
 
Flagler scorers:
t19) Nic Whittaker 71-71-74=216 (E)
t36) Franco Piovano 75-74-70=219 (+3)
t51) Nic Eberhard 74-70-78=222 (+6)
t51) Joel Petersson 76-72-74=222 (+6)
t67) Trey Wilson 76-75-73=224 (+8)
t95) *Tomas Cavanagh 82-73-77=232 (+16)
*-played as an individual

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