GREENWOOD, S.C. – The Flagler College men's golf team finished in third place with a 28-under par 836 (272-280-284) at the Bearcat Classic, which wrapped up this afternoon at the Greenwood Country Club (par 72; 6,800 yards).

Flagler's first round 272 was the second-best score in program history, falling just two strokes from tying the record set in 2007. The 836 score was the second-best 54-hole score and the 28-under par was the second-best relative par score, falling three strokes shy of the 833 (-31) set in 2015 at the same tournament. Tomas Cavanagh carded a 7-under 65 in the first round, which was the second-best individual round (strokes). Joel Petersson turned in the fourth lowest score, a 10-under 206 (68-67-71), in program history, and his score relative to par was the fourth-best all-time.

No. 13 (Clippd Division II Top 25) Lander University and No. 5 Grand Valley State University tied for medalist honors as both finished with a 36-under 828 to head the 20-team field. No. 20 Barton College finished behind Flagler with a 26-under 838. Wingate University followed in fifth place with a 21-under 843.

Drew Coble of Grand Valley State finished atop the 106-man leaderboard. He carded a 13-under 203 (67-69-67). Linus Jonsson of Lander and Ryan Jahr of Barton each shot a 12-under 204. Nick Krueger of Grand Valley State finished in fourth place with an 11-under 205. There was a three-way tie for fifth place and two of those players were Saints – Petersson and Cavanagh.

Petersson finished with 13 birdies and 38 pars. Cavanagh finished with a 10-under 206 (65-69-72) was tied for eighth in the field with 15 birdies.

Nic Eberhard finished in a three-way tie for 12^th place. He shot a 7-under 209 (68-71-70). Eberhard had a pair of eagles in the first round. His average on the par-4s was a tournament-best 3.67. Roo Fenwick finished in a tie for 40^th place with a 1-under 215 (71-73-71). Abe Forsyth carded a 6-over 222 to finish in a tie for 66^th place.

Up next for the Saints is the Bobcat Invitational, March 18-19, at the Cuscowilla on Lake Oconee in Eatonton, Georgia.   

  
Bearcat Classic (Final Round)
March 4-5, 2024
Greenwood Country Club – Greenwood, S.C.
Par: 72 | 6,800 yards


Team scores
t1) Lander 278-279-271=828 (-36)
t1) Grand Valley State 283-274-271=828 (-36)
3) Flagler 272-280-284=836 (-28)
4) Barton 279-276-283=838 (-26)
5) Wingate 286-278-279=843 (-21)
6) Findlay 293-279-274=846 (-18)
7) Lenoir-Rhyne 293-276-282=851 (-13)
8) Belmont Abbey 289-281-282=852 (-12)
9) Limestone 287-282-286=855 (-9)
10) Tusculum 282-291-286=859 (-5)
11) West Georgia 295-280-285=860 (-4)
12) Indianapolis 293-294-277=864 (E)
13) King 292-288-290=870 (+6)
14) Anderson 291-289-294=874 (+10)
15) Erskine 301-291-284=876 (+12)
16) Newberry 290-293-294=877 (+13)
17) Emmanuel, Ga. 299-291-292=882 (+18)
18) Georgia College 298-301-299=898 (+34)
19) Young Harris 301-294-305=900 (+36)
20) North Greenville 312-294-301=907 (+43)

Top 10 individuals
1) Drew Coble (GVS) 67-69-67=203 (-13)
t2) Linus Jonsson (LAN) 67-69-68=204 (-12)
t2) Ryan Jahr (BAR) 66-64-74=204 (-12)
4) Nick Krueger (GVS) 70-66-69=205 (-11)
t5) Joel Petersson (FLG) 68-67-71=206 (-10)
t5) Victor Larsson (LAN) 68-68-70=206 (-10)
t5) Tomas Cavanagh (FLG) 65-69-72=206 (-10)
t8) Colin Dutton (WIN) 77-64-66=207 (-9)
t8) Luke Metzger (FIN) 73-70-64=207 (-9)
t10) Kristoffer Larsson (LIM) 70-70-68=208 (-8)
t10) Jordan Hyland (WIN) 65-71-72=208 (-8)
 
Flagler scorers:
t5) Joel Petersson 68-67-71=206 (-10)
t5) Tomas Cavanagh 65-69-72=206 (-10)
t12) Nic Eberhard 68-71-70=209 (-7)
t40) Roo Fenwick 71-73-71=215 (-1)
t66) Abe Forsyth 73-75-74=222 (+6)

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