PENSACOLA, Fla. – Flagler College finished in a tie for eighth place with a 13-over par 877 (289-289-299) at the Argonaut Invitational, which wrapped up this afternoon at the Pensacola Country Club (par 72; 6,903 yards).

No. 4 Georgia Southwestern State University topped the 15-team field with a 16-under 848 (283-280-285). They won by six strokes lead over top-ranked University of North Georgia, who finished with a 10-under 854 (289-281-284). No. 5 Oklahoma Christian finished in third place with a 7-under 857 (278-291-288).  No. 17 University of West Florida followed in fourth place with a 3-under 861 and its "B" team came in fifth place with a 9-over 873. Nine of the 15 teams in the field are ranked in the top 25.

Finishing atop the 84-man field was Payne Sells of Georgia Southwestern. He carded a 9-under 207 (66-71-70) and held off Fabian Wennerlof of West Florida by two strokes. Wennerlof shot a 7-under 209 (68-71-70).     

Joel Petersson led the Flagler golfers with a 1-over 217 (72-71-74), which puts him in a tie for 22^nd place. Tomas Cavanagh moved up nine spots thanks to his final round 72 and he finished the tourney with a 2-over 218 (73-73-72). He had two eagles in today's final round and had three in the tournament. Franco Piovano finished in a tie for 52^nd place with an 8-over 224 (75-73-76). Piovano recorded an eagle on the par-5 12^th hole in the first round. Roo Fenwick also tied for 52^nd place with an 8-over 224 (71-76077). He had 36 pars in the tourney. Nic Eberhard finished in a tie for 66^th place with a 9-over 225 (73-72-80) to round out the team.

Up next for the Saints is the Peach Belt Conference Championship, April 19-21, at the Forest Hills Golf Course in Augusta, Georgia. Flagler has won the league title three times with the last one coming in 2019.
  
Argonaut Invitational (Final Round)
Apr. 8-9, 2024
Pensacola CC – Pensacola, Fla.
Par: 72 | 6,903 yards


Teams
1) Georgia Southwestern 283-280-285=848 (-16)
2) North Georgia 289-281-284=854 (-10)
3) Oklahoma Christian 278-291-288=857 (-7)
4) West Florida 279-290-292=861 (-3)
5) West Florida "B" 282-294-297=873 (+9)
6) Columbus State 289-296-290=875 (+11)
7) Coker 283-285-308=876 (+12)
t8) Lincoln Memorial 290-292-295=877 (+13)
t8) Flagler 289-289-299=877 (+13)
10) Henderson State 290-290-299=879 (+15)
11) Lee 292-293-296=881 (+17)
12) Montevallo 296-285-305=886 (+22)
t13) Valdosta State 294-291-303=888 (+24)
t13) Shorter 297-290-301=888 (+24)
15) Carson-Newman 297-301-302=900 (+36)

Top 10 individuals
1) Payne Sells (GSW) 66-71-70=207 (-9)
2) Fabian Wennerlof (UWF) 68-71-70=209 (-7)
3) Oskari Nikku (OCU) 66-76-69=211 (-5)
t4) Jack Tharrington (GSW) 73-71-68=212 (-4)
t4) Hunter Smith (UNG) 75-67-70=212 (-4)
t4) Leandro Mihaich (OCU) 70-72-70=212 (-4)
t4) Per Ekelund (UWF) 66-70-76=212 (-4)
t8) Jack Vajda (UNG) 75-71-67=213 (-3)
t8) Alex James (LMU) 72-74-67=213 (-3)
t8) Will Chambless (UNG) 72-68-73=213 (-3)
t8) Eddie Lee (UWF) 68-71-74=213 (-3)
 
Flagler scorers:
t22) Joel Petersson 72-71-74=217 (+1)
t27) Tomas Cavanagh 73-73-72=218 (+2)
t52) Franco Piovano 75-73-76=224 (+8)
t52) Roo Fenwick 71-76-77=224 (+8)
t66) Nic Eberhard 73-72-80=225 (+9)

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