PALM HARBOR, Fla. –The Lee University men's golf team finished in third place at the Copperhead Championship on Tuesday. In a loaded field only the University of West Florida and Grand Valley State University finished in front of the Flames. Lee shot a 854 while GVSU had an 852 and UWF won with 841.
 
The Flames struggled in the final round shooting their worst round. Lee had a 279 in round one, a 284 in round two, and a 291 in round three.
 
Bennett McNabb was the top finisher for the Flames. He came in tied for fifth shooting a 212 in the three rounds. He had a 68-73-71. George Cordall finished one stroke back tied for seventh at 213 (69-70-74).
 
Tucker Wick tied for 16^th going 70-73-73 for a 216. Drew Zielinski also had a 216. He shot 72-71-73. Matthew Render rounded out the five for the Flames coming in tied for 26^th with a 218 (73-70-75).
 
Per Ekelund of UWF won the title shooting a 208 (71-71-66).
 
The Flames will be back in action next week at the Golfweek Championship in Fripp Island, S.C. The tournament on October 20-21 will be the final fall tournament for the Flames. 
 
Coach Evan Spence's Thoughts:
"It was nice to be in contention all week again this week especially in a field as competitive as this one. But truthfully, I'm really disappointed in the way we finished today coming down the stretch on the back nine. We were in a great position to make a push and put some pressure on West Florida with about nine holes to play and instead we went the other direction. Looking back at our tendencies last season, we were a team that really struggled to get out of the gate on Monday mornings but always finished well in the final round. We've put a lot of time and energy into improving our first-round scoring dating back to the postseason last year and the beginning of the semester this fall which has paid off. We've held at least a share of the lead after all 3 of the first rounds we've played this season but have just struggled to finish well to this point in the season so we'll definitely be placing some emphasis on that the next few days before we get back on the road. Very glad that we'll get another chance next week against most of the same teams to close out the semester the right way."