VALDOSTA, Ga. – The Lee University men's golf team came in fourth for the second straight week. The Flames took fourth place shooting an 846 over the three rounds at the Southeastern Collegiate. The University of West Florida won the tournament with a score of 839.
Lee shot a 286 in round one and then followed that up with a 277 in round two and a 285 in round three. The 277 in round two was the best team round in the entire tournament.
George Cordall and Mitchell Strickland were the top finishers for the Flames. Cordall came in tied for ninth shooting a 211 (72-67-72). Strickland also had a 211 (70-69-72) for ninth.
Luke Stock was tied for 18
th with a three-round total of 214 (73-69-72). Bennett McNabb shot a 76-72-69 over the three rounds for a 217 final and come in tied for 28
th. Drew Zielinski was the final finisher for the Flames in 58
th. He had a 223 (71-77-75) in three rounds of golf.
Cooper Tendick from the UWF won the individual title with a 204 (69-67-68). He finished four strokes better than Jamie Dean of Lincoln Memorial University who had a 208.
After UWF, Lincoln Memorial came in second with a 841, While Georgia Southwestern University came in third shooting a 846
The Flames will be back in action next week at the Bobcat Invitational hosted by Georgia State and College University in Eatonton, Ga.
Coach Evan Spence's Thoughts:
"Really nice weeks this week from both Mitchell and George. They've both been trending in the right direction this semester so it was great to see them both cash in top 10 finishes individually this week. As a team, still a long way to go to get to where we want to be at the end of May. We have enough firepower as a team where any one of our guys can go contend for an individual win any given week but we've yet to have everyone clicking on the same page at the same time. When that happens I think it's going to turn some heads for sure."