PENSACOLA, Fla. – The Argonaut Invitational was hosted by the University of West Florida and the Argos were in control at the Pensacola Country Club from start to finish in the 54-hole event. UWF claimed top team honors with a 34-under par 182. Georgia Southwestern University placed second with a 25-under 191 while the University of North Georgia rounded out the top three with a 22-under 194. Columbus State Univerversity 19-under, Lander University 14-under and Lincoln Memorial University 9-under finished in front of the seventh-place Lee team who scored a 4-under 212.
The Argonauts also captured the top three individual honors led by Per Ekelund 16-under (200), Trey Rouse 10 under (206) and Fabian Wennerlof 10-under (206).
The Flames were led by George Cordall who posted a 69-69-72 – 210 and finished ninth. Bennett McNabb followed and was 23rd with a 72-69-73 – 214. Drew Zielinski placed 43rd with a 218, Matthew Render had a 221 and Mitchell Strickland totaled 222.
Luke Stock playing as an individual in the tournament put together rounds of 71-71-73 – 215.
Lee will go back to work and prepare for the annual Gulf South Conference Tournament which will take place on April 17-19 at Tunica, Miss.
Coach Evan Spence's thoughts:
"It was a frustrating week to say the least. Just felt like we didn't really take care of the simple things all week. It is tough to keep us on a course like this where you've got to make a ton of birdies against a field as strong as this when you are not scoring the ball well.
George was a bright spot for us this week especially on Monday. Overall, we are going to have to take the next week to regroup and get back to the basics a bit before we hit the road for conference."