PALM HARBOR, Fla. – The Lee University men's golf team came in sixth place at the Copperhead Championship on Tuesday afternoon. As a team Lee shot 855 which was +15 for the week. Florida Southern College won the tournament shooting an 832.
Nova Southeastern University came in second with an 832 while Lincoln Memorial University came in third with an 843. The Flames shot a 278 in round one and a 282 in round two but struggled in round three with a 295.
Tucker Wick was the top finisher for Lee with a 211 (67-71-73) to come in tied for 14
th.Billy Boroughs and Jaxon Reed each shot a 215 for 28
th place. Boroughs shot a 69-73-73 while Reed had a 73-70-72.
Mitchell Strickland was tied for 52
nd with a 219 (72-70-77). Tobias Buffam closed it out with a 57
th place finish. He had a 220 (70-71-79) over the three rounds.
Elias Mardeni of Nova Southeastern was the medalist shooting a 205 at the tournament. He had a 68-72-65 over the three rounds.
The Flames will finish up the fall season on October 26-27 at the Golf Week Fripp Island Tournament.
Coach Evan Spence's Thoughts:
"I was really pleased with our team performance for a majority of the 36 hole day on Monday. It felt like we were in a position to close out that second round strong on one of the easier stretches of the course and push up towards the top of the leaderboard but we executed poorly down that stretch and unfortunately that carried over into the final round today as well. Unacceptable performance across the board today and it starts with me as the head coach. Clearly we need to be demanding more out of our guys on a day to day basis at home so they are more accustomed to it when more is required of them in the heat of competition. We'll do a better job of that moving forward. Glad we have another opportunity to close out the fall on a better note in a couple weeks at Fripp Island."
