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The Huntingdon men's golf team won its third tournament of the fall with a 3-under-par 565 in the O'Briant-Jensen Memorial. Senior Will Thrash (second from right) was the tournament medalist with an 8-under 134. (Photo submitted)
The Huntingdon men's golf team won its third tournament of the fall with a 3-under-par 565 in the O'Briant-Jensen Memorial. Senior Will Thrash (second from right) was the tournament medalist with an 8-under 134. (Photo submitted)
Posted: Oct 18, 2016

Thrash and Hawks win O’Briant-Jensen Memorial

Results

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Senior Will Thrash and the No. 1-ranked Huntingdon men's golf team closed out the fall season with another strong performance in the O'Briant-Jensen Memorial on Tuesday.

Thrash captured medalist honors by four strokes with an 8-under-par 134 and the Hawks won the team title by nine strokes with a 3-under 565. This is the second straight season Huntingdon has won the O'Briant-Jensen Memorial.

Thrash's win was his second of the season and the third of his Huntingdon career. The team victory was the third in four tournaments this fall for the Hawks.

Huntingdon shot 7-under 277 on Monday and 4-over 288 on Tuesday. Sixteenth-ranked Guilford was second with a 6-over 574 and fourth-ranked Wittenberg was third with a 15-over 583.

Huntingdon's two-round 565 is the second best 36-hole total for the Hawks during the NCAA era. Huntingdon set its NCAA-era record earlier this fall with a 551 in the first two rounds of the Gordin Classic.

"This has been a great fall season for our team," Huntingdon Director of Golf Dave Schreyer said. "We've played solid, week-after-week. It's nice to see our guys raising the bar."

Thrash, the No. 3 golfer in Golfstat's Division III rankings shot a 5-under-par 66 in the opening round and a 3-under 68 in the final round. The 8-under-par 134 is Thrash's best 36-hole total as a Hawk and one stroke off of Huntingdon's NCAA-era record held by Addison Lambeth. Thrash's performance set the O'Briant-Jensen Memorial scoring record.

In four tournaments this fall, Thrash has two wins and one third-place finish. In 11 rounds, the Prattville native has shot par-or-better seven times.

Five strokes behind Thrash, Lambeth finished tied for third with a 3-under 139. Lambeth, the top-ranked golfer in Golfstat's Division III rankings, shot a 4-under 67 in the first round and a 1-over 72 in Round 2.

Lambeth has finished third or better in three of the Hawks' four events this fall. He has shot par-or-better six times in 11 rounds.

Two other Hawks finished in the top-17 in the field of 81 golfers. Sophomore Stephen Shephard shot a 1-over 72 in the final round and tied for 11th with a 3-over 145 in two rounds. Senior Chad Ring shot 76 in the final round and tied for 17th with a 5-over 147. Freshman Alex Rogers also shot 76 in the final round and finished with a 155.