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Huntingdon in third after Round 1 of Wynlakes Wynter Nationals

Huntingdon in third after Round 1 of Wynlakes Wynter Nationals

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Huntingdon men's golf team is in third place after the first round of the Wynlakes Wynter Nationals on Monday.

Entering Tuesday's final round at Wynlakes Golf & Country Club, the Hawks are 13 strokes off the lead, trailing two teams ranked in the top six nationally. Huntingdon is five strokes in front of the defending Division III national champion.

Methodist, the fourth-ranked team in Division III and the 2010 Division III national champion, leads the team standings at 297. Sixth-ranked Oglethorpe, the 2009 Division III national champion, is second at 304. Tenth-ranked Huntingdon is third at 310 and defending Division III national champion and 13th-ranked Greensboro College is fourth at 315.

Birmingham-Southern is fifth at 321, 17th-ranked Emory is sixth at 322, 22nd-ranked Rhodes is seventh at 324 and the Huntingdon B-Team and eighth-ranked Christopher Newport are tied for eighth at 330.

Sophomore Jamey Lester turned in Huntingdon's best round on Monday with a 3-over-par 75. Lester is tied for fifth and is four strokes behind tournament leader Andrew Bateman of Methodist. Bateman's 1-under 71 was the only under-par round of the day.

Playing with the B-Team in this tournament, Huntingdon sophomore Griffin Just is tied for seventh with a 4-over 76. Junior Sam Strachan is tied for 10th at 5-over 77.

Behind Lester and Strachan, Steven Smith and Thomas Mitchell each shot 79 for Huntingdon and Cates Culpepper shot 83. On the B-Team, Rodes Bowers followed Just with a 79, Tyler Schmutz shot 84 and Nick Massey finished with a 91.

Huntingdon, Oglethorpe and Methodist will tee off together in the final round on Tuesday, beginning at 8:58 a.m. Before that group, Greensboro, Birmingham-Southern and Emory will tee off beginning at 8:18 a.m. The Huntingdon B-Team, Christopher Newport and Rhodes will tee off in the first wave, beginning at 7:38 a.m.

 

 

Huntingdon individual results

T5) Jamey Lester: 75

T10) Sam Strachan: 77

T19) Steven Smith: 79

T19) Thomas Mitchell: 79

T33) Cates Culpepper: 83

 

Huntingdon B-Team individual results

T7) Griffin Just: 76

T19) Rodes Bowers: 79

T35) Tyler Schmutz: 84

T46) Nick Massey: 91

 

Team standings (Division III national ranking indicated below with #)

1. (#4) Methodist University: 297

2. (#6) Oglethorpe University: 304

3. (#10) Huntingdon College: 310

4. (#13) Greensboro College: 315

5. Birmingham-Southern: 321

6. (#17) Emory University: 322

7. (#22) Rhodes College: 324

T8. Huntingdon B-Team: 330

T8. (#8) Christopher Newport: 330