Story Links Hootie at Bulls Bay – Final Results (PDF) Hootie at Bulls Bay – Final Results (HTML) Awendaw, S.C. – Western Carolina men’s golf completed play at The Hootie at Bulls Bay on Tuesday afternoon unable to improve upon its day two standing, finishing the three-day, 54-hole event in 15th place overall at the […]
Awendaw, S.C. – Western Carolina men’s golf completed play at The Hootie at Bulls Bay on Tuesday afternoon unable to improve upon its day two standing, finishing the three-day, 54-hole event in 15th place overall at the par-72, 7,282-yard Bulls Bay Golf Club.
Junior Ivan Ninkovic led the Catamount scoring five in a tie for 46th overall with a three-day score of even-par, 216, shooting 1-over par 73 in the final round. The Pula, Croatia, product carded two more birdies over Tuesday’s final round to give him 11 for the event. Freshman Chase Cline came home in a tie for 50th overall, a stroke in arrears at 217 that included a final-round 2-over par 74. Cline posted three birdies in each round of the tournament.
Sophomore Jace Butcher posted a team-best final-round score of even par 72 on Tuesday, charting four birdies to give him seven for the tournament. His three-day total of 4-over par 220 left him tied for 64th, gaining a couple positions on the last day.
Rounding out WCU’s scoring five was junior Callum Waugh in a tie for 75th at 223 (74-73-76), while Michael Bevins posted his best round of the tournament at two-over par 74 for a three-day tally of 236. Bevins countered a pair of bogeys and one double-bogey with a pair of birdies on the back nine. He then played the final nine holes even-par without a blemish to complete the event.
Co-host No. 18 South Carolina rallied to tie second-round leader No. 39 Purdue atop the team leaderboard, both sharing a victory. The Boilermakers won the tiebreaker to claim the event hardware as the two posted matching scores of 834. The Gamecocks rallied three spots by shooting 10 strokes better than Purdue over the final 18 holes.
Furman slipped one spot into third overall with a three-day tally of 837, with event co-host College of Charleston sliding two positions into fourth, a stroke in arrears at 838. Missouri and No. 48 New Mexico tied for fifth with identical scores of 843 as the Lobos jumped a round-best four spots to close play.
Kieron Van Wky, the 16th-ranked golfer in the latest Clippd tabulation, rallied four spots to claim individual medalist honors, two strokes clear of No. 59 Frankie Harris of South Carolina, 202-to-204. Harris advanced 11 spots into the runner-up position. His USC teammate Zach Adams finished third, a stroke back of second and three off the pace at 205.
Western Carolina men’s golf returns to action in the penultimate event of the season on April 12-13, traveling to State College, Pa., for the Rutherford Intercollegiate hosted by Penn State on their home course. The two-day event is scheduled for 36 holes on Saturday, April 12 with the final round on Sunday, April 13.
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15 – Western Carolina – 288 – 293 – 293 = 874 (+10)
T46 – Ivan Ninkovic – 72-71-73 = 216 (E)
T50 – Chase Cline – 71-72-74 = 217 (+1)
T64 – Jace Butcher – 71-77-72 = 220 (+4)
T75 – Callum Waugh – 74-73-76 = 223 (+7)
83 – Michael Bevins – 81-81-74 = 236 (+20)
