GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Ben Carr shot 66, and
Brantley Baker carded a 67 as the Georgia Southern men's golf team shot the lowest total of the third round to move three places up the leaderboard and finish fourth at the Gator Invitational at Mark Bostick Golf Course Sunday.
Georgia Southern (-1) finished a stroke behind 25th-ranked South Florida, five clear of Florida Gulf Coast and eight strokes ahead of 23rd-ranked LSU. Florida (-28) won its home event, and third-ranked Oklahoma State (-16) came in second. The Eagles finished with a 6-under 274, topping Oklahoma State's 275 by a stroke for the best round of the day.
It was Georgia Southern's best finish at the Gator Invitational since the 1979-80 team won it, and this year's field featured six teams in the top-50 in the country.
Ben Carr shot 66 today and tied for eighth on the individual leaderboard.
Brantley Baker fired a 67,
Mason Williams posted a 70 and
Hogan Ingram shot a 71 to make up today's counters. Sparked by a second-round 67,
Wilson Andress tied for 19th, and Williams tied for 24th.
Carr birdied two of his first three holes and made four birdies on the front, and the senior made two birdies on the back. Baker played the front nine 1-under and birdied three of his final seven holes. Williams made two birdies and two bogeys to shoot even, and Ingram ran off a stretch of three birdies in four holes on the back nine.
The Eagles finished the weekend ranked third in the field in par-5 scoring, and fourth in par-4 scoring.
Scoring
Team – 290-275-274=839 (-1), 4
Ben Carr – 74-67-66=207 (-3), T8
Wilson Andress – 70-67-74=211 (+1), T19
Mason Williams – 73-69-70=212 (+2), T24
Hogan Ingram – 73-72-71=216 (+6), T41
Brantley Baker – 78-76-67=221 (+11), T59
Quotables from Coach Carter Collins
"Great stuff from the team this week. They competed hard on a very tough golf course setup and showed a lot of heart and determination from beginning to end. To have the low team final round after having the third-lowest team second round shows what this team is capable of. I can't wait to see what's ahead for this team."
Next Up
The Eagles will compete in the Colleton River Collegiate March 7-8 in Bluffton, South Carolina.
