Men’s Golf Finishes Runner-Up at Fighting Irish Classic

Sunday, September 4

South Bend, Ind.

8 a.m.

Georgia Southern University

Fighting Irish Classic

9/5/2022 4:28:00 PM | Men's Golf

Final Results

Three Eagles place in the top-7.

By: Marc Gignac

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Mason Williams birdied six of his final seven holes to shoot 64, and Ben Carr birdied three of his last four to post a 66 to lead the Georgia Southern men's golf team to a runner-up finish at the Fighting Irish Classic Monday at Warren Golf Club.

The Eagles (-20) shot 12-under in the final round, the lowest score of the day and second-lowest round of the tournament. GS finished a stroke behind Florida (-21) and a stroke clear of North Carolina (-19). Host Notre Dame (-16) was fourth, and Colorado (-7) finished fifth.

Williams' 64 is tied for 10th for lowest round in school history, and the fifth-year senior (-9) finished third. Carr (-8) took fourth, and Hogan Ingram (-6) fired a 67 today to tie for seventh.

Williams was even through 11 holes before catching fire on the last seven holes of the event and wound up shooting 6-under on the back nine. Carr came to the 15th hole at 1-under and made three straight birdies to get to 4-under for the day.

Ingram carded a bogey-free round with birdies on 3, 12 and 18, and Wilson Andress played his final 13 holes of the event 2-under to shoot 71. All told, the Eagle counters played the final six holes of the tournament 8-under. GS led the field in par-3 scoring and ranked second with 55 birdies on the weekend.

Results
Team – 277-275-268=820 (-20), 2
Mason Williams – 67-70-64=201 (-9), 3
Ben Carr – 70-66-66=202 (-8), 4
Hogan Ingram – 69-68-67=204 (-6), T7
Brantley Baker – 71-71-74=216 (+6), T48
Wilson Andress – 71-75-71=217 (+7), T54
Hayden Carner* - 75-76-77=228 (+18), 81
*Played as an individual

Quotables from Coach Carter Collins
"This week is a great foundation to build the rest of our season on. Each week, they are continuing to prove to themselves that Georgia Southern can compete with anyone. I'm proud of them for the preparation and grit they showed from beginning to end and can't wait to see what's ahead. It's a special group, Hail Southern!"

Next Up
The Eagles travel to Minneapolis for the Gopher Invitational Sept. 11-12. The first two rounds are scheduled for Sunday, and the final 18 is set for Monday.