Men's Golf News

Men Finish Fourth at Jekyll Island Collegiate

March 26^th- The Stormy Petrel men’s golf team finished fourth at the 8^th annual Jekyll Island Men’s Collegiate Golf Invitational. On the Oleander Course on Georgia’s coast.

The Petrels, the 2005 Jekyll Island champions, found themselves in 2^nd place after shooting 285 the first day. They were three shots behind the leader Otterbein. However, Otterbein was unable to keep the second round lead and Methodist took a one stroke lead over Huntingdon into the final round.

Methodist shot a closing 285 to pull away from Huntingdon’s 296 and Oglethorpe’s 294 in the final round. Otterbein with a 4 under par 284, had the best round of the day, making a late charge to finish 2^nd to the Monarchs from Fayetteville, NC.

Otterbein’s Matt Collins shot a 66 in the final round. Collins birdied the first six holes of the day and eight of the first ten holes, making him eight under through eleven holes, leading Otterbein’s charge up the leader board.

Senior Adam Horton of Methodist College carded a 2 under 70 ad did his teammate junior Nick Bova, to pace Methodist two their second Jekyll Island Collegiate in three years.

Oglethorpe was paced by Taylor Urbanski, a sophomore from Parkview High School, who finished 6^th with rounds of 70-75-71 = 216 to earn a spot on the All Tournament team. Freshman Josh Kinsey carded rounds of 72-76-71 = 219 and finished tied for 13^th. Danny Swanick shot 73-77-71 = 221 to end up in 15^th place, playing as an individual. Freshman Jon Visconti, also playing as an individual, shot 73-76-76 = 225 to finish tied for 26^th.

Joe Green finished 29^th, Joseph Lyda finished tied for 31^st with rounds of 70-78-79 = 227. Matt Suggett finished 38^th in the 128 player field.