SEASON-ENDING MISSED-CUT BLOW FOR JORDAN & EAST TENNESSEE
TEAM-MATES
The 2006-2007 American college season ended on a bitterly disappointing note for Fraserburgh’s Jordan Findlay and the rest of the East Tennessee State University golf team, including Edinburgh-born Welsh Walker Cup player Rhys Davies.
From fourth place in the team standings at the beginning of the third day, East Tennessee State plummeted to 18th place and missed the 54-hole cut by three strokes in the NCAA Division 1 men's championship at Golden Horseshoe Golf Club, Williamsburg in Virginia.
Findlay had the best individual third-round score within the team – a two-over-par 70 which gave him a three-round total of 217.
Rhys Davies, pictured right at the conclusion of his third round, playing in his final college event after 10 wins on the US circuit over four years, had a 73 for 211. Although joint 12th in the individual standings, Davies is also eliminated from the fourth and final round because East Tennessee State missed the cut.
Paradoxically, some players with poorer three-round totals than Davies will play the fourth round because their university teams did beat the cut.
The system underlines the fact that in US college golf, TEAM results are paramount. Individual scores are very much a secondary issue. But you would think that in the NCAA Division 1 championship, the season-ending finale, they would allow say the top 50 in the individual standings after three rounds to play the final round. One of them might have won the championship …. but the championship is for TEAMS, not individuals.
LEADING INDIVIDUALS
Par 210 (3 x 70)
204 Rob Grube (Stanford) 64 71 69, Kyle Stanley (Clemson) 70 69 65, Cameron Tringale (Georgia Tech) 67 68 69.
205 Chesson Hadley (Georgia Tech) 72 67 66, Dustin Johnson) Coastal Carolina) 67 68 70, Zach Sucher (UAB) 68 67 70.
Other scores:
212 Niall Turner (Minnesota) 71 71 70.
213 Pablo Martin (Oklahoma State) 70 72 71.
ELIMINATED BECAUSE TEAMS MISSED CUT
210 Gareth Shaw (East Tennessee State) 69 68 73.
211 Rhys Davies (East Tennessee State) 69 69 73.
217 Jordan Findlay (East Tennessee State) 75 70 72.
219 Seamus Power (East Tennessee State) 70 73 76.
220 Tom Sherreard (Georgia State) 75 72 73.
226 Cian McNamara (East Tennessee State) 72 76 78.
236 Lewis Kirton (Louisville) 82 74 80.
LEADING TEAMS
828 Stanford. 830 Coastal Carolina. 838 Charalotte, Alabama Birmingham.
840 Georgia. 843 Georgia Tech.
MISSED CUT
854 East Tennessee State (18th).
The 2006-2007 American college season ended on a bitterly disappointing note for Fraserburgh’s Jordan Findlay and the rest of the East Tennessee State University golf team, including Edinburgh-born Welsh Walker Cup player Rhys Davies.
From fourth place in the team standings at the beginning of the third day, East Tennessee State plummeted to 18th place and missed the 54-hole cut by three strokes in the NCAA Division 1 men's championship at Golden Horseshoe Golf Club, Williamsburg in Virginia.
Findlay had the best individual third-round score within the team – a two-over-par 70 which gave him a three-round total of 217.
Rhys Davies, pictured right at the conclusion of his third round, playing in his final college event after 10 wins on the US circuit over four years, had a 73 for 211. Although joint 12th in the individual standings, Davies is also eliminated from the fourth and final round because East Tennessee State missed the cut.
Paradoxically, some players with poorer three-round totals than Davies will play the fourth round because their university teams did beat the cut.
The system underlines the fact that in US college golf, TEAM results are paramount. Individual scores are very much a secondary issue. But you would think that in the NCAA Division 1 championship, the season-ending finale, they would allow say the top 50 in the individual standings after three rounds to play the final round. One of them might have won the championship …. but the championship is for TEAMS, not individuals.
LEADING INDIVIDUALS
Par 210 (3 x 70)
204 Rob Grube (Stanford) 64 71 69, Kyle Stanley (Clemson) 70 69 65, Cameron Tringale (Georgia Tech) 67 68 69.
205 Chesson Hadley (Georgia Tech) 72 67 66, Dustin Johnson) Coastal Carolina) 67 68 70, Zach Sucher (UAB) 68 67 70.
Other scores:
212 Niall Turner (Minnesota) 71 71 70.
213 Pablo Martin (Oklahoma State) 70 72 71.
ELIMINATED BECAUSE TEAMS MISSED CUT
210 Gareth Shaw (East Tennessee State) 69 68 73.
211 Rhys Davies (East Tennessee State) 69 69 73.
217 Jordan Findlay (East Tennessee State) 75 70 72.
219 Seamus Power (East Tennessee State) 70 73 76.
220 Tom Sherreard (Georgia State) 75 72 73.
226 Cian McNamara (East Tennessee State) 72 76 78.
236 Lewis Kirton (Louisville) 82 74 80.
LEADING TEAMS
828 Stanford. 830 Coastal Carolina. 838 Charalotte, Alabama Birmingham.
840 Georgia. 843 Georgia Tech.
MISSED CUT
854 East Tennessee State (18th).
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