Results

COLUMBUS, Ga. – The No. 21 (Golf World/Nike Golf Coaches Poll) Flagler College men's golf team finished in 10th place with an 893 in the 54-hole, 17-team AFLAC/Cougar Invitational which concluded Tuesday afternoon at the Country Club of Columbus (par: 71; yards: 6515).

No. 24 Georgia Southwestern State University rallied from six shots back to start the day and win the tournament by five strokes with an 856. They held off No. 3 Lynn University which carded an 861. No. 4 Barry University finished third with an 873.

Three Hurricanes finished atop the player leader board. Craig Gibson took home medalist honors with a 2-under par 211. He finished one stroke ahead of teammate Christopher Hall who shot a 1-under 212. J.P. Griffin of Georgia Southwestern and Daniel Young of Lynn tied for third place as both finished with an even par 213. 

Greg Mergel (Allenwood, N.J., Wall Township HS) led the Saints with a 6-over 219 and finished in a tie for 16th place. He had a hole-in-one on the par-3, 178-yard No. 8 hole in yesterday's first round. The ace was his first in a tournament. Joel Dahlenburg (St. Augustine, Fla., Bartram Trail HS) tied for 35th place with a 10-over 223. Christopher Waxberg (Stockholm, Sweden, Hersby) shot a 12-over 225 and tied for 46th place. Michael Boss (Lewiston, N.Y., Lewiston Porter HS) finished in a tie for 63rd place with a 17-over 230. Christopher Hughes (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., Ponte Vedra HS) tied for 69th place with a 19-over 232.

Guangdian "Eddie" Huang (Orlando, Fla., The Crenshaw School) shot an 11-over 82 in the first round, but withdrew due to injury. 

Flagler will now prepare for the Rollins Invitational Oct. 24-25 at the Rio Pinar Country Club in Orlando.


AFLAC/Cougar Invitational (Final)
Oct.. 3-4, 2011
CC of Columbus – Columbus, Ga.
Par: 71   Yards: 6,515


Team scores
1) Georgia Southwestern 290-287-279=856
2) Lynn 277-294-290=861
3) Barry 286-287-300=873
4) Georgia College 289-292-295=876
5) Columbus State 296-291-295=882
6) Florida Southern 297-286-300=883
7) Carson-Newman 292-305-288=885
8) North Alabama 297-289-300=886
9) Florida Tech 306-292-291=889
10) Flagler 293-302-298=893
t11) Coker 303-295-300=898
t11) Clayton State 300-296-302=898
13) Valdosta State 298-303-298=899
14) Lander 302-303-299=904
15) Delta State 299-296-310=905
16) Newberry 303-294-309=906
17) Queens of Charlotte 300-311-296=907  

Top 10 individuals
1) Craig Gibson (GSW) 68-71-72=211 (-2)
2) Christopher Hall (GSW) 74-68-707=212 (-1)
t3) J.P. Griffin (GSW) 73-74-66=213 (E)
t3) Daniel Young LU) 69-73-71=213 (E)
t5) Jake Greer (UNA) 71-70-73=214 (+1)
t5) Marcelo Rozo (LU) 66-74-74=214 (+1)
t5) Stephen Swanepoel (ColSt) 75-69-70=214 (+1)
t8) Ryan Trocchio (GC) 71-72-72=215 (+2)
t8) Caleb Westmoreland (DSU) 73-69-73=215 (+2)
t10) Tim Crouch (FSC) 73-70-73=216 (+3)
t10)  Roberto Francioni (LU) 72-73-71=216 (+3)
t10) Daniel Stapff (BU) 71-66-79=216 (+3)

Flagler scorers:
t16) Greg Mergel 72-73-74=219 (+6)
t35) Joel Dahlenburg 72-77-74=223 (+10)
t46) Christopher Waxberg 74-76-75=225 (+12)
t63) Michael Boss 75-80-75=230 (+17)
t69) Chipper Hughes 77-76-=232 (+19)
wd) *Eddie Huang 82-wd=DNF


*-indicates playing as an individual