Flowery Branch, Ga. – The Millsaps Majors Men's Golf Team, ranked no. 26 in the nation, competed the past two weeks at the 2011 Indian Bayou Classic and the Royal Lakes Invitational.
“We are a young team, with a lot of talent. We have not reached out best potential yet, but we are working hard in practice to peak at the right times,” said first year Head Coach Eddie Brescher
At the Indian Bayou Classic, Millsaps placed 12th out of 16 teams in the field. Freshman Lewis Peters led the Majors finishing 23rd overall with a scores of 75 and 74. Sophomore Drew Richardson placed second overall on the team and 38th with a score of 80 and 73. Freshman Garrett Barnes finished 46th with scores of 76 and 78. Sophomores Thomas Baxter and Chris Patton rounded out the field for the Majors.
Brescher added, “I am proud of the guys performance that week. We played a lot of strong DII teams and posted some solid numbers.”
The following weekend, Millsaps traveled to Flowery Branch, Georgia to compete in the Royal Lakes Invitational. The Majors struggled on Day One shooting a 322 as a team, but came back strong on Day Two to shoot a 310, finishing 15th overall.
“(Round 2) was much better than the first round. We still have much room for improvement. We had too many easy mistakes out there with 3 putts, and hitting shots in hazards,” said Brescher
Richardson led the way with scores of 81 and 73 as he finished 40th. Peterson finished behind him with scores of 80 and 75 while Patton finished 63rd with scores of 77 and 81. Baxter and Barnes rounded out the team.
The Majors are back in action this Monday as they host their first event of the season at Lake Caroline Golf Club in Madison, Miss. The tournament will begin at 8:30 a.m. and go through Tuesday.
“Our next event is our home event, co hosted with Belhaven at Lake Caroline Golf Club in Madison, MS,” said Brescher. “For the coming week we plan to have some good practice sessions and work on executing our game plan better for our home event.”
