JEKYLL ISLAND GA--The Millsaps Majors men's golf team finished strong at the Jekyll Island Collegiate, climbing to as high as eighth before finishing tied for 14th.
The Majors finished tied for second in eagles made, tied for 10th in par-4 scoring and pars made.
"Our guys came out swinging on day two. We felt we had a chip on our shoulder after the first round's performance, so our guys were pumped to move up the leaderboard," coach Eddie Brescher said. " We set a team goal to get inside the top ten, and we did just that with our second round."
The Majors used Saturday as the proverbial "moving day", climbing up to 8th with a team score of 298. Sunday saw the Majors shoot a team score of 314 to secure the 14th place finish.Coach Brescher knows that his team is improving, but gave a few shots back on Sunday.
"Since we played solid in the second round, we knew we needed a good round on Sunday to close out the tournament. We let a great opportunity slip through our hands and ended up falling back on Sunday," Brescher said. " Overall, we have improved in this tournament each of the last three years we have played, but we are not satisfied with our fourteenth place finish this year. We are a better team than fourteenth and we all know that. The only thing we can do now is look ahead to our next tournament where we will play better."
Individually, Lewis Peters finished in a tie for first in eagles made and Drew Richardson tied for second in birdies made.Brescher commended Richardson on solid play all three days of the tourney.
"Drew played some great golf this week. He had a hot start being four under through seven on day one, slipped back a little that day but still posted a solid number," Brescher said on Monday.
"In the second round, he had a great finish going one under on the last couple of holes to post another 74. Yesterday he had a bad start being four over through ten holes, but going even par on the last eight to post 76 was a great way to finish the tournament. I am very proud of his play this week and look forward to see him keep this going for the coming events."
Next up for the Majors is the Hal Sutton invitational this weekend in Louisiana.
