Jackson, MS – The Millsaps golf teams completed another solid weekend of tournament play earlier this week.
The women's team played at the Montgomery Country Club in Montgomery, Alabama. The MCC Women's Intercollegiate took place from Sept. 27th to the 28th and featured ten different regional teams.
The Majors moved up the leaderboard on Monday after posting a total team score of 351 on Sunday. The Majors finished seventh overall with a final score of 698, as Lauren Durbin led Millsaps in scoring.
Durbin posted scores of 74 and 85 to finish the tournament tied for second overall. Durbin finished the weekend top-three in par three and par four scoring overall as well.
"I'm proud of the way our teams competed all weekend," Head Golf Coach Brad Johnson said. "Lauren (Durbin) particularly played well by finishing second overall."
The Majors will look to continue their strong play next weekend at the BSC Southern Shootout. The tournament begins Sunday, Oct. 4th at the Highlands Park Golf Club.
The Millsaps men's golf team also played this week in the Belhaven Pinnacle Trust Open. Held at the Castlewoods Golf Club in Flowood, Mississippi, the tournament featured seven different teams from five schools.
Millsaps competed with two teams for the three round, 54-hole tournament held from Sept. 28th-29th.
The Majors 'A' team finished the tournament in third place, as Cody Davis led the way in scoring.
Davis finished fifth overall by posting scores of 72, 76 and 72. His final score of 220 (+4) led the Majors in scoring as Shane Brennan finished sixth with a final score of 222.
Tyler Kastner also finished in the top ten with a score of 224 while Ryan Martin and Ryan Henry finished in the top 25 with scores of 232 and 237.
The top three finish completed another solid performance by the Millsaps golf team this week.
Full tournament results can be seen here.
The Majors will look to use the postivie momentum moving forward as their next tournament takes place in two weeks.
Next up for the Millsaps men's golf team is the Berry Chick-Fil-A Collegiate Oct. 18th through the 20th in Mount Berry, Georgia.
