Longview, Texas – The Centenary golf teams each finished fifth in the Pinecrest Invitational hosted by LeTourneau University on Tuesday at the Pinecrest Country Club.
The Ladies, playing in their first tournament of the season, shot a +274 over par 850 while the Gents, playing in their second tournament and first since early February, finished at +48 (900).
East Texas Baptist won the women’s title at 88-over 664 and Houston-Victoria shot a 28-over 880 to win on the men’s side. ETBU finished six strokes ahead of second-place Tyler Junior College and Blinn College was runner-up on the men’s side, six shots behind champion Houston-Victoria.
Sophomore Richard Polan (Brno, Czech Republic) highlighted the tournament for Centenary as he tied for the individual lead after Tuesday’s final round and then lost to Houston-Victoria’s Max Schliesing in a five-hole playoff for the individual title.
Both players parred the first hole (#1 – par 3/190 yards) and both bogeyed hole number 10 (par 4/410 yards) to remain tied after the first two playoff holes. After Polan and Schliesing matched each other with a birdie and a par on No. 11 and No. 1 respectively, Schliesing made par on No. 10 while Polan bogeyed.
Polan shot 68-73-72 – 213 (even par) for the two-day event which included the new career-low round of 68 in round one on Monday. Polan and Schliesing were the only two individuals to finish below par. Senior Brodey Warner (Brookeland, Texas) finished 13th overall at 11-over 224. He shot an even par-71 in Tuesday’s final round after posting rounds of 77 and 76 on Monday.
Fellow senior Harrison John (Lafayette, La.) finished in a tie for 16th at 14-over 227 as he also shot even-par 71 on Tuesday. Freshman Riley Chase (Crosby, Texas) tied for 37th as he shot a 30-over par 243 (87-75-81). Freshman Ricky Blair (Bossier City, La.) finished in a tie for 45th place at 35-over 248 (80-86-82) and senior Gage Garber (Coppell, Texas) tied for 52nd as she shot a 43-over par 256 (88-86-82).
The Ladies finished 16 shots ahead of sixth-place Murray State Community College. Senior Shannon Orlopp (Rogers, Ark.) and junior Abigail Hayes (Plano, Texas) were the Ladies’ top finishers as the pair tied for 19th place after each shot a 46-over 190. Freshman Madison Wing (Shreveport) shot a 91-over par 235 to tie for 35th place with her teammate, junior Lindsay Strohm (McKinney, Texas).
Madison Brown of Tyler claimed medalist honors as the top individual as she finished at 14-over par 158, three strokes ahead of runner-up Elizabeth Hardy of ETBU (81-80 – 161 +14).
Complete tournament results can be found below:
Men: http://results.golfstat.com//public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=21757
Men: http://www.golfstatresults.com/public/leaderboards/team/static_index.cfm?tournament_id=21757
Women: http://results.golfstat.com//public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=21758
Women: http://www.golfstatresults.com/public/leaderboards/team/static_index.cfm?tournament_id=21758
The Ladies and Gents will next be in action as they host the annual Hal Sutton Invitational March 21-23 at the Golf Club at Stonebridge in Bossier City.
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