GWU's Gray Leads Men's Golf Team to a Seventh-Place Finish at the 23rd Annual Coca-Cola Wofford Invitational
April 12, 2011 | Men's Golf
Spartanburg, S.C. - Junior golfer Kristopher Gray earned a top-10 finish, as the Runnin' Bulldogs men's golf team carded a three-round combined score of 881, +17, to place in a tie at seventh-place overall with Elon University at the 23rd Annual Coca-Cola Wofford Invitational at The Country Club of Spartanburg, a par-72 6,648 yard course, in Spartanburg, S.C.
The Runnin' Bulldogs turned in rounds of 293, 291 and 297 to finish the two-day event with a score of 881, +17, one stroke behind Radford University who placed sixth with a score of 880, and 23 strokes behind first-place finisher East Tennessee State (858).
GWU's Gray paced the Runnin' Bulldogs from start to finish, shooting a GWU low round 69, -3, on round one and a 70, -2, on round two on Monday. On Tuesday, Gray carded a 76, +4, to finish with a score of 215, -1, placing him in a tie at ninth-place overall.
Redshirt-junior J.J. Regan carded rounds of 74, 74 and 72 to shoot a combined three-round score of 220, +4, to place in a tie for 25th-place overall, while sophomore Daniel Kim turned in rounds of 73, 74 and 77 to finish in a tie at 36th-place with a two-day tournament score of 224, +10.
Rounding out the scoring for Gardner-Webb at the two-day event, was senior Scott Wheeler and freshman Steven Jones. Wheeler posted rounds of 77, 73 and 77 to finish with a tournament score of 227, +13, good enough to place in a tie at 45th-place, while Jones bounced back from rounds of 79 and 79 to shoot a 72, even par, on Tuesday to record a combined score of 229, +15, putting him in a tie at 62nd-place overall for the tournament.
The Runnin' Bulldogs will now set its sights on next week's 2011 Big South Men's Golf Championship, which will be hosted by Radford University at The Patriot Golf Club at Grand Harbor in Ninety-Six, S.C. The first round of play is set to tee-off at 8 a.m. on Monday, April 18th.
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