Ninety-Six, S.C. - The Gardner-Webb men's golf team turned in a combined team score of 303, +15, on Wednesday, to finish with a final tournament team score of 887, +23, to hold on for second-place overall in the team standings at the 2011 Big South Men's Golf Championship hosted by Radford at The Patriot Golf Club in Ninety-Six, S.C.

The Runnin' Bulldogs struggled on Wednesday, carding its worst round of the three-round event with a combined team score of 303, +15. However, after shooting a 299 on day one and a 285 on day two, the Runnin' Bulldogs finished with a three-day combined team score of 887, +23, good enough for second-place overall.

Sophomore Daniel Kim's strong played continued on Wednesday, as he carded three birdies on the front nine en route to a 72, even par, score for the day. His third round 72 gave Kim a combined three-round score of 214, -2, to place him in a tie for third-place overall and allowed him to earn Big South All-Conference honors.

Kim led the tournament with a par-3 scoring average of 3.00 even par and was fourth in par-4 scoring with a 3.97, -1, average. The sophomore was also second in the tournament field with 12 birdies.

The Runnin' Bulldogs J.J. Regan, who had paced Gardner-Webb over the first two days of play, posted a third and final round score of 79, +7. With his rounds of 72, 68 and 79, Regan finished in sixth-place with a combined score of 219, +3, to also earn all-conference recognition.

Regan, who posted an eagle on day one, had nine birdies for the tournament and turned in a par-5 scoring average of 4.92, -1, for the three-day event.

GWU's Kristopher Gray, which carded a 74, +2, on Tuesday, shot a third round 75, +3, on Wednesday to finish tied for 20th-place overall with a combined tournament score of 226, +10.

Gray finished the tournament with a GWU best 34 pars and a par-5 scoring average of 4.67, -4, for the event.

Senior Scott Wheeler finished out is four-year career at Gardner-Webb with a third round 83, +11, on Wednesday, giving him a final tournament combined score of 235, +19, to place in 36th-place overall, while freshman Steven Jones wrapped up his first year as a Runnin' Bulldog with his best round of the tournament, a 77, +5, on Wednesday to finish the three-day event with a combined score of 240, +24, and in 39th-place.

Gardner-Webb's 887, +23, was 30 strokes behind first-place finisher in the Liberty Flames who finished the tournament with a combined team score of 857, -7. However, GWU finished one stroke ahead of both Coastal Carolina (888, +24) and Winthrop (888, +24), who tied for third-place overall, and five shots ahead of Radford (892, +28) who placed fifth.

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