Samford University
Day Two (Francis Marion Invite)
Men's Golf Places Second At 2011 Spring Hill Suites Intercollegiate
9.13.11 | Men's Golf
Sept. 13, 2011
FLORENCE, S.C. - The Samford University men's golf team opened its 2011-12 season in impressive fashion Tuesday as the Bulldogs earned a second-place finish at the highly-competitive, 15-team Spring Hill Suites Intercollegiate hosted by Francis Marion University at the Country Club of South Carolina.
Samford finished the 54-hole tournament with a total team score of 860 (285-288-287). The Bulldogs' Bill Nabors, a junior native of Decatur, Ala., tallied an eighth-place finish Tuesday as he carded a three-round mark of 2-under-par 214 (70-69-75).
Fellow-juniors Gabe Hyde, Casey O'Toole and Drew Aimone also registered impressive scores of 215 (71-74-70), 216 (71-74-71) and 220 (73-76-71), respectively. Samford's Hyde, who finished just one stroke behind Nabors, earned a 12th place finish, while O'Toole and Aimone came in at No. 18 and No. 32 in the individual standings.
The Bulldogs' true freshman Zac Hughes carded an impressive score at the 2011 Spring Hill Suites Intercollegiate in his opening tournament as a college athlete. Hughes, a native of Mobile, Ala., tallied a 54-hole score of 222 (75-71-76).
Furman University carded a third-round score of 285 on Tuesday to win the championship title of the two-day event. The Paladins turned in a final team total of 856 (288-283-285) to place just four strokes ahead of Samford.
Rounding out the top five teams in the competition were South Carolina-Aiken (288-288-284=860), Gardner-Webb University (296-288-279=863) and Charleston Southern (286-291-288=865).
Winning individual medalist honors Tuesday was Furman's Matthew Broome. Broome fired a 1-under-par 71 in the final round of competition to hold on for the championship title. He finished the 54-hole course with a total mark of 8-under-par 208.
The Samford University men's golf team will next be in action Sept. 23-25 at the 2011 Mason Rudolph Championship which will be held at the Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin, Tenn.
Final Results - - 2011 Spring Hill Suites Intercollegiate
