Final ResultsHOOVER, Ala. -- The final round of the 2015 Samford Intercollegiate was rained out Tuesday as incessant thunder storms rolled through the metro Birmingham area. The teams valiantly competed through the heavy waves of rain until approximately 11:20 a.m. (CDT) when conditions became unplayable at Hoover Country Club.
Southern Miss earned the championship title of the Samford Intercollegiate as the Golden Eagles posted a two-round total of 1-under-par 575 (289-286). USM won by 16 strokes over second-place Lipscomb (299-292=591) and tallied a 24-stroke advantage over third-place Arkansas-Little Rock (306-293=599).
Samford carded identical scores of 301 in the opening two rounds of play to finish fourth at the 10-team event with a total score of 602. The Bulldogs' fourth-place tally proved to be its best of the 2014-15 campaign.
Samford will next be in action March 16-17 at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate being held at the Seveirville Golf Club in Seveirville, Tennessee.
The Bulldogs'
Robert Adams posted a team-best, 36-hole score of 2-over-par 146 (74-72) and finished in fifth place. He ended the event just four strokes behind co-leaders Casey Fernandez (72-70=142) and Hayes Weathersby (74-68=142), both of Southern Miss.
Once play was called, the Golden Eagles' Fernandez and Weathersby quickly held a first-place tiebreak on hole No. 18 where Weathersby won by concession (Fernandez hit his first shot out of bounds and then his second stroke went into the water hazard).
Samford sophomore
Ashton Nix finished among the top-10 players in the tournament. The Bulldogs' talented native of Auburn opened Monday's competition with a first-round score of 1-under-par 71 before closing out the tournament with a 76. Nix finished just five strokes out of first place.
Fellow sophomore
Garrett Moores tallied a two-round total of 152 (79-73) and concluded the tournament tied for 20
th place in the event.
Rounding out Samford's countable team scores were
Austin Jackson (77-80=157) and
Ivan Truss (80-81=161). Junior
Mac Hennessy competed as an individual and turned in a two-round tally of 156 (74-82). The Bulldogs'
Chris Clouser and
Jake Miller also played as individuals and carded scores of 163 (80-83) and 172 (87-85), respectively.
The Samford University men's golf team will next be in action March 16-17 at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate being held at the Seveirville Golf Club in Seveirville, Tennessee.
Final Results
