GREENSBORO, Ga. – The Toledo men's golf team moved up six spots in the team standings on Sunday to finish in 10
th place at this weekend's Linger Longer Invitational in Greensboro, N.C. The Rockets shot their best round of the tournament with a four-under par 284 with freshman
Barend Botha leading the way with a three-under par 69.
Botha finished the 54-hole tournament at three-under par 213 (74-70-69) to tie for ninth place, marking his second-straight Top 10 finish.
"Barend managed his game quite well and gave himselft birdie looks all day," Head Coach
Jeff Roope said. "For him to have another Top 10 in two of his first three tournaments is pretty impressive."
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Sophomore
Palmer Yenrick carded the Rockets' second-best round of the day with a two-under par 70, while sophomore
NJ Botha recorded an even-par 72. Botha tied for 32
nd place with a four-over par 220 (73-75-72), while Yenrick tied for 65
th place at 12-over 228 (82-76-70).
"NJ played confident golf for the majority of his round and was stalking shots by the end of the day," Head Coach
Jeff Roope said. "I left Palmer alone for most of the day. You could tell he was focused and could manage his own game with need for much assistance.
"I'm very impressed with the work that the Bothas did during their time at home over the past year. All three are seeing their hard work pay off."
Junior
David Amm (T-60
th/76-78-73) and senior
Nate Thomson (70
th/77-78-76) rounded out the Rocket lineup with 54-hole totals of 227 and 231, respectively.
Charlotte captured the team title at 25-under par 839.
Toledo is back in action on Friday-Sunday, March 26-28 at the Furman Intercollegiate in Greenville, S.C.
TEAM STANDINGS
1. Charlotte 285-277-277=839 (-25); 2. Georgia Tech 283-284-283=850 (-14); 3. Virginia 291-287-277=855 (-9); 4. Louisiana Tech 290-283-287=860 (-4); 5. FGCU 287-294-286=867 (+3); 6. High Point 287-302-285=874 (+10); T7. Memphis 289-295-292=876 (+12); T7. Chattanooga 297-284-295=876 (+12); 9. Middle Tennessee 296-287-294=877 (+13);
10. Toledo 300-299-284=883 (+19); 11. Kennesaw State 295-296-295=886 (+22); 12. Mercer 297-290-301=888 (+24); 13. Troy 298-299-297=894 (+30); 14. North Alabama 294-300-301=895 (+31); 15. Augusta 308-288-300=896 (+32) 16. Georgia State 299-297-303=900 (+36)
TOP FIVE INDIVIDUALS
1. John Gough (Charlotte) 69-66-68=203 (-13); 2. Connor McKay 66-69-69=204 (-12); T3. Noah Norton (GT) 69-71-68=208 (-8); T3. Wei Wei Gao (Virginia) 68-72-68=208 (-8); T5. Christo Lamprech (GT) 71-71-68=210 (-6); T5. Matt Sharpstene (Charlotte) 70-69-71=210 (-6)
TOLEDO INDIVIDUALS
T9.
Barend Botha 74-70-69=213 (-3); T32.
NJ Botha 73-75-72=220 (+4); T60.
David Amm 76-78-73=227 (+11); T65.
Palmer Yenrick 82-76-70=228 (+12); 70.
Nate Thomson 77-78-76=231 (+15)
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