SCAD Men's Golf Captures the Florida Sun Conference Championship
John Haworth
LAKE WALES, Fla. - Savannah College of Art and Design captured the 2007 Florida Sun Conference Men's Golf championship with a team total of 906 which was 17 strokes better than the second-place Embry-Riddle University squad at 923.
The event is also the NAIA Region XIV Tournament which saw Johnson & Wales capture the event after being upset last season by then FSC member Flagler College. The Wildcats carded a 54-hole total of 903 , currently ranked fourth in the latest NAIA National Poll, narrowly defeated SCAD by three strokes and withstood the late-charging Bees who fired the second-lowest team round of the event with a 297, while JWU closed out with a 305. SCAD's Colin Kelly (220) shot the lowest third round score firing a 69 and took home the FSC Player of the Year and medalist honors, while he finished as runner-up in the Region XIV medalist race by one shot to JWU's David Tobon (219).
ERAU was consistent throughout the tournament scoring 307, 311, and a final round 305 and were led in the final round by Stephen Hellwege who posted a final round 70.
Northwood and Thomas claimed the third and fourth spots, respectively carding 931 and 938. Tournament host Webber International was fifth at 940, followed by St. Thomas with a 944. Rounding out the rest of the teams was Warner Southern, carding a 956.
Johnson & Wales will move on to represent Region XIV in the National Tournament at the Indiana National Golf Club in Plymouth, Ind., while SCAD, Embry-Riddle and Northwood will await at-large berths to the National Event.
TEAM SCORES
- Johnson & Wales (292, 306, 305) 903
- SCAD (305, 304, 297) 906
- Embry-Riddle (307, 311, 305) 923
- Northwood (311, 307, 313) 931
- Thomas (314, 318, 306) 938
- Webber International (322, 312, 306) 940
- St. Thomas (316, 317, 311) 944
- Warner Southern (316, 324, 316) 956