Men's Golf | 4/3/2021 10:42:00 PM
HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS, Fla. Methodist men's golf scorched the El Campeón course at the Mission Inn Resort and Golf Club, starting the day tied for first place but finishing Saturday's Round 2 with an 11-stroke cushion over second-place Huntingdon College.
The Monarchs posted a 3-under par 285 in the round, trimming 14 strokes from their Day 1 numbers. And those Saturday numbers were reflected on the individual leaderboard where all five Monarch golfers are in the top 20, paced by
Henry Angier (74-69—143, -1) and
Andre Chi (73-70—143, -1) who are tied with each other for the lead.
JUST THE FACTS
Event: Golfweek Division III Men's Spring Invitational
Location: Mission Inn Resort & Club, Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida
Course: El Campeón (6,755 yards, Par 72)
Top teams: 1 – Methodist (299-285—584, +8), 2 – Huntingdon (305-290—595, +19), 3 – Carnegie Mellon (299-308—607, +20)
Top individuals: T-1 –
Henry Angier, Methodist (74-69—143, -1), T-1 –
Andre Chi, Methodist (73-70—143, -1), 3 – Jason Li, Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) University (69-75—144, E)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Chi had finished Friday's opening round tied for second place and moved up a spot shooting 1-under on both halves of Saturday's 18. His 2-under round included six birdies and nine pars.
- Angier moved up the leaderboard four spots on Saturday, hitting the turn at even par before knocking down four birdies against just one bogey.
- Cooper Hrabak (74-74—148, +4) is in eighth place overall, matching his Round 1 score in a wandering sort of way -- with four birdies, nine pars, four bogeys and one double bogey.
- The biggest mover of the day was Zane Brownrigg (78-72—150, +6), whose 72 lifted him 12 spots into a tie for 13th overall. The senior started 2-over after three, but shot 2-under the rest of the way.
- Moving 10 spots up the leaderboard was Cameron Cappuzzo (79-74—153, +9). His round started with a birdie on No. 1 and he hit the turn at even par, then bogeyed the 10th and 13th before earning back one of those strokes on the 14th. A bogey on the 17th was followed by a par on No. 18 to close out his round with a 2-over 74.
INVITE NOTES
- Along with the Monarchs, teams ranked in Golfstat's top 25 participating in the Invitational are No. 1 Guilford College (6th place, 310, +22), No. 2 Huntingdon (Ala.) College (4th, 305, +17), No. 4 Emory, No. 10 Greensboro (7th, 315, +27), No. 11 Christopher Newport University (8th, 316, +28), No. 13 CMU, No. 17 Hampden-Sydney College (T-9th, 318, +30), and No. 19 Oglethorpe (Ga.) University (5th, 309, +21).
- Not surprisingly, Methodist continues to lead the field on the par 3s (+6 cumulative, 3.15 average) and par 5s (-10, 4.75), but now also leads the field on the par 4s (+21, 4.21), too.
- Angier and Chi are making a mockery of the par 5s, both scored at 5-under on the long holes with an average mark of 4.38 on their cards, best in the field
UP NEXT
The Invitational concludes with Sunday's third round.
