Men's Golf | 9/27/2022 9:11:00 PM

GREENSBORO, N.C.  In the final round of the Gate City Invitational at the Starmount Forest Country Club, men's golf dropped into second place, two strokes behind Guilford College after being ahead by three the day before. The Monarchs finished with a score of two-over par 854.

Methodist golfer Jonny Lewis (70-72-68-210, -3) was the only Monarch to crack the top 10 as he landed a tie for fourth place, eight places up from the day before with a three-under 210. Lewis also earned a spot on the All-Tournament team following the three rounds of play.

JUST THE FACTS
Event: Gate City Invitational (two days, 54 holes)
Host: Greensboro College
Course: Starmount Forest Country Club (Par 71 – 6,682 yards)
Top teams:1 – Guilford College (283-287-282-852, E), 2 – Methodist (281-286-287, +2) 3 – Emory University (286-287-285-858, +6)
Top individuals: 1 – Michael Vick, Guilford (68-65-71-204, 9 under), T2 – Fred Roberts IV, Piedmont University (66-70-73, -4), T2 – Carson Castelli, Greensboro (69-70-70-209, -4)
 
DAY 2 NOTES

• Methodist opened the round on the first tee as Lewis carded back-to-back birdies. He countered on the front nine with two bogeys for an even par going into the back nine. Two back-to-back birdies, a bogey and two more back-to-back birdies set him under par by three strokes for the day, giving him a run for the top five on the leaderboards.
• Next in line was Beau Brewer (70-70-74-214,+1) , who had a solid performance in during his first two rounds of play, but slipped up to drop eight spots to  a tie for 12^th place. His three birdies were not enough to make up for the six bogeys, which bumped his score from two-under to one-over.
• Cameron Cappuzzo (72-72-73-217, +4), like Brewer, started the day with a bogey, but finished the front nine with an even par after carding a birdie on hole No. 7. Cappuzzo finished the day with a two-over par 73 for an 18^th place tie.
• Will Campbell (69-72-78-219, +6) did not have his usual day on the golf course as he carded his highest score of the tournament with a seven-over 78. Hole No. 9 gave him some trouble as he shot a double bogey before making the turn, his only double bogey over the two days. From there it was hard to come back as he shot five bogeys before finishing the 18.
• Unlike Campbell, Chase Walts (81-73-72-226, +13) had his best day on the course, shooting a one-over par 72 in the final round to bump up 15 places. Unfortunately, after having a shaky first round, he was only able to land a 55^th place tie on the leaderboards.

UP NEXT
The Monarchs will next travel to Nicholasville, Kentucky on Sunday, October 2^nd for the NCAA Preview, hosted by Transylvania University.