NINTH US COLLEGE WIN FOR RHYS DAVIES

Edinburgh-born Rhys Davies, the Walker Cup player from Bridgend, Wales, won his ninth tournament on the United States college golf circuit at Tallahassee, Florida today.
Davies, a final-year student at East Tennessee State University, shot rounds of 73, 68 and 69 for a six-under-par total of 210 to win the Seminole Intercollegiate title by two shots at Golden Eagle Country Club.
Rhys birdied the third, seventh, eighth, 15th and 17th in his final halves of 33-36 to clinch victory. He had 15 birdies over the three rounds to compensate for two double bogeys at short holes in his first round.
Gareth Shaw (East Tennessee State) from Lisburn score 77, 75 and 70 to finish joint 23rd on 222 – a shot ahead of young team-mate Seamus Power from Waterford. Freshman Seamus had rounds of 70, 80 and 73 for joint 29th place.
Banchory’s Scott Larkin (College of Charleston) had scores of 73, 75 and 77 to finish joint 41st on 225.
Callum Macaulay (Mississippi) from Tulliallan dropped from 18th to a share of 46th place in the final standings after a disastrous final round of eight-over-par 80 (38-42).
Callum had a triple bogey 6 at the short 12th and a double-bogey 5 at the short 17th in his final round in which he birdied the second, 10th and 15th.
Ciaran McAleavey (Toledo) from Banbridge, Ireland finished on the same mark as Macaulay with rounds of 72, 76 and 78. McAleavey had a 9 at the par-5 15th in his last circuit.
Cian McNamara (East Tennessee State) from Limerick finished equal 58th with scores of 82, 69 and 77.
Jordan Findlay from Fraserburgh helped East Tennessee State to finish fourth equal in the team event by returning a one-over-par 73 over the 7,041yd course. Findlay, disqualified as an individual for a scorecard error in the first round, was able to continue playing as a team member.
Auburn (865) won the team title by five shots from North Carolina in a field of 15 colleges.
LEADING INDIVIDUAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4 x 72)
210 Rhys Davies (East Tennessee State) 73 69 69.
212 Zach Sucher (UAB) 69 74 69.
213 Patton Kizzire (Auburn) 72 70 71, Glenn Northcutt (Auburn) 73 74 66, Chris Rogers (Mississippi) 70 73 70.
Other final totals:
222 Gareth Shaw (East Tennessee State) 77 75 70 (jt 23rd).
223 Seamus Power (East Tennessee State) 70 80 73 (jt 29th).
225 Scott Larkin (College of Charleston) 73 75 77 (jt 41st).
226 Callum Macaulay (Mississippi) 74 72 80, Ciaran McAleavey (Toledo) 72 76 78 (jt 46th).
228 Cian McNamara (East Tennessee State) 86 69 77.
Team score only: Jordan Findlay (East Tennessee State) Disq 79 73.
LEADING TEAM TOTALS
865 Auburn. 870 North Carolina. 875 Florida State. 878 East Tennessee State, University of Alabama Birmingham. 880 Virgina. 885 Mississipi (7th). Other total: 896 College of Charleston (13th of 15).