RHYS DAVIES CHALKS UP 10TH WIN
ON AMERICAN COLLEGE CIRCUIT

Scots Wallace Booth (Augusta State University) from Comrie and Fraserburgh’s Jordan Findlay (East Tennessee State University) finished joint 34th and 64th respectively in a field of 98 as Edinburgh-born Welsh Walker Cup player Rhys Davies chalked up his 10th win on the American college circuit.
The tournament was the General Jim Hackler College Championship over 54 holes from the back tees – a course measuring 6,950yd with a par of 72 – at TPC of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Davies, pictured above, shot 70, 65 and 71 for a 10-under-par total of 70, 65 71. Rather in Nick Faldo style, Rhys shot 17 pars and one birdie in his final round to win by one shot from South African Dawie Van Der Walt (Lamar University).
Another Lamar player from South Africa, Oliver Bekker) was third on 208.
Wallace Booth had rounds of 76, 73 and 71 for a total of 220, improving his position by some 21 places with a sub-par final round that include a double-bogey 7 at the second but eagle 3s at the sixth and 14th as well as birdies at the third and 10th in halves of 37 and 34.
Jordan Findlay also saved his best to last in scores of 78, 75 and 74 for a total of 227. He took climbed the best part of 20 places, with a steadier round of two birdies and four bogeys in halves of 36 and 38.
Ulsterman Gareth Shaw (East Tennessee State) tied for 13th place on 214 with scores of 75, 69 and 70.

Team-mate Seamus Power from Waterford finished joint 51st with 75, 75 and 74 for 224.
Englishman Peter Richardson (Purdue University) from Carlisle came joint 30th with 76, 68 and 75 for 219.
Cian McNamara (East Tennessee State) from Limerick finished 81st wit scores of 76, 77 and 77 for 230.
Another Purdue student from England, Tom Oliver of Nottingham, finished 86th with rounds of 77, 80 and 75 for 232.
Lamar University (838) won the team event from Coastal Carolina (848) with Southern California (851) third, Duke (868) and East Tennessee State (869) fifth in a field of 18 college teams. Augusta State (875) came eighth.
LEADING INDIVIDUALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
206 Rhys Davies (East Tennessee State) 0 65 71.
207 Dawie Van Der Walt (Lamar) 66 70 71.
208 Olvier Bekker (Lamar) 69 72 67.
Other totals:
214 Gareth Shaw (East Tennessee State) 75 69 70 (jt 13th).
219 Peter Richardson Purdue) 76 68 75 (jt 30th).
220 Wallace Booth (Augusta State) 76 73 71 (jt 34th).

224 Seamus Power (East Tennessee State) 75 75 74 (jt 51st)
227 Jordan Findlay (East Tennessee State) 78 75 74 (jt 64th).
230 Cian McNamara (East Tennessee State) 76 77 77.
232 Tom Oliver (Purdue) 77 80 75.
LEADING TEAM TOTALS
838 Lamar. 848 Coastal Carolina. 851 Southern California. 868 Duke. 869 East Tennessee State. Also: 875 Augusta State (eighth of 18 teams).