SHEFFIELD STUDENT WINS OHIO

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AMAZING TURN-AROUND

Daniel Willett from Sheffield scored a double whammy success at the Ohio Valley Conference men's college golf championship at the Country Club of Paducah in Kentucky (tournament finished Tuesday).
Daniel, pictured above, a sophomore student, won the individual title by six shots with an amazing, come-from-behind charge of the final round - and he helped his Jacksonville State University, Alabama team to win the team title.
Willett was seven shots behind the leader, Scott Schallings (Texas Tech) at the start of the final round of the 54-hole tournament. When Schallings reached the turn in 33 over the par 72, 6,872yd course, Daniel, even though he had birdied the first, fifth and eighth and dropped only one shot, at the second, had actually lost ground, falling eight strokes behind.
Then came an astonishing change of fortunes over the second nine holes. Schallings' game came apart at the seams and he took 47 strokes for a round of 80 and a total of 220.
Meanwhile Willett birdied the 10th and 11th, bogeyed the 14th, but then finished in style with birdies at the 17th and 18th for a five-under-par 67 - the lowest round of the championship - and a total of two-under-par 214. His earlier rounds were 73 and 74.
The unfortunate Schallings tied for second place with two of Willett's JSU team-mates, Julian Colmenares and Bryan Rozier.
Jacksonville State (884) won the team event by 22 strokes from Eastern Kentucky (906) with Austin Peay State (909) third in a field of 10 teams.

Last week the Jacksonville State University women's team won their conference championship.