Jack Hiluta from Chelmsford receives his first-place prize from a tournament organiser.

Jack Hiluta scores first win on US college circuit

FROM THE SOUTH ALABAMA UNIVERSITY WEBSITE
MOBILE, Alabama - University of South Alabama junior men's golfer Jack Hiluta from Chelmsford, England fired a 1-under-par 71 Tuesday - his third straight round of par or better this week - to earn his first career collegiate victory at the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate hosted by the Jaguars at the Magnolia Grove Crossings Golf Course.
Hiluta made up three shots over the final 18 holes on Middle Tennessee's Kent Bulle, the leader after each of the first two days of the tournament, as the two shared medalist honors with a three-round total of 3-under-par 213.
Playing in the same group as Bulle, Hiluta made his move on the back nine of the par-72, 7,212-yard course. He recorded back-to-back birdie 3s on the 417-yard 10th and 398-yard 11th holes, and after a par he picked up another birdie at the par five 13th.
Hiluuta ended the 54-hole event with a bag of 11 birdies and 37 pars.
"Jack had a fantastic tournament. From the opening tee shot he was in complete control of his game," commented South Alabama University head coach Ben Hannan. "He had very few bogeys all week, and with the difficulty of the course and the conditions it was tremendous golf.
"As a team, we finished sixth in a very good field. The guys had a great round going through 16 holes, but unfortunately weren't able to close which let some teams get back ahead of us. All in all, I was very pleased since it was the first event of the spring. Certainly we have some positives to look at coming out of this, which we can build on moving forward as we get ready to compete in South Florida."
Gavin St John Frost, a junior student at Jacksonville University from Berkshire, finished joint 69th in the field of 102 players with rounds of 78, 76 and 77 for 231 - one shot ahead of team-mate, Ireland's Stephen Healey from Co Mayo, who scored 77, 78 and 77 for a share of 73rd place.
Mississippi held on to win the event with a 13-over-par 877 total, despite shooting a 301 on the final day, besting Illinois State by one stroke. Louisville (879) were third in a field of 18 teams.
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Grant Carnie jt 25th, Mark Dickson jt 71st

at Hilton Head, South Carolina

University of South Carolina-Aiken students Grant Carnie, a senior from Ellon, Aberdeenshire, and Mark Dickson, a freshman from Gullane, finished joint 25th and joint 71st respectively in the field of 90 players at the Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate 36-hole tournament at Hilton Head, South Carolina this week.
Over a par-72 course of 6,828yd, Carnie, who reached the quarter-finals of last year's Scottish amateur championship by beating the seeded Gavin Dear, scored 78 and 72 for 150; Dickson 78 and 80 for 158.
Jackson Taylor (Davidson College) and Lee Bedford (Wake Forest University) tied for first place on 142. Both men scored 72 and 70.
Wake Forest (583) won the team title by one shot from Francis Martin College with Davidson College third on 589. South Carolina-Aiken finished tied sixth with a score of 606 in a field of 17 teams.