The Lee University women’s golf team won the 16-team LeeAnn Noble Memorial tournament Monday and Tuesday at Dahlonega, Ga., by 19 shots with a 586, and Lee’s Haverly Harrold was the medalist by three strokes with a 1-under-par 143. The Lady Flames’ Sam Burrus and Annika Gino shared fifth place at 148 and joined Harrold on the all-tournament team. Brooke Benedetto and Anne Hedegaard tied for ninth at 151 (Benedetto as an individual), and Caroline Moore tied for 13th at 152.
* The Dalton State men’s golf team, ranked No. 2 in the NAIA, had the top four finishers in repeating its Bojangles Tennessee Intercollegiate title Tuesday at Tennessee National in Loudon. The Roadrunners shot 7-under 569 and won by 37 strokes. S.M. Lee edged teammate Chase Cole in a playoff for medalist after they tied at 142, and P.J. Shields and Sport Allmond tied for third at 143.
* Although Phillip Hickam tied for seventh in the field at 217, the UTC men’s golf team shot a final-round 298 Tuesday and tied for ninth at 889 in the 16-team Autotrader Intercollegiate tournament at Berkeley Hills Country Club in Duluth, Ga. Georgia Southern won by 24 strokes with an 847. UTC’s Etienne Brault and Luke Long shot 221 and 224. Finishing first among those who played as individuals, the Mocs’ Lake Johnson tied for 14th overall at 219.
* The 16th-ranked Lee men wound up seventh out of 15 teams – 11 of them ranked in NCAA Division II – in the Copperhead Championship at Innisbrook, Fla. Lee’s Scott Odell, Dylan Lillard and Evan Spence were 24th, tied for 25th and tied for 27th at 219, 220 and 221.
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