Former Hixson High School golfer Paul Apyan tied for second this past weekend in the Dominican Republic Open on the PGA LatinoAmerica tour. Apyan, who played collegiately at Southern Miss, shot a 282 for four rounds, four shots behind the winner. He is 13th on the tour money list with $26,363 in earnings, while former Soddy-Daisy and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga golfer Derek Rende is eighth with $32,725. Rende missed the cut this past weekend, but another former Moc, Stephan Jaeger from Baylor School, tied for 20th at 287.
* UTC golfer Wes Gosselin is tied for 18th after the opening round Monday in the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional at Ol’ Colony Golf Complex. He’s in an eight-way tie at 1-over-par 73, five shots behind three co-leaders. Gosselin eagled the par-5 14th hole.
* UTC women’s golf coach Colette Murray announced Monday the addition of Holly Morgan from Sheffield in northern England for the 2016-17 roster. Morgan, from the town of Norton, is the third member of the Mocs’ class of 2016 and has won nine tournaments the last three years and represented England schools against Scotland. “Holly is a great addition. I’m excited about her potential,” Murray said in a UTC release. “She’s kind of on the fringes of the English squad. The English squad is really, really deep. (She is) really solid with a good swing. She’s very ambitious and just seems to have the personality to fit with this crew.”
* Shea Sylvester, who just completed his junior golf season at Lee University, was among the PING NCAA Division II All-South Region players announced Monday, as selected by the Golf Coaches Association of America. Sylvester previously was named a semifinalist for the Division II Jack Nicklaus Award. He finished second in both the West Florida Argonaut Invitational and the Gulf South Conference tournament.
Auto Racing