Clemson Sets Record, Trojans Finish Fifth

Friday, March 16

Troy University

Furman University

3/18/2012 10:05:00 PM | Golf (M)

By: Brandon Lee

Final Stats

GREENVILLE, S.C. – No. 13 ranked Clemson (290-276-272) set a new tournament record at 26-under par to claim its third consecutive Furman Intercollegiate title at the par-72, 6,994-yard Furman University Golf Club on Sunday.

Corbin Mills, Thomas Bradshaw and Crawford Reeves led the Tigers in the final round of action to give the team a total tournament score of 838. Coastal Carolina's Sebastian Soderberg carded a four-under par 68 in all three rounds to win the individual title.

Troy ended the first round on top of the leader board and finished the weekend at three-over par-75, tied for fifth with No. 22 Georgia and Charleston Southern.

“We got back today and tied Georgia,” Head Coach Matt Terry said. “We made some bogeys late in our finishes today, but overall I'm proud of the team for playing in three tournaments back-to-back and with each event they lowered their stroke averages."

Troy was led by Tolver Dozier (72-72-70-214), who carded even-par in each of the first two rounds. Dozier rebounded in today's final round with a two-under par-70. The Dothan, Ala. native began play on the back nine and carded two bogeys and a birdie to make the turn at one-over. Dozier then birdied holes two, five, six and seven to end the day two-under, tied for 16th.

Senior Ricky Casko (70-74-72-216) fired a third round even-par to end his weekend at even-par after shooting a two-under in the first round and a two-over par in the second. Casko also began play on the back nine and carded a bogey and birdie to make the turn at even-par. He then birdied holes one and two, but three bogeys on his six remaining holes ended his day at even-par and tied for 21st on the weekend.

After shooting a four-over par in yesterday's round, Jake Tucker (71-76-71-218) fired a one-under par-71 in today's final action. Tucker bogeyed holes 11 and 15, but birdied holes 12, 16 and 18 to make the turn at one-under. Consistent play on the last nine sent Tucker to the top of the final standings, tied for 29th after entering today tied for 50th.

Wil Clowdus (73-73-79-225) shot a seven-over par-79 and fell 26 spots in the final standings to end the tournament at nine-over par, tied for 67th. Kyle Thommesen (74-78-73-225) also finished tied for 67th after shooting a tournament-best 73 to end the weekend at nine-over par. Phillip Brennan, who competed as an individual, completed the weekend at 11-over par tied for 76th.

“We have some time to go back to Troy and work on tightening up our games and making things a little cleaner before we leave again,” said Terry. “We are a young team traveling with three freshmen, a sophomore and a senior, and to see these guys get better is exciting."

Troy will have a long break before its next action when they travel to Jonesboro, Ark. to compete in the ASU Red Wolf Intercollegiate hosted by Arkansas State University on April 2.

Team Standings:
1. No. 13 Clemson (290-276-272-838); 2. Virginia Tech (294-278-281-853); T3. Wofford (288-290-282-860); T3. Coastal Carolina (293-284-283-860); T5. No. 22 Georgia (298-281-288-867); T5. Troy (286-295-286-867); T5. Charleston Southern (292-288-287-867); 8. Samford (294-292-282-868); 9. Georgia State (292-284-299-875); 10. No. 37 Purdue (294-289-294-877); T11. Francis Marion (288-295-297-880); T11. Marshall (295-291-294-880); 13. Furman (296-290-299-885); 14. East Tennessee State (289-299-298-886); 15. Gardner-Webb (294-288-305-887); 16. Michigan (298-292-299-889); T17. Presbyterian College (293-301-300-894); T17. Elon (303-291-300-894); 19. Winthrop (299-303-294-896); 20. Western Carolina (297-292-315-904); 21. Temple (317-307-328-952)

Individual Standings:
1. Sebastian Soderberg (Coastal Carolina) 68-68-68-204; 2. Matt Thompson (Michigan) 68-67-71-206; 3. Corbin Mills (Clemson) 74-69-65-208; T4. Thomas Bradshaw (Clemson) 71-69-69-209; T4. Crawford Reeves (Clemson) 71-69-69-209;

Troy Individuals:
T15. Tolver Dozier (72-72-70-214); T21. Ricky Casko (70-74-72-216); T29. Jake Tucker (71-76-71-218); T69. Wil Clowdus (73-73-79-225); T69. Kyle Thommesen (74-78-73-225)