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Bell leads Knights golfers at Barton Intercollegiate March 14, 2006
The Knights carded rounds of 312 and 307 for a 619 total at the 36-hole event to finish fourth. Nationally ranked Pfeiffer University won the tournament by 19 strokes with a two-day total of 588. Washington & Lee and host Barton finished second and third with scores of 607 and 614, respectively. Senior leftie Graham Bell (Sarnia, Ontario, Canada) led the Knights charge with a seven-over 151 total. After opening with a six-over 78 on the 6,851-yard, par-72 layout; Bell fired a team-best one-over 73 on Tuesday to finish 12th out of 59 players. The next three Knights golfers all finished in a tie for 25th place after posting 36-hole totals of 157. Junior Alvin Yeung (Markham, Ontario, Canada) and freshman Alfred Kristinsson (Reykjavik, Iceland) both turned scorecards of 77 and 80 while senior Nathan Young ( Kewanee, IL) followed an opening 80 with a 77. Junior John Kolls (Durham, NC) bounced back from an 81 with a 77 on Tuesday. Bell led SAPC with five birdies while both Yeung and Young both carded an eagle.
St. Andrews will host the 2006 St. Andrews Spring Invitational at the Woodlake Country Club in Pinehurst, North Carolina, on Monday and Tuesday, March 20-21. |
WILSON, NC—St. Andrews improved its team total by five strokes on Tuesday and leapfrogged two colleges to finish fourth out of 10 teams at the 30th annual Lee Nissan-Barton College Intercollegiate at the Wilson Country Club on Monday and Tuesday.
Falcon Ian Kenwright won the medalist honors by eight strokes with back-to-back rounds under par of 69 and 71. Pfeiffer’s Eric Forsman and Jeff Hill along with NC State’s Garry Hill all finished in a three-way tie for second with four-over 148’s.