FHU Men's Golf teed off at the Champions Run GCS in Rockvale, Tenn. on October 5th for rounds 1 and 2 of the Music City Collegiate. The conclusion of Round 1 saw the team sitting in solo 4th place with a team score of +7. Drew Massengale led the charge with a 72 in a tie for 8th place, grabbing two eagles on hole 7 and hole 9 to shoot a 35 on the front 9. Lane Walton was one shot back of Massengale, shooting a 73 in a tie for 16. Jayce Hutchens shot a 74 in a tie for 23, Leo Huddleston shot a 75 in a tie for 32, and Lucas Gupton shot a 76 in a tie for 44.
The second round got underway on the 5th, but was cut short due to lighting problems, and the remaining holes were concluded on the morning of the 6th. At the end, FHU shot a team +8. Massengale shot a bogey-free, 31 front nine with 5 birdies, but his final score ended up being a 73. Hutchens was able to shoot a 71 to bring his tournament score to a +2. Walton and Gupton both shot a 76, and Huddleston shot a 79. After 2 round, the Lions fell down to 7th in the team scores.
The final round saw the Lions shoot the second best team score of the round, with a -8 team score. Walton led the charge with a -4, 68, after a bogey free front nine score of 33. Hutchens shot another 71, with a bogey free back 9 and shot -3 in his final 3 holes, including an eagle and a birdie. Massengale shot a consistent 71, and Huddleston shot a bogey-free back nine with an eagle on hole 11 to get under par for the round with a 71. After falling back after round 2, the Lions shot back up the leaderboard to grab a T3 team finish, scoring 871 (+7) for the tournament.
As a team, the Lions finished with the most eagles, with four, and fourth in the field in birdies, with 47. They finished second in Par 5 scoring, averaging a score of 4.67 on the Par 5s, and shooting a combined -20.
Freed had a lot of players at the top of the statistical leaderboards. Massengale tied for the most eagles, with 2, tied for 4th in Par 3 Scoring, with average of 2.92, tied for 6th in birdies with 13, just 1 back of the lead, and tied for 4th with teammate Hutchens in Par 5 scoring, averaging 4.42. Walton was 5th in Par 4 scoring, averaging 4.00. Hutchens and Walton tied for the lead with the least amount of double bogey or more, with only 1.Â
The Lions will travel next to Bowling Green Ky. for the Mid-South Conference Fall Preview on October 26 and 27.
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