Connelly Finishes Tied for Third at Wexford Plantation

Tuesday, February 28

Hilton Head, S.C.

Mercer University

Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate

Connelly Finishes Tied for Third at Wexford Plantation

2/28/2017 8:17:00 PM | Men's Golf

Complete Results (PDF)

By: Patrick T. Walsh

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – Justin Connelly registered a top-three finish and posted a 1-over-par tournament score of 217 as action wrapped up at the Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate Tuesday afternoon.

As a team, Mercer dropped two spots into a tie for seventh alongside host Francis Marion, beating high point by two strokes and besting Wofford by five strokes overall.

MERCER SCORECARD

T-7.	Mercer	300	295	304	+35	899
T-3.	Justin Connelly	71	71	75	+1	217
T-26.	Hayes Rule	77	75	73	+9	225
T-39.	Kiko Rosete	79	72	77	+12	228
T-66.	Jerry Ren	73	83	79	+19	235
T-84.	Sean Smothers	82	77	84	+27	243

COACH KAYDEN'S COMMENTS
"I'm very proud of Justin. He played very well. Didn't play where he expected to play today with a couple three-putts and didn't get some birdies that he usually makes but he still had a wonderful finish. He had a top-fivefinish and beat a highly-ranked golfer from Wofford. He keeps flirting with it and it is getting a lot closer with him. We are very proud of his efforts this week for the team."

"We had some positives and negatives. We beat Wofford, a SoCon team that is ranked highly within our conference, and we also beat a really good Eastern Kentucky team so we had a couple of good wins. We feel like we are close to having a nice event. Our guys are playing well and are prepared well for the events. We are just looking to improve between now and our next tournament. Our guys weren't happy with today but we made some good strides this week."

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