Men’s Golf Finishes Jim Rivers Intercollegiate

Sunday, September 15

Ruston, La.

Mercer University

The Jim Rivers Intercollegiate

Men’s Golf Finishes Jim Rivers Intercollegiate

9/18/2019 9:58:00 AM | Men's Golf

Mercer started strong, finished consistent

By: Jace Sanders

CHOUDRANT, La. – Mercer men's golf wrapped up competition at the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate at Squire Creek Tuesday, finishing with an 874 (+10) and placing seventh of the 14 teams at the tournament.

Tyler Copp and Spencer Ball led the Bears throughout the tournament, both shooting a one-over, 217 for the tournament – Copp shot 70-73-74 and Ball turned in 73-71-73 to tie for 18^th. Closely behind the junior and senior was sophomore Martin Plukka with a three-over, 219 through 54 holes.

Mercer Scorecard

7	Mercer	288	292	294	+10	874
T18	Tyler Copp	70	73	74	+1	217
T18	Spencer Ball	73	71	73	+1	217
T26	Martin Plukka	72	74	73	+3	219
T65	Lino Galdin	78	77	74	+13	229
T65	Jonathan Parker	73	74	82	+13	229

Coach Kayden's Take
"We had a great start today, but just couldn't quite finish the round," head coach Kirk Kayden said. "Our par five play needs to improve a little bit if we're going to move up in these tournaments. We had two really good finishes by Tyler Copp and Spencer Ball – who both showed some pretty good consistency through the week. We just have to have a little bit better par five play and a little bit better discipline when it comes to hitting the middle of the green when the pins are tough. But, the guys are working hard and I'm confident we will be ready to go at Charlotte."

Up Next
Mercer will head to Charlotte, N.C., Sunday to Tuesday for the River Run Collegiate hosted by Davidson and Charlotte at the River Run Golf Club.

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