M. Golf
Defending Champ Georgia College Leads FSC by Six at Matlock Classic
Spencer Baldwin's 68 in round two was the best of the day for the Mocs.LAKELAND - One year after winning its first Matlock Collegiate Classic, Georgia College is one day away from winning its second, but in order to do so, the Bobcats will first have to fend off the team that's won the tournament more times than any other. By shooting a three-under par 285 in each round on Monday, the Bobcats were able to take a 6-stroke lead over host Florida Southern going into Tuesday's final round, with West Florida and Newberry (SC) trailing by nine strokes.
Not only did Georgia College have an identical score in each round Monday, so did Florida Southern, which is seeking its sixth Matlock title. The Moccasins had a pair of 288's, and the second round included scores of 68 from Spencer Baldwin and 69 from Jude Eustaquio. Baldwin was especially impressive, with seven birdies contributing to the best score of his Moccasin career. Combined with his opening round 72, it was good enough to put the junior college transfer in a tie for fourth place individually with a four-under par 140. Eustaquio, meanwhile, was tied for second place with a five-under 139, and shot par or better on 33 of his 36 holes for the day.
As well as Baldwin and Eustaquio played, however, they were only one stroke better than Georgia College's top two golfers, Billy Shida and Joe Young, who each had a 69 in round two.
After shooting a 32 on the back nine in his opening round, Shida finished with a 67 that gave him a one-stroke lead over Max DeCraeker of Rollins at that point. While he wasn't quite as strong in the second round, Shida still shot a three-under par 69 to finish at eight-under for the day. That puts him within striking distance of the all-time tournament record held by Florida Southern's Jeff Klauk, who finished at 12-under in 2000.
While Shida held on to his first-round lead, DeCraeker fell back into a tie for 11th place, with Eustaquio and West Florida's Blake Olson moving into a tie for second, They stood three strokes behind Shida at five-under, with a group of four golfers tied for fourth place at four-under, one of them being Baldwin.
Defending individual champion Joe Young, also from Georgia College, was in a tie for ninth with a 142, trailing his teammate by six strokes. He matched Shida with a 69 in the second round, but his 73 in round one was the Bobcats' fourth counter. That was two strokes better than the Mocs' fourth counter, however, and the Bobcats picked up three more shots at the #4 counter in round two, this time with Matthew Yonz in that position.
Tim Crouch and Lee White were tied for 33rd with scores of 149, and Shelton Smith was tied for 52nd with a 153. Eustaquio, Baldwin and White all had at least one round on Monday with a score of under par.
Earlier in the day, round one ended with Newberry and Georgia College tied for first with scores of 285, and Florida Southern three strokes behind. Three shots behind the Moccasins were Barry and North Alabama, part of a log-jam involving 11 teams that were all within seven strokes of each other. That opened up a bit as play progressed throughout the afternoon.
Newberry had a share of the lead with Daniel Stanley shooting a 69, and Matthew Killen carding a 70, but Georgia College rode the play of Shida, whose 67 made him the only Bobcat to break par in the first round. That gave him the individual lead by one stroke over DeCraecker. Both players birdied seven holes in the round, but Shida handled the shorter par-3’s better, playing those four holes at two-under, while DeCraecker had a pair of bogeys. DeCraecker, meanwhile, birdied all four of the par-5‘s, but couldn't carry that momentum into the second round.
The final round at Lone Palm Golf Club is scheduled to get underway with a shotgun start Tuesday at 8:00 a.m.
Matlock Collegiate Classic
Lone Palm G. C. Lakeland, FL
Dates: 02/14 - 02/15 (Today:02-14-2011)
Par: 72
Yardage: 7065
Fin. Top 20 Teams Scores
1 Georgia College 285 285 570
2 Florida Southern Col 288 288 576
3 West Florida, U. of 293 286 579
Newberry College 285 294 579
5 Columbus State 294 286 580
6 Barry University 291 292 583
7 Lynn University 296 288 584
8 Florida Inst of Tech 296 291 587
9 Valdosta St. U. 297 293 590
10 Nova Southeastern U. 295 298 593
11 North Alabama, U. of 291 303 594
Rollins College 296 298 594
13 Lander University 294 306 600
14 Eckerd College 298 304 602
15 Clayton State Univ. 320 317 637
1 Billy Shida GA College 67 69 136 -8
2 Jude Eustaquio Fl. South 70 69 139 -5
Blake Olson W. Florida 69 70 139 -5
4 Daniel Stanley Newberry 69 71 140 -4
Zach Potter FL Tech 73 67 140 -4
Clarke Hendrick ValdostaSt 71 69 140 -4
Spencer Baldwin Fl. South 72 68 140 -4
8 Jose Joia Lynn U. 70 71 141 -3
9 Joe Young GA College 73 69 142 -2
Thad Wier Lander U. 74 68 142 -2
11 Jake Greer N. Alabama 69 74 143 -1
Max DeCraecker Rollins 68 75 143 -1
Justin Grice CSU 74 69 143 -1
Marcus Segerstrom Barry U. 72 71 143 -1
15 Ricardo Gouveia Lynn U. 74 70 144 E
Bobby Bode Nova SE 72 72 144 E
Jeremy Britt CSU 76 68 144 E
18 Guillermo Pumarol Barry U. 73 72 145 +1
Matthew Killen Newberry 70 75 145 +1
20 Otto Bonning W. Florida 75 71 146 +2
Christian Westhorpe FL Tech 72 74 146 +2
Callum Georgallides Eckerd 71 75 146 +2
Stephen Swanepoel CSU 74 72 146 +2
Carlos Rodriguez W. Florida 76 70 146 +2
Matthew Campbell Newberry 73 73 146 +2
Patrick Garrett GA College 73 73 146 +2
Matthew Yonz GA College 72 74 146 +2
28 Spencer Cole Rollins 75 72 147 +3
Daniel Stapff Barry U. 73 74 147 +3
Will Repko ValdostaSt 75 72 147 +3
31 Marcelo Huarte Barry U. 73 75 148 +4
Jeff Evanier Eckerd 74 74 148 +4
33 Max Fischer Lander U. 70 79 149 +5
Tim Crouch Fl. South 75 74 149 +5
Daniel Young Lynn U. 76 73 149 +5
Patrick Sheedy FL Tech 74 75 149 +5
Lee White Fl. South 71 78 149 +5
38 Chris McManus Clayton St 77 73 150 +6
Rourke Van der Spuy CSU 73 77 150 +6
Tyler Ekenberg N. Alabama 74 76 150 +6
Chandler Gruenmeier Newberry 73 77 150 +6
Jack Bartlett Nova SE 76 74 150 +6
Nam Padungsiriseth Rollins 76 74 150 +6
T. Guste-Pedersen W. Florida 73 77 150 +6
45 Ben Vertz Nova SE 72 79 151 +7
Michael Hicks CSU 73 78 151 +7
Robbie Van Riper W. Florida 76 75 151 +7
Abdul Sihag ValdostaSt 73 78 151 +7
Ben Lown Newberry 76 75 151 +7
50 Tyler Chandler N. Alabama 74 78 152 +8
Colin Flabbi FL Tech 77 75 152 +8
52 Corey Menter FL Tech 77 76 153 +9
Shelton Smith Fl. South 76 77 153 +9
Jace Windom N. Alabama 78 75 153 +9
Mitch Farrer Nova SE 80 73 153 +9
Ernesto Vitienes Lynn U. 76 77 153 +9
57 Paul Henderson Eckerd 78 76 154 +10
Hunter Stone Rollins 77 77 154 +10
Wes Bowman Lander U. 76 78 154 +10
Marcelo Rozo Lynn U. 80 74 154 +10
Ricardo Celia Nova SE 75 79 154 +10
Ricky Stimets N. Alabama 74 80 154 +10
63 Evan Hanna ValdostaSt 78 77 155 +11
Michael Rafalowicz ValdostaSt 80 75 155 +11
Taylor Smith GA College 80 75 155 +11
Jeff Cockerham Eckerd 75 80 155 +11
Chad Siefert Lander U. 74 81 155 +11
68 Chris Carlin Barry U. 77 79 156 +12
69 Clark Nelson Clayton St 78 80 158 +14
Curtis Lahey Eckerd 79 79 158 +14
71 Barrett McCarthy Clayton St 79 83 162 +18
Jordan Lewis Rollins 78 84 162 +18
73 Tanner Robb Lander U. 85 85 170 +26
74 Adam Novakowski Clayton St 91 81 172 +28
75 Mitchel Konkle Clayton St 86 91 177 +33
Matlock Collegiate Classic
Lone Palm G. C. Lakeland, FL
Dates: 02/14 - 02/15 (Today:02-14-2011)
Par: 72
Yardage: 7065
Fin. School Scores
1 Georgia College 285 285 570
1 Billy Shida 67 69 136
T 9 Joe Young 73 69 142
T 20 Patrick Garrett 73 73 146
T 20 Matthew Yonz 72 74 146
T 63 Taylor Smith 80 75 155
2 Florida Southern Col 288 288 576
T 2 Jude Eustaquio 70 69 139
T 4 Spencer Baldwin 72 68 140
T 33 Tim Crouch 75 74 149
T 33 Lee White 71 78 149
T 52 Shelton Smith 76 77 153
T 3 West Florida, U. of 293 286 579
T 2 Blake Olson 69 70 139
T 20 Otto Bonning 75 71 146
T 20 Carlos Rodriguez 76 70 146
T 38 T. Guste-Pedersen 73 77 150
T 45 Robbie Van Riper 76 75 151
T 3 Newberry College 285 294 579
T 4 Daniel Stanley 69 71 140
T 18 Matthew Killen 70 75 145
T 20 Matthew Campbell 73 73 146
T 38 Chandler Gruenmeier 73 77 150
T 45 Ben Lown 76 75 151
5 Columbus State 294 286 580
T 11 Justin Grice 74 69 143
T 15 Jeremy Britt 76 68 144
T 20 Stephen Swanepoel 74 72 146
T 38 Rourke Van der Spuy 73 77 150
T 45 Michael Hicks 73 78 151
6 Barry University 291 292 583
T 11 Marcus Segerstrom 72 71 143
T 18 Guillermo Pumarol 73 72 145
T 28 Daniel Stapff 73 74 147
T 31 Marcelo Huarte 73 75 148
68 Chris Carlin 77 79 156
7 Lynn University 296 288 584
8 Jose Joia 70 71 141
T 15 Ricardo Gouveia 74 70 144
T 33 Daniel Young 76 73 149
T 52 Ernesto Vitienes 76 77 153
T 57 Marcelo Rozo 80 74 154
8 Florida Inst of Tech 296 291 587
T 4 Zach Potter 73 67 140
T 20 Christian Westhorpe 72 74 146
T 33 Patrick Sheedy 74 75 149
T 50 Colin Flabbi 77 75 152
T 52 Corey Menter 77 76 153
9 Valdosta St. U. 297 293 590
T 4 Clarke Hendrick 71 69 140
T 28 Will Repko 75 72 147
T 45 Abdul Sihag 73 78 151
T 63 Evan Hanna 78 77 155
T 63 Michael Rafalowicz 80 75 155
10 Nova Southeastern U. 295 298 593
T 15 Bobby Bode 72 72 144
T 38 Jack Bartlett 76 74 150
T 45 Ben Vertz 72 79 151
T 52 Mitch Farrer 80 73 153
T 57 Ricardo Celia 75 79 154
T 11 North Alabama, U. of 291 303 594
T 11 Jake Greer 69 74 143
T 38 Tyler Ekenberg 74 76 150
T 50 Tyler Chandler 74 78 152
T 52 Jace Windom 78 75 153
T 57 Ricky Stimets 74 80 154
T 11 Rollins College 296 298 594
T 11 Max DeCraecker 68 75 143
T 28 Spencer Cole 75 72 147
T 38 Nam Padungsiriseth 76 74 150
T 57 Hunter Stone 77 77 154
T 71 Jordan Lewis 78 84 162
13 Lander University 294 306 600
T 9 Thad Wier 74 68 142
T 33 Max Fischer 70 79 149
T 57 Wes Bowman 76 78 154
T 63 Chad Siefert 74 81 155
73 Tanner Robb 85 85 170
14 Eckerd College 298 304 602
T 20 Callum Georgallides 71 75 146
T 31 Jeff Evanier 74 74 148
T 57 Paul Henderson 78 76 154
T 63 Jeff Cockerham 75 80 155
T 69 Curtis Lahey 79 79 158
15 Clayton State Univ. 320 317 637
T 38 Chris McManus 77 73 150
T 69 Clark Nelson 78 80 158
T 71 Barrett McCarthy 79 83 162
74 Adam Novakowski 91 81 172
75 Mitchel Konkle 86 91 177
