[Men's Golf] Hurn leads Men's Golf with 6th place finish at TWU

LOUDON, Tenn.- The St. Andrews University men's golf team finished 15th Tuesday at the Bojangles Intercollegiate hosted by Tennessee Wesleyan University at the Tennessee National GC in Loudon, Tenn.

SAU shot total rounds of 320 and 333 for a 653 as SAU finished 8th among AAC schools.

There were numerous NAIA top 25 ranked teams in the tournament including team champion #2 Dalton State (Ga.), AAC foe #18 Point (Ga.), #25 William Carey (Miss.) and quality Mid-South schools #19 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), Cumberland's (Ky.), and Cumberland U. (Tenn.). Dalton State ended up winning the tournament by 37 strokes over runner-up Cumberlands.

Returning senior national qualifier Joe Hurn (SR/Mountaintop, PA) led the way for SAU with his 73 and 72 to finish in a tie for 6th place at 145 (+1 over par), which was his second-lowest two-day total of the season so far. Hurn not only shot the two best rounds of the week for the Knights, but he improved by one stroke on day two and finished just 3 strokes back of the individual medalists from DSC who finished at -2 under par. Dalton State had the top four individual finishers of the tournament as well..

Junior Alberto Firpi (JR/Puerto Rico) was behind Hurn in 51st place and 2nd on the team after rounds of 79 and 83 for a 162 (+18) while fellow junior Caleb Hensley (JR/Monroe, NC) finished in 75th after rounds of 85 and 87 for a 172.

Sophomore Blake Bartlett (SO/Goldsboro, NC) then completed the scoring for SAU as he shot rounds of 83 and 91 for a 174 to place 81st. Senior Corey Johnson (SR/Creedmoor, NC) finished 5th on the Knights and 88th overall shooting an 86 in round one and a 94 on day two to put him at 180.

The men's team is next in action on Oct. 23-24 when they return home to host the SAU Fall Invitational at Scotch Meadows Country Club in Laurinburg.