No. 1 Bulldogs race to another win
No. 1 Mississippi Gulf Coast surged past two teams to close the fall golf schedule with another victory, enduring a chilly, windy couple of days at the Jones College Invitational in Laurel.
The Bulldogs' Matthew Bond won medalist by making up his own three-shot deficit.
"It was definitely a story of survival this week with the weather conditions and all that," Gulf Coast coach Brad Thornton said. "I'm very proud of how we responded today and posted what I thought was a really respectable round. We competed our tails off the entire day."
The Bulldogs shot a tournament-low round of 15-over to finish 12 shots ahead of host Jones. Bond, a freshman from Ocean Springs, finished at 10-over to tie with East Central's Harvey Underwood after 36 holes. He made par on the second playoff hole to win.
"I've never been in a playoff before, but I wasn't stressed or anything," Bond said. "No nerves or anything, just kept a level head and accepted that either result would've been good."
Paul Hoefer (Fr., Heidelberg, Germany/Kurpfalzgymnasium Mannheim) shot a tourney-best 2-over in the final round to get into a third-place tie and join Bond on the All-Tournament team.
Craig Bullock (Fr., Ripley /Ripley) and Cal Wier (Fr., Hernando/Lewisburg) carded 77s to finish in the top-20.
The Bulldogs won their second MACCC tournament of the fall and also lost their Charles Cooper Classic in a playoff. They'll return to action in January.
Team scores |
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| Team | Score |
|---|---|
| 1. Gulf Coast | 331-303-—634 (+58) |
| 2. Jones College | 328-318-—646 (+70) |
| T3. East Central | 329-322-—651 (+75) |
| T3. Meridian | 339-312-—651 (+75) |
| 5. Pearl River | 337-321-—658 (+82) |
| T6. Northwest Mississippi | 345-317-—662 (+86) |
| T6. Northeast Mississippi | 340-322-—662 (+86) |
| 8. Hinds | 339-330-—669 (+93) |
| 9. East Mississippi | 351-332-—683 (+107) |
| 10. Itawamba | 358-330-—688 (+112) |
| 11. Southwest Mississippi | 354-354-—708 (+132) |
MGCCC scores |
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| Player | Score |
|---|---|
| 1. Matthew Bond | 79-75—154 (+10) |
| T3. Paul Hoefer | 82-74—156 (+12) |
| T15. Craig Bullock | 85-77—162 (+18) |
| 18. Cal Wier | 86-77—162 (+19) |
| T19. Logan Jensen | 85-79—164 (+20) |
| 30. Braden Dobbs (IND) | 87-80—167 (+23) |
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