The Lee University golf team opened the 2024 fall season with a sixth-place finish in the Bear Fall Invitational, hosted by Lander University and played on the Monticello Golf Club layout. On Tuesday, the Flames were led by junior Drew Zielinski, who fired a 3-under 69. The team had the second-best round of the day, a 281 and Zielinski finished at 217.
Junior George Cordall had a 2-under 70 and was Lee’s top individual scorer for the tournament with a 215. Red-shirt senior Luke Stock and Red-shirt Bennett McNabb kept the Flames in red numbers by posting 1-under 71s.
Stock final 54-hole total was 213 and McNabb was one stroke back at 216. Freshman Matthew Render had a final round of 75 and a 223 finish.
The tournament featured outstanding teams from the South Region and North Georgia walked away with the championship honors. West Florida was second, USC-Aiken was third, Columbus State fourth and LMU rounded out the top five in the 19-team field.
The Flames will return to action on Monday Sept. 23 and will be in Gainesville, Ga. to take part in the MizunoIntercollegiate, hosted by North Georgia.
Coach Spence’s thoughts:
“Really proud of the way our guys settled in and bounced back today after a slow start yesterday. We had all five guys in the fight all day and it is always great to wind up counting four scores in the red. Really nice bogey-free round today from Drew (Zielinski) and saw some really solid play throughout the week from the rest of the guys as well. Glad to finish it out on a high note today and get some positive momentum rolling into our next one coming up in a couple of weeks.”