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Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Hutchinson leads Elon to team crown in Pinehurst Intercollegiate Championship; Drexel takes fifth


   Elon, getting a 1-2 finish from Graham Hutchinson, a junior from Dallas, Texas, and Quade Lukes, a senior from Chapel Hill, N.C., rolled to a 20-shot victory in the Pinehurst Intercollegiate Championship, which wrapped up Sunday at the Pinehurst Resort’s No. 8 Course in Pinehurst, N.C.
   Hutchinson was really the only player in the field to get a handle on the tough conditions, which included wind and cold, on a tough 6,937-yard, par-71 Pinehurst No 8 layout. Hutchinson matched par in Friday’s opening round with a 71 and added a 1-under 70 in Saturday’s second round before closing with a 1-over 72 that left him with an even-par total of 213, six shots clear of his teammate Lukes and two other players.
   The Phoenix opened with a 7-over 291 and added a 10-over 294 in Saturday’s second round before closing with a 9-over 293 for a 26-over 878 total.
   Hutchinson had finished in a tie for fifth place, two shots out of a four-way playoff for the title, and helped Elon end up in fourth place in last spring’s Colonial Athletic Association Championship at the same Pinehurst No. 8 Course. This spring’s CAA Championship will be held at the Reserve Club at St. James Plantation in Southport, N.C.
   An early March weekend in tough conditions at Pinehurst figures to be good preparation for the conference championships on the horizon.
   Davidson, out of the Atlantic 10, closed with a 13-over 297 to claim runnerup honors at 46-over 898, 20 shots behind Elon. The Wildcats only trailed Elon by four after opening with a 298, but struggled to a 303 in Saturday’s second round.
   It was another four shots back to Big South Conference representative Radford and Belmont, out of the Ohio Valley Conference, in a tie for third place at 50-over 902.
   The Highlanders sandwiched a 306 in Saturday’s second round with a pair of 298s. After struggling to rounds of 309 Friday and 306 Saturday, the Bruins finished up with the best team round of the weekend, a solid 3-over 287.
   Elon’s CAA rival Drexel also struggled in the first two rounds, carding a 309 Friday and a 304 Saturday, before closing with an 11-over 295 that enabled the Dragons to finish fifth in the 13-team field at 56-over 908, six shots behind Radford and Belmont.
   Lukes backed up Hutchinson for the Phoenix, finishing in a three-way tie for second at 6-over 219. Lukes opened with a 76 as gusty winds replaced morning rain, but bounced back by matching par with a 71 in Saturday’s second round before closing with a 1-over 72 in Sunday’s final round, the start of which was pushed back by a frost delay.
   Max Ferrari, a redshirt junior from Framingham, Mass., gave Elon a third player in the top five as Ferrari shared fifth place at 7-over 220. Ferrari matched his teammate Hutchinson’s even-par 71 in the opening round, struggled to a 76 in Saturday’s second round and closed with a 2-over 73.
   Bronson Myers, a freshman from Columbia, S.C., was consistent all weekend, sandwiching a 77 in Saturday’s second round with a pair of 76s to land among the group tied for 21st place at 229.
   Rounding out the Elon lineup was Josef Dransfeld, a sophomore from Huntingdon, W.Va. who finished in the group tied for 49th place at 236. Dransfeld struggled in Saturday’s second round with an 80 and in Sunday’s final round with an 83, but his opening round of 2-over 73 was a big factor in the fast start for the Phoenix.
   Joining Elon’s Lukes in the trio tied for second place at 219 were Old Dominion’s Gustav Fransson, a junior from Sweden, and Davidson’s Alex Ross, a senior from Atlanta.
   Fransson, whose sixth-place finish in last month’s Martin Downs Collegiate, hosted by North Carolina Greensboro in Palm City, Fla., helped the Monarchs edge Elon by a shot for fourth place, trailed Hutchinson by just two shots after posting rounds of 1-over 72 in Friday’s opening round and even-par 71 in Saturday’s second round, fell back with a final-round 76.
   Ross matched par in the final round with a 71 to climb into the three-way tie for second place.
Joining Elon’s Ferrari in the tie for fifth place at 7-over 220 was Longwood’s Brandon Weaver, a senior from Purcellville, Va. After opening with a 75, Weaver bounced back with a 1-over 72 in Saturday’s second round before closing with a 2-over 73.
   Belmont’s Evan Davis, a junior from Lexington, Ky., matched par in the final round with a 71 to finish alone in seventh place at 8-over 221. Davidson’s Dean Naime, a sophomore from Egypt, finished alone in eighth place at 9-over 222 after a steady weekend during which he opened with a 75 and added a 2-over 73 Saturday before closing with a 74.
   Holy Cross’ Harrison Thayer, a junior from South Burlington, Vt., finished up with a solid 1-over 72 to claim ninth place at 10-over 223.
   Drexel got a pair of top-10 finishes in the individual standings as standout senior Connor Schmidt, the Peters Township product who won the 2018 Pennsylvania Amateur title at Sunnehanna Country Club near Johnstown, and Angelo Giantsopoulos, a junior from Canada, were part of a three-way tie for 10th place at 11-over 224.
   Schmidt, who was part of the tie for fifth place along with Elon’s Hutchinson in last spring’s CAA Championship at Pinehurst No. 8, was steady all weekend, adding a pair of 75s to his opening round of 3-over 74.
   Giantsopoulos was the Drexel medalist in Sunday’s final round with a 1-over 72. He had opened with a 78, but bounced back with a 3-over 74 in Saturday’s second round.
   Rounding out the trio at 224 was Radford’s Peter Gasperini, a redshirt senior from South Boston, Va. who added a final round of 3-over 74 to the pair of 75s he posted in the first two rounds.
   Backing up Schmidt and Giantsopoulos for the Dragons was senior Alex Butler, an East Norriton resident and a junior on St. Joseph’s Prep’s 2014 PIAA Class AAA championship team. Butler contributed a 2-over 73 to Drexel’s solid finish in Sunday’s final round to land among the group tied for 27th place at 230. He struggled to an 82 in Friday’s opening round, but bounced back with a 4-over 75 in Saturday’s second round.
   Jeffrey Cunningham, a junior from West Palm Beach, Fla., had his best round of the weekend in Sunday’s windup, a 4-over 75, as he finished among the group tied for 43rd place at 234. Cunningham struggled in his first two tours of Pinehurst No. 8, carding a 79 in Friday’s opening round and an 80 in the second round.
   Rounding out the Drexel lineup was junior Stephen Cerbara, the 2015 PIAA Class AAA champion as a senior at Holy Ghost Prep who finished alone in 56th place at 239. Cerbara’s opening-round 78 was a counter for the Dragons and he finished up with a 76, but struggled to an 85 in Saturday’s second round.











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