Furman in second at SoCon, Clemson moves up a spot at ACC

By golfclubsc on April 23, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Furman freshman Harris Barth (right) was the clubhouse leader when he finished his 5-under par round on the first day of the SoCon chamionship at Reynolds Plantation. (Furman Photo)

When Furman Freshman Harris Barth waked off the course he had the lead in the first round of the SoCon Championship.

There were sill a lot of golfers to follow Barth and a couple of them edged ahead of the Paladin later in the round, but both Barth and the Furman team are on the heels of East Tennessee State going into the second round on Monday.

East Tennessee State has a 3-shot lead over the Paladins and Chattanooga.

A pair of ETSU golfers, Archie Davis and Matty Dodd-Berry, share the lead after shooting rounds of 6-under par at the Reynolds Plantation Oconee Course.

Barth is right behind at 5 -under par in a tie for third.

Will Morlan s a three-time winner ths year for Furman. He is tied for 7th after the first round of the SoCon. (Furman Photo)

Three more Paladin golfers are tied for 7th place. Will Morlan, Sam Lappe and Ross Funderburke all finished the first day at 2-under par.

Paladins will be on the tee starting at 9:50

Wofford is in 6th place after round one with Harry Jones and Matthew Larkin in at 1-under par and tied for 16th.

Scores from the SoCon https://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=27718

Tigers improve a spot at the ACC

Clemson got a 4-under par 68 from Andrew Swanson to help lift the team a spot at the finish of the ACC Championship.

Swanson finished in a tie for 14th, but by boosting the team just one place the Tigers have kept the door open for an invitation to NCAA Regional play.

Finishing ninth is not what the Tigers were hoping for, but the move up one place and the result of the days play gave Clemson a winning record on the season.

It wasn’t by much, but the Tigers could not advance to NCAA Regional play without a 500 record or better.

For the purposes of an NCAA selection Clemson finished the season with a 68-66-1 record.

Georgia Tech won the tournament by 16 shots over Wake Forest and the automatic bid to NCAA Regional play.

Clemson now has to wait for the selection committee to pick the at-large teams for the field.

If the Tigers are selected they are expected to play in the Regional they are hosting at The Cliffs at Keowee Falls in May.

ACC Championship scores https://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=27474