INFO | Mizuno Intercollegiate 54-hole results, provided by Golfstat
 
Gainesville, Ga.----Wingate University junior Colin Dutton finished tied for ninth place as the Bulldog men's golf team tied for 11th place in the Mizuno Intercollegiate at the Chattahoochee Golf Club on Tuesday. Dutton shot a third-round 73 Tuesday to complete 54 holes at four-under-par 212. Wingate had a final-round 299 for an 884 total in the University of North Georgia-hosted event.
 
Wingate's South Atlantic Conference rival and NCAA No. 11 Lincoln Memorial led wire-to-wire to take the team title with a 27-under-par 837. Host and NCAA No. 6 North Georgia finished second with a 16-under-par 848. Columbus State senior Martin Gruendemann rallied to earn medalist honors, posting a 69 Tuesday for a 54-hole score of nine-under-par 207. Second-round leader and LMU junior George Durkan had a 72 Tuesday to slip into a tie for second place at eight-under-par 208.
 
Tournament Information
 
Mizuno Intercollegiate
Chattahoochee Golf Club (par 72, 7166 yards)
Gainesville, Ga. (hosted by University of North Georgia)

Wingate Line-up
 
T11-Wingate 297-288-299=884
T9-Colin Dutton, 72-67-73=212
T46-Jordan Hyland, 72-73-77=222
T69-Jake Smith, 81-69-75=225
T83-Sean Addie, 75-79-75=229
95-Fynn Loewe, 78-81-76=235

Wingate/Tournament Notes
 
- Dutton's one-over-par 73 was Wingate's low round Tuesday
- Junior Jake Smith and graduate student Sean Addie had matching third-round 75s
- Graduate student Jordan Hyland had a 77 Tuesday to finish at 222
- Hyland and Addie joined the Bulldog family as transfers from Davis & Elkins (W.Va.)
- Dutton and Addie had 34 pars each to lead the 'Dogs; Dutton added a team-best 12 birdies
- Medalist Gruendemann and Columbus State finished third at 858
- The North Georgia B team and No. 8 Georgia Southwestern tied for fourth at 862
- The Bulldogs tied NCAA No. 13 West Florida for 11th place at 884
- Wingate defeated SAC foe and NCAA No. 9 Anderson by four strokes (884-888)
- Seven teams ranked in the Bushnell/Golfweek DII Coaches Poll competed in this event
- SAC members Carson-Newman and Limestone joined LMU, AU and WU this week
- Wingate plays in the Cateechee Fall Invitational in Hartwell, Georgia Oct. 2-3
- Peach Belt Conference member Lander hosts the Cateechee Fall Invite
 
What They Are Saying
Wingate junior Colin Dutton
 
"Unfortunately, this wasn't the finish any of us on the team wanted, especially the third round. We always want to finish strong and put up a fight against the rest of the field, but the course was playing very tough today. There were some great positives to take from this week. We showed that we can have multiple people shoot in the 60s, which is huge in today's game. The key is to go low and we definitely gave it a scare in the second round. We will continue to work hard on and off the course to prepare for the next tournament in a couple of weeks."

"Personally, I was happy with the overall tournament finish. It's always great to finish under par for the tournament. Unfortunately, I didn't have my best game in the third round, but I showed that I can fight and scrape out a decent round on the bad days."
 
Wingate University
 
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