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Toccoa, Ga.----The Wingate University men's golf team concluded its fall season Tuesday, shooting a nine-over-par 297 in the final round of the McCoy Wright Currahee Collegiate Invitational on the Currahee Golf Club layout. The Bulldogs finished fourth in the Anderson University-hosted event with a 54-hole score of 892, five strokes in front of South Atlantic Conference foe Catawba.
 
The No. 22/No. 25 Wingate golfers were only six strokes away from a top-three finish achieved by Shorter at 886. No. 32/RV USC Beaufort and No. 14/No. 20 Columbus State were declared co-team champions, as the Sand Sharks and the Cougars shot identical 54-hole scores of 871.
 
Third round quick hits
 
- Junior Lewis Beeden and graduate student Jordan Hyland led the 'Dogs Tuesday
- Both Beeden and Hyland shot matching rounds of even-par 72
- Beeden played a lovely stretch of golf with 11 flawless holes in mid-round
- The Londoner had five birdies and six pars on the aforementioned 11 holes
- His three-round total of three-over-par 219 put him in a tie for ninth place
- Beeden's performance ranks as his best finish as a Bulldog
- Hyland had four birdies Tuesday on the way to his even-par 72 round
- Hyland had his best round of the week by two strokes
- Junior Alfie Storer and freshman Brandon Skidmore shot 76 and 77, respectively
- Skidmore was the 36-hole leader at four-under-par 140
- Skidmore tied for fifth at one-over-par 217, his best WU finish
 
McCoy Wright Currahee Collegiate Invitational notes
 
- Columbus State graduate student Martin Gruendemann earned medalist honors
- The CSU Cougar completed three rounds at two-under-par 214
- Two student-athletes finished one stroke back at one-under-par 215
- Seven SAC schools competed in the event with Wingate the top Dog
 
Up Next for No. 22/No. 25 Wingate University
 
- The McCoy Wright Currahee Collegiate Invite concludes Wingate's fall season
- The Bulldogs will play five regular season tourneys during the spring campaign
- Wingate's first 2025 event is the Spring Kickoff Intercollegiate (SKI) in Florida
- SAC foe Lincoln Memorial hosts the annual SKI in St. Augustine
 
Wingate University
 
Wingate University is a lab of difference-making that serves more than 3,400 students in North Carolina and offers 60 degree pathways, including 37 undergraduate majors, 10 pre-professional tracks and five dual-degree programs. Graduate students choose from seven master's and five doctoral programs. The University is home to the Cannon College of Arts and Sciences, the Levine College of Health Sciences, the Byrum School of Business, the Thayer School of Education and the School of Sport Sciences.
 
Founded in 1896, Wingate University is a leader in healthcare education where nearly one in five undergraduate students is preparing to be a pharmacist, physician assistant, physical therapist, occupational therapist or nurse. Student-athletes on Wingate's 26 teams compete in NCAA Division II and have brought home the SAC Echols Athletic Excellence Award the past 16 times it has been awarded. The University's motto is "Faith, Knowledge, Service." View current news and videos at www.wingate.edu.
 
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(Editor's note: Wingate University graduate student Sean Addie contributed this article. The '23 Davis & Elkins graduate is a second-year MBA student at Wingate.)