LAHAINA, MAUI, Hawaii — Buoyed by top-10 efforts from Lee McCoy and Nicholas Reach, the UGA men’s golf team finished in third place on Sunday, November 9th, 2014, in the Ka’anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational.
The Bulldogs shot a final-round 2-under 282 at the Royal Ka’anapali Course to wind up at 4-under 848. Oregon, on the strength of an NCAA-record 30-under 254 in the opening round, took the team title at 33-under 819. North Florida was second at 9-under 843.
McCoy paced the Bulldogs on Sunday as he shot a 3-under 68, while Reach signed for a 2-under 69. McCoy placed sixth individually at 5-under 208, just five back of co-medalists MJ Maguire of North Florida and Aaron Wise of Oregon (10-under 203), and Reach took eighth at 3-under 210.
Sophomore Greyson Sigg closed with an even-par 71 and finished 11th at 2-under 211. Freshman Zach Healy (3-over 74 Sunday) and sophomore Jaime Lopez Rivarola (5-over 76) wound up at 6-over 219 and 13-over 226, respectively.
The Ka’anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational was Georgia’s last competition of the fall. The Bulldogs will return to action in February in the Puerto Rico Classic.
