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Sowell Claims First Collegiate Win at Puerto Rico Classic
2/18/2020 6:00:00 PM | Men's Golf
RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico – College of Charleston senior Logan Sowell (Kershaw, S.C.) claimed his first collegiate tournament win shooting a final-round 71 on Tuesday at the Puerto Rico Classic held at the par-72 River Course located on the Wyndham Grand Rio Mar Golf & Beach Resort.
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The 2019 Colonial Athletic Association First Team selection and 2019 NCAA Regionals qualifier shot rounds of 71, 65 and 71 to finish the three-day tournament hosted by Purdue atop the individual leaderboard at 9-under par. Ten Top 100-ranked collegiate golfers were in the 75-player field including four in the Top 20. Sowell tied No. 7-ranked Garett Reband of Oklahoma and Bartley Forrester of Georgia Tech for co-medalist honors.
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Sowell was the 36-hole co-leader going into the final round and birdied the 5th, 8th, 11th and 18th holes to secure the victory. It marked his sixth Top-5 finish of his career at The College
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"Logan Sowell earning his first collegiate win, in arguably the strongest field he has ever competed in, is a testament to his drive," CofC Head Coach Mitch Krywulycz said. "Logan and I have often spoken of getting in the winner's circle and to do so, while having the entire field chase his lead, all is something I know he will never forget."
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Senior Hunter Dunagan (Augusta, Ga.) closed out the tournament firing a 4-under par 68 with six birdies to tie for ninth individually (-6). It was his ninth Top-10 finish of his career.
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As a team, the Cougars shot 2-under on the final day of tournament play to place seventh overall with a three-round score of 864 (E). They finished ahead of Purdue, NC State, Marquette, Iowa, Maryland, No. 27 Tennessee, Ohio State and East Carolina.
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No. 3-ranked Georgia Tech won the team title with an 832 (-32) followed by No. 2 Oklahoma as runner-up (-30). No. 18 Georgia placed third (-19), No. 50 Alabama fourth (-16), No. 23 Clemson fifth (-9) and No. 34 Ole Miss sixth (-8).
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"From a team perspective, this week was a big step forward," Krywulycz said. "We had a tough start to the tournament, but hung in there and played some quality team golf today, to get valuable wins over quality SEC, ACC and Big Ten teams."
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The Cougars will compete next at The Schenkel Invitational hosted by Georgia Southern on March 13-15 at the Forest Heights Country Club in Statesboro, Ga.
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COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON RESULTS
T1. Logan Sowell 71-65-71—207 (-9)
T9. Hunter Dunagan 71-71-68—210 (-6)
T50. Michael Sass 74-73-75—222 (+6)
T61. Raphael Geissler 77-76-73—226 (+10)
74. Jye Pickin 82-81-74—237 (+21)
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The 2019 Colonial Athletic Association First Team selection and 2019 NCAA Regionals qualifier shot rounds of 71, 65 and 71 to finish the three-day tournament hosted by Purdue atop the individual leaderboard at 9-under par. Ten Top 100-ranked collegiate golfers were in the 75-player field including four in the Top 20. Sowell tied No. 7-ranked Garett Reband of Oklahoma and Bartley Forrester of Georgia Tech for co-medalist honors.
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Sowell was the 36-hole co-leader going into the final round and birdied the 5th, 8th, 11th and 18th holes to secure the victory. It marked his sixth Top-5 finish of his career at The College
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"Logan Sowell earning his first collegiate win, in arguably the strongest field he has ever competed in, is a testament to his drive," CofC Head Coach Mitch Krywulycz said. "Logan and I have often spoken of getting in the winner's circle and to do so, while having the entire field chase his lead, all is something I know he will never forget."
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Senior Hunter Dunagan (Augusta, Ga.) closed out the tournament firing a 4-under par 68 with six birdies to tie for ninth individually (-6). It was his ninth Top-10 finish of his career.
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As a team, the Cougars shot 2-under on the final day of tournament play to place seventh overall with a three-round score of 864 (E). They finished ahead of Purdue, NC State, Marquette, Iowa, Maryland, No. 27 Tennessee, Ohio State and East Carolina.
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No. 3-ranked Georgia Tech won the team title with an 832 (-32) followed by No. 2 Oklahoma as runner-up (-30). No. 18 Georgia placed third (-19), No. 50 Alabama fourth (-16), No. 23 Clemson fifth (-9) and No. 34 Ole Miss sixth (-8).
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"From a team perspective, this week was a big step forward," Krywulycz said. "We had a tough start to the tournament, but hung in there and played some quality team golf today, to get valuable wins over quality SEC, ACC and Big Ten teams."
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The Cougars will compete next at The Schenkel Invitational hosted by Georgia Southern on March 13-15 at the Forest Heights Country Club in Statesboro, Ga.
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COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON RESULTS
T1. Logan Sowell 71-65-71—207 (-9)
T9. Hunter Dunagan 71-71-68—210 (-6)
T50. Michael Sass 74-73-75—222 (+6)
T61. Raphael Geissler 77-76-73—226 (+10)
74. Jye Pickin 82-81-74—237 (+21)
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