Feb. 20, 2007
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — After taking a couple of days to shake off the winter rust, the Notre Dame men’s golf team looked more like its old self on Tuesday, shooting a final-round 295 and jumping up to finish in a 13th-place tie at the John Hayt Collegiate Invitational, which was played at the Sawgrass Golf Club/Oceanside East-West Course (par 72/6,985 yards) in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. The Irish wound up carding a three-round total of 56-over par 920 (311-314-295), matching Augusta State in the final standings — No. 5 Alabama won the team title at 881 (+17).
Senior All-America candidate Cole Isban (South Bend, Ind./Mishawaka Marian) had a solid final round and rose up to a 22nd-place tie at nine-over par 225 (76-76-73). Classmate and co-captain Adam Gifford (Plymouth, Ind./Plymouth) had the low round of the day for the Irish on Tuesday, as his third-round 72 pushed him into a 48th-place tie at 15-over par 231 (77-82-72). Junior Eddie Peckels (Pinehurst, N.C./Pope John Paul II (Fla.)) was two strokes behind Gifford at 17-over par 233 (78-81-74), while freshman Doug Fortner (Tustin, Calif./Foothill) and sophomore Josh Sandman (Greensboro, N.C./Southeast Guilford) completed the tournament tied for 69th place at 21-over par 237.
Notre Dame will be back in action March 12-13 when it travels to San Diego for The Triumph at Pauma Valley, hosted by the University of San Francisco.
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John Hayt Collegiate Invitational
Feb. 18-20, 2007 — Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Sawgrass Golf Club/Oceanside East-West Course (par 72/6,985 yards)
FINAL TEAM RESULTS (54-hole totals): 1. Alabama 881 (303-291-287); 2. (tie) Coastal Carolina 891 (309-289-293) and Vanderbilt 891 (304-295-292); 4. (tie) Central Florida 899 (315-284-300), Georgia State 899 (305-297-297), UAB 899 (312-293-294) and UCLA 899 (309-297-293); 8. North Florida 900 (309-298-293); 9. Tennessee 909 (313-302-294); 10. Pepperdine 910 (311-309-290); 11. Charlotte 911 (307-305-299); 12. South Carolina 913 (311-311-291); 13. (tie) NOTRE DAME 920 (311-314-295) and Augusta State 920 (307-303-310); 15. LSU 921 (310-303-308).
TOP FIVE INDIVIDUALS PLUS NOTRE DAME FINISHERS (of 78): 1. Kevin Chappell (UCLA) 214 (72-73-69); 2. Jon Curran (Vanderbilt) 215 (73-71-71); 3. Dustin Johnson (Coastal Carolina) 216 (73-68-75); 4. Gator Todd (Alabama) 217 (75-73-69); 5. Greg Forest (Central Florida) 220 (76-69-75); 22. (tie) Cole Isban (Notre Dame) 225 (76-76-73); 48. (tie) Adam Gifford (Notre Dame) 231 (77-82-72); 58. (tie) Eddie Peckels (Notre Dame) 233 (78-81-74); 69. Doug Fortner (Notre Dame) 237 (80-81-76) and Josh Sandman (Notre Dame) 237 (80-76-81).