Kent State University
Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate
Kent State posts low score of final round, finishes second at Bank of Tennessee
10/15/2017 4:52:00 PM | Men's Golf
JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. – Kent State shot the lowest final round of the 15 teams in the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate field on its way to a second-place finish on Sunday at the Blackthorn Club at the Ridges.
The 5-under-par 283 posted by the Golden Flashes was highlighted by a 66 from Bjarki Petursson on the 7,147-yard, par-72 home course of East Tennessee State. Chase Johnson closed with a 71 to give Kent State two players finishing in the top 10 on the event's individual leaderboard.
As a team, Kent State (283-276-283–842) finished at 5-under-par for the day and 22-under-par for the tournament – one shot better than third-place Louisville and nine behind tournament champion Penn State. Individually, Johnson (68-68-71–207) finished in a tie for sixth place at 9-under while Petursson (70-72-66–208) moved up 14 spots and into a three-way tie for eight place at 8-under.
We played well, but Penn State just played really well down the stretch," said Kent State head coach Herb Page. "We got it to within five shots of Penn State with around five holes to go, but we just couldn't get it."
The 66 by Petursson included a birdie-birdie finish at 17 and 18, bringing his birdie total to seven for the day against just one bogey. Johnson enjoyed a run of three birdies over four holes late in his first round, playing bogey-free golf until posting a five at the par-four 15th.
Chris Doody (72-69-75– 216) finished in a tie for 32nd place followed by Kent State teammates Gisli Sveinbergsson (73-73-71–217) in 37th, and Ian Holt (78-67-76–221) in 49th place.
Playing as an individual, Kent State freshman Josh Gilkison followed up a spectacular 65 on Saturday with a 74 that put him in a five-way tie for 20th place at 2-under-par for the tournament.
"Overall, Chase had a great tournament, Bjarki was just fabulous with the low round of the day, and our freshman shot under-par for 54 holes in a tournament," said Page. "Those are all good things."
Kent State's men's golf team is back in action Oct. 23-24 when it travels to Dallas for the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate.
"That will be a unique tournament in that all five of our guys will be playing together instead of being paired separately with players from other teams," said Page. "It's an unusual format that we've only experienced three other times in the past."
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