Benedict Men’s Golf Team Moves To 7th At PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship

Courtesy: Benedict Athletics

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (Benedict Athletics) — The Benedict College men’s golf team moved up one spot to seventh place at the 30th PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship, which is being contested at PGA Golf Club.

The Tigers shot a 317 during Saturday’s second round to move ahead of SIAC rival Morehouse College. Morehouse, which started the day with a 10-stroke lead over Benedict, shot a 333 on Saturday and now trails Benedict by six strokes.

The Tigers now have their sights set on Lincoln University, which sits in sixth place with a two-round score of 640, 13 strokes ahead of Benedict. SIAC champion Miles College is in fifth with a 637, 16 strokes ahead of Benedict.

Rajai Cousley, the SIAC men’s golfer of the year and individual champion of the SIAC tournament, shot a 78 on Saturday to lead the Tigers. Kelly Allen shot a 79. Muhammed NuMan shot an 80 on Saturday and still leads the Tigers with a two-day score of 159. Rhalston Jones shot an 80, a nine-stroke improvement, while Marqus Edwards improved by five strokes with an 84.

The 54-hole, stroke-play Championship, which consists of six divisions (four teams, two individual), concludes Sunday.

Men’s Division II
PGA Golf Club – Wanamaker

1. Fayetteville State University 308-301–609
Christopher Jackson 76-73–149
Isaiah Shaw 78-72–150
Jared Chinn 74-77–151
Christian Villanueva 80-79–159
Austen Parlett 93-88–181

2. California State University Dominguez Hills 304-306–610
Andrew Banuelos 77-74–151
Bret Gleason 76-76–152
Drew Dufresne 76-77–153
Christopher Pham 75-79–154
William Yang 85-83–168

3. Texas A&M International University 299-318–617
Steven Martinez 70-75–145
Zach Jackson 75-78–153
Benjamin Page 75-79–154
Sam Goldfarb, III 79-86–165
Adam Jefferson 96-88–184

4. Livingstone College 305-314–619
Philip Harrison 74-73–147
Stephen Washington 74-78–152
Lenorris Williams 74-83–157
Harry Standberry 83-80–163
Telvin Walker 86-86–172

5. Miles College 311-326–637
Vitthal Parker 76-79–155
Jacob McCurry 77-79–156
Kyle Kerns 77-81–158
Cameron Wilhite 81-87–168
Josh Lewis 84-90–174

6. Lincoln University 319-321–640
Blake Lammers 75-79–154
Deaven Vincent 77-80–157
Cody Shaw 86-78–164
Drew Geritz 81-86–167
Jacob Womack 89-84–173

7. Benedict College 336-317–653
Muhammed NuMan 79-80–159
Kelly Allen 83-79–162
Rajai Cousley 85-78–163
Rhalston Jones 89-80–169
Marqus Edwards 89-84–173

8. Morehouse College 326-333–659
Lennard Long 82-78–160
Harvey Allen 79-81–160
Anthony Body 81-87–168
Tommy Swearingen 84-87–171
Kenneth Dames 95-99–194

9. Virginia Union University 342-340–682
Bartosh Kaminski 79-79–158
Joshua Mohun 81-79–160
Brandon Bailey 87-88–175
Austin Haynes 95-95–190
Ricardo Andrews 102-94–196

10. Elizabeth City State College 358-343–701
Curtis Vinson 81-79–160
Tyler Futrell 84-82–166
William Fallon 84-82–166
Daniel Nobles 109-100–209