Eagles Golf Wins Skyhawk Invitational at Calloway Gardens

David Finney

Pine Mountain, GA - The Eagles Men's and Women's Golf Team competed in the Skyhawk Invitational hosted by Point University. It was a successful trip for both teams. The Men's Team finished in first place overall with a score of 890. This was nine strokes better than the second-place team - Point University. Hunter Clay would lead the Eagles as the overall winner on the men's side. Chanc Willis finished had an impressive tournament as well finishing tied for 5th place overall. Brooks Gineris was the next top Eagle finisher coming in tied at the 11th spot. 

The Women's Team had a good showing as well coming in sixth place overall with a score of 666. There were twelve schools competing. Brooke Newsome was the top finisher for the women coming in tied for 9th place with a score of 154.

Coach Evans Nichols is excited about the accomplishments of both teams and had this to say about the tournament, "We won! First Men's win since 2018. I won this same tournament that year and so did our team. Pretty cool to have a win here as a player and now as a coach and it is really special that Hunter won in a sudden-death playoff. He won on the 4th playoff hole which was exactly the same as me.  We just beat many teams that are ranked ahead of us. My players are looking SHARP and I am confident that we are going to continue to make strides like this toward our program's vision. The ladies' team had some good success too. Brooke Newsome broke the 36 hole scoring record shooting a total of 154. You can find more info on Golfstat under "record books since 1994". Now it's onto Chattahoochee Golf Club with Men's and Women's team in Gainesville, GA."

Both teams will be headed to the Truett-McConnell/Brenau Invitational next Monday and Tuesday which will be held at Chattahoochee Golf Club in Gainesville, GA.  All golf tournament scoring can be found on GolfStat.com website - CLICK HERE for access.