2016 in Review
Will Gordon tied the tournament record with a 63, and Vanderbilt shot a
19-under-par 269 in the final round of the
37th Annual Schenkel Invitational to win
the team title Sunday at Forest Heights
Country Club.
The Commodores’ team score tied the
second-lowest for a round in Schenkel
history, and their tournament score of 823
also tied for the second-lowest. Gordon
rolled in nine birdies on the day to tie four
others for the best round in tournament
history. It was the lowest score since 1989,
when Richie Bryant of Georgia Southern
also fired a 63.
Gordon moved up 20 spots into a tie
with Auburn’s Michael Johnson at 13-under to force a playoff for medalist honors. After both players parred the par-4
1st hole, they moved on to the par-5 9th.
Johnson’s drive leaked to the left of the
fairway and in the rough, but he smoked
his approach to just in front of the middle of the green, which had a left front pin
placement today.
Gordon’s drive found the center of the
fairway, but his approach went into the
rough on the left side of the green. His
chip rolled past the hole and down off the
front of the green, leaving the door open
for Johnson. The senior chipped up past
the hole to within four feet and rolled it in
for birdie to win the playoff.
Vanderbilt (-41) won the tournament
by 10 strokes over Wake Forest (-31). NC
State (-25) shot 16-under today and tied
Kentucky for third. Auburn (-23) finished
fifth, and Georgia State (-22) placed sixth.
The top four teams in the event all posted three-round team scores in the top-10
lowest in tournament history.
Cameron Young (-12) of Wake Forest and J.J. Grey of Georgia State tied for
third. Ben Griffin (-11) of North Carolina placed fifth. Three Vanderbilt players
finished in the top-10 as Theo Humphrey
(-10) finished sixth, and Patrick Martin
(-9) and Matthias Schwab tied for seventh.
Forty-two individuals shot under par for
the tournament.
Georgia Southern shot 2-under-par in
the final round and fell to 10th place. Henry Mabbett shot a 67 in the first round and
finished with a 211 (-5) to tie for 21st. Steven Fisk carded a 67 in the second round
and posted a 212 (-4) to tie for 25th.
Annually one of the top collegiate golf
tournaments in the country, this year’s
Schenkel Invitational field featured eight
teams ranked in the top-50 and 13 out of
14 ranked in the top-100.
2016 Champion Vanderbilt
2016 TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Team
1. Vanderbilt
2. Wake Forest
T3. Kentucky
NC State
5. Auburn
6. Georgia State
7. North Florida
8. North Carolina
9. UAB
10. Georgia Southern
11. College of Charleston
12. Iowa
13. Harvard
14. Boston College
Individual
T1. Michael Johnson^
Will Gordon
T3. Cameron Young
J.J. Grey
5. Ben Griffin
6. Theo Humphrey
T7. Patrick Martin
Matthias Schwab
Parker Derby
T10. Will Cannon
Ben Schlottman*
Cooper Musselman
Andrew Alligood
Davis Womble
^ Won in a playoff
* Played as individual
Score
274-280-269=823 (-41)
270-284-279=833 (-31)
283-277-279=839 (-25)
283-284-272=839 (-25)
284-269-288=841 (-23)
274-279-289=842 (-22)
280-288-276=844 (-20)
279-280-289=848 (-16)
283-280-286=849 (-15)
280-285-286=851 (-13)
280-289-285=854 (-10)
279-290-287=856 (-8)
287-295-287=869 (+5)
297-291-305=893 (+29)
School
Auburn
Vanderbilt
Wake Forest
Georgia State
North Carolina
Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
College of Charleston
UAB
Auburn
Kentucky
North Florida
Wake Forest
Individual medalist Michael Johnson
Score
203 (-13)
203 (-13)
204 (-12)
204 (-12)
205 (-11)
205 (-11)
207 (-9)
207 (-9)
207 (-9)
208 (-8)
208 (-8)
208 (-8)
208 (-8)
208 (-8)