The Basics:

Event: 2023 Jekyll Island Intercollegiate

Place: 25^th/30

Results: Round One: 309 Round Two: 301 Round 3: 311
Location: Jekyll Island, Ga. (Jekyll Island Golf Club/Pine Lakes Course)

The Lead: The Roanoke golf team traveled back to Georgia over the past five days to compete in the nation's largest collegiate golf tournament. The Jekyll Island Collegiate, the most prestigious tournament in the region, featured 21 of the top 50 teams in the country and included 43 of the top 100 golfers in the country in the 150-golfer field. #1 ranked Emory won the event at 22-under par with #7 Carnegie Mellon (-7) second and #6 Christopher Newport (-2) rounding out the top three. The Maroons finished 25^th, one stroke behind #41 Rhodes. Palmer Cuny returned to the Peach State after winning the Port City Invitational last weekend and finished tied for 47^th and wrapped up the week either tied with or ahead of 13 ranked golfers.

How it Happened:

Day 1:

• RC would post a 309 and position themselves in the top 24, a spot that would ensure them a return invitation to the event for 2024.
• Palmer Cuny fired a 1-under par, 71, to pace the Maroons. TJ Whelan was next at 78 while Will Clary and Brett Chodos rounding out the top four scorers.

Day 2:

• Cuny would card a 2-over, 74, and tie for low honors with Clary. Whelan shot a 76 and Whelan added a 77. Michael Donnelly, RC's fifth man, also finished in the 70's with a 7-over par, 79, as Roanoke moved to 23^rd with a 301 on a round that started in an early morning rain.

Day 3:

• Teeing off right after daybreak, Roanoke would wrap up the event with 312, securing a top 25 finish and an invitation to the 2024 Jekyll Island Collegiate.
• Chodos led the way when the freshman shot a 4-over par 76. Cuny completed the event in a tie for 47^th after shooting a 5-over, 77. Clary posted a 78 with Whelan and Donnelly tying for the fourth score.

Up Next: Roanoke will send a 'B' Team to Farmville to compete at the Hampden-Sydney Tiger Spring Invitational, March 25-26.