Team Results

Individual Results

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. – The Valdosta State men's golf team opened the 2019-2020 season with a strong first round of the Kiawah Island Invitational, Monday at Osprey Point Golf Course.  The Blazers sit second heading into Tuesday's final round after carding a blistering 9-under 279 as a team.  
 
Host and No. 19-ranked University of South Carolina Aiken leads the 18-team field with a 12-under 276. The Blazers sit three strokes back and enjoy a three-shot advantage over Lander and Mount Olive at 6-under 282. Clayton State rounds out the top five at 3-under 285.  
 
Southern Wesleyan sits sixth at -under 287, followed by Gulf South Conference members West Georgia (290) and Lee (292).  Lenoir-Rhyne and No. 20 Rollins are tied for ninth at 293, followed by Anderson at 294 and there is a three-way tie for 12^thbetween No. 16 Limestone, Erskine and Georgia College at 295.  No. 21 Columbus State sits 15^that 297, followed by Fayetteville State (308), Eckerd (313) and Chowan (317).  
 
Individually, Lander's Jon Parker leads the 90-player field, opening with a 66.  VSU sophomore Davis Smith sits second with a career-best 67, while there is seven-way tie for third at 4-under.  Smith's previous low round collegiately was at the Aflac/Cougar Invitational last fall (70).  
 
Blazer senior Jordan Long and sophomore Chase Weathers are tied for 13^thas they each carded a 2-under 70, while junior transfer A.J. Ouimet is tied for 25^thwith an even par 72.  Freshman Hayden Smith is tied for 81^stwith an 81.  Weathers' 70 also marked a career-high for him.  
 
VSU will tee-off with USC Aiken and Lander beginning at 9:50 a.m. Tuesday on the front nine to conclude the tournament.  Check back tomorrow afternoon with vstateblazers.com for complete results of Tuesday's final round.