HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC – Senior Mark Goodall and sophomore McClure Thompson both carded two-round totals of 150 on Monday (Feb. 24) to help guide Francis Marion University to a 12th-place standing after 36 holes of the Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate Men's Golf Tournament.
The final round of the Patriots' home event will begin at 8:15 a.m. on Tuesday at the 6,913-yard, par 72 Wexford Plantation course.
Francis Marion occupies 12th place in the team standings after shooting rounds of 298 and 303 for a 601 total. FMU stood in sixth place after 18 holes.
Augusta University ( 286-284=570) led after each of Monday's rounds, and holds a two-shot lead over Furman University (572). Davidson College (581), High Point University (583), and Wofford College (585) round out the Top-5.
Goodall fired a career-low equaling 73 during Monday's opening round, and combined with a 77 in the afternoon, both he and Thompson are among a group tied for 36th position in the players' standings. Goodall's previous 73 score came at the 2017 Furman University Intercollegiate Tournament. Thompson carded rounds of 74 and 76 on Monday.
FMU junior John Burghardt (76-76=152) is tied for 58th position, while sophomore Grant Sellers (79-74=153) is tied for 58th, and freshman Casper Kennedy (75-79=154) is tied for 63rd spot.
Ben van Wyk of Augusta leads the players' standings with a seven-under-par scorecard of 70-67=137.
WEXFORD PLANTATION INTERCOLLEGIATE TOURNAMENT
No. Team 1st-2nd=Total
1 Augusta 286-284=570 -6
2 Furman 291-281=572 -4
3 Davidson College 295-286=581 +5
4 High Point 293-290=583 +7
5 Wofford College 297-288=585 +9
6 Gardner-Webb 299-291=590 +14
T7 Charleston Southern 299-294=593 +17
T7 Radford 303-290=593 +17
9 Presbyterian College 305-290=595 +19
10 Cleveland State 302-294=596 +20
11 Akron, U. of 305-295=600 +24
12 Francis Marion 298-303=601 +25
T13 Winthrop 300-302=602 +26
T13 Dayton 299-303=602 +26
15 S. Carolina - Aiken 310-293=603 +27
16 Temple 312-301=613 +37
T17 Dartmouth 311-311=622 +46
T17 Cornell 311-311=622 +46
