NEED TO KNOW:
Piedmont Leader: T-9th: Adam Rogers, 73-71-68 = 212 (-1)
As a Team: 9th of 24
Event Information: 24 teams; 120 golfers
The Course: The Raven Golf Club (Sandestin, Fla.); (Par 72; 6,606 yards)

SANDESTIN, Fla.. - Piedmont men's golf continued its climb up the leaderboard with an outstanding final round at the Golfweek October Classic in Sandestin, Florida Tuesday afternoon.

The Lions fired a 5-under 279 as a team, thanks to three par-or-better rounds, including two rounds in the 60's.

After a challenging opening round on Sunday, Doug Gugel continued his bounce back with a career-best tying round of 67. The junior from Winter Springs, Florida made six birdies on his round and punctuated the tournament with a birdie on his final hole, the par-4 9th.

 

Senior Adam Rogers also improved his score over each of the three rounds, finishing with a 3-under 68, including a pair of birdies on two of his last three holes, the par-5 7th and the par-4 9th. Rogers was able to grab a t-9th finish and was one of 11 golfers in the 120 person field to finish the 54 holes under par.

 

For the second consecutive round, Jacob DeJesus delivered a solid even par round of 71. DeJesus got off to a blistering start, with four birdies on his opening nine to go out in 2-under 34.

Piedmont's final counting score came from Remo Scholl, who carded a 2-over 73, making back-to-back birdies on his 16th and 17th holes of the day to aid in Piedmont's sprint to the finish.

Finally, freshman Braden Kiley fired a sold 3-over 74 in the final round, also making four birdies. The freshman made birdie on three of the four par-3's on the course.

The second consecutive under par team score helped the Lions move into a solo 9th place finish, placing one stroke ahead of 10th place LeTourneau.

Mary Hardin-Baylor took the team title at 5-under for the event.

Up next, the Lions will conclude their fall season, heading back to North Carolina for the O'Brient Jensen, beginning Monday, Oct. 27.

LIONS ON THE LEADERBOARD:
 

9	Piedmont University	303	288	279	870
T9	Adam Rogers (1)	73	71	68	212
T37	Jacob De Jesus (4)	78	71	71	220
T51	Braden Kiley (3)	72	76	74	222
T71	Doug Gugel (2)	85	73	67	225
T77	Remo Scholl (5)	80	73	73	226

STANDOUT PERFORMANCES:
- Rogers now has at least one par-or-better round in each of the three tournaments this fall. He also now has five total par-or-better rounds for the fall.
- Gugel is tied with Rogers for the team lead with two rounds in the 60's this fall.
- As a team, the Lions totaled 21 birdies for the final round.

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