GREENSBORO, North Carolina – The Denison men's golf team finished 11th at the two-day O'Briant Jensen Invitational on Pete Dye's Cardinal course with a team score of 904 (302-305-297). Denison competed in a field that included Carnegie Mellon, Emory, Gettysburg, Lynchburg, Methodist, Piedmont, PSU Altoona, Sewanee, Shenandoah, Washington & Lee, and Wittenberg. Despite a slow day-one performance in rounds one and two, the Big Red bounced back on Tuesday to break a head-to-head tie with fellow NCAC opponent Wittenberg. 

 

Round one (6824 yds | Par 71)

Shooting his best round of the fall season, Will McCarthy led the Big Red from the first round on, rattling off six birdies, three in the final four holes, for a first-round score of 70 (-1). Behind McCarthy was first-year Porter Howard, who finished the round with a final score of 76 (+5). Rounding out the top four were first-year Alex Sheehan and Joseph Brasky, who finished two strokes behind Howard at 78 (+7). 

 

Team Scoring (4 of the 5)

Will McCarthy- (70 |-1 )

• 6 birdies

Porter Howard- (76 | +5)

Alex Sheehan- (78 | +7 )

• 2 birdies

Joseph Brasky - (78 |+7)

• 2 birdies

Ryan Toole- (81 |+10)

 

Round two  (6824 yds | Par 71)

Holding on to his top position, McCarthy continued to find success in round two, firing four birdies for a 73 (+2). Sheehan moved up the ranks, shooting a 75 (+4) after sinking three birdies in the second round. Ryan Toole found his swing in round two, putting in three birdies for a score of 78 (+7). In fourth for Denison was Howard, just behind Toole with a score of 79 (+8).

 

Team Scoring (4 of the 5)

Will McCarthy- (73 | +2 )

• 4 birdies

Alex Sheehan- (75 | +4)

• 3 birdies

Ryan Toole- (78 | +7)

• 3 birdies

Porter Howard- ( 79|+8 )

• 2 birdies

Joseph Brasky - (80 | +9)

• 1 birdie

 

Round three  (6849 yds | Par 71)

In the final round of the invitational, Sheehan overtook McCarthy for day two's top spot, shooting a 72 (+1) after putting in two birdies and ultimately finishing tied for 25th. McCarthy, despite finishing round three a stroke behind Sheehan (73 | +2), finished the invitational tied for eighth place. He finished the two-day tournament with the second-most birdies (13), behind invitational winner Zach Pelzar of Emory. Toole finished tied for 51st with a round-three score of 73 (+2), and Howard earned the fourth-best final-round score of 79 (+8), finishing tied for 61st.

 

Team Scoring (4 of the 5)

Alex Sheehan- T25 ( 72|+1 )

• 2 birdies

Will McCarthy-  T8 (73 |+2)

• 3 birdies

Ryan Toole- T51( 73 | +2)

• 3 birdies

Porter Howard- T61 (79|+8)

• 2 birdies

Joseph Brasky - T67 (81 | +10)

• 1 birdie

 

Up Next for the Big Red

Denison will be back in action after the holiday break for its spring season. Check out bigred.denison.com for updates on the spring season.