Edwards 11th Heading To Final Round Of Gulf Coast Collegiate

Senior Avery Edwards leads the Murray State men's golf team with a spot in 11^th place after 36 holes of the Gulf Coast Collegiate at the Diamondhead Country Club in Diamondhead, Mississippi.

Edwards had scores of 70-79=149 for an 11^th place spot with the final 18 to be played Tuesday, while teammate Connor Coombs was in 32^nd place on scores of 74=81=155. Austin Knight was in 42^nd place after rounds of 77-80=157 and Walker Beck was in 82-90=172 and was in 63^rd place. Quinn Eaton carded a 76 in the morning round but injury forced him to withdraw in the afternoon.

Playing Diamondhead's Pine Course, the Racers were sitting in sixth place after a morning round of 297, but lost four spots with an afternoon score of 330 in rainy and windy conditions.

Southeastern Louisiana and UT Martin are tied for the lead at 589.

Gulf Coast Collegiate
Course: Diamondhead Country Club – Pine course
Par -72 - 6,769 yards
Diamondhead, Miss. (March 1-2, 2021)
Rd 2

Team
Southeastern Louisiana 293 296 589 +13
UT Martin 282 307 589 +13
Morehead State 291 305 596 +20
New Orleans 297 300 597 +21
Central Arkansas 294 306 600 +24
Samford 292 316 608 +32
Stephen F. Austin 299 311 610 +34
Omaha 303 312 615 +39
Prairie View A&M 307 309 616 +40
Murray State 297 330 627 +51
Western Illinois 317 315 632 +56
Nicholls State 312 324 636 +60

Individual
10 Murray State 297 330 627
T11 Avery Edwards (1) 70 79 149
T32 Connor Coombs (3) 74 81 155
T42 Austin Knight (4) 77 80 157
63 Walker Beck (5) 82 90 172
67 Quinn Eaton (2) 76 WD 76

About Murray State Men's Golf
The Racers' program is in its 64th season overall and head coach Eddie Hunt is in his 20^th as the second coach in program history. Hunt took over the program in 2001. The founder of the Racer team was Coach Buddy Hewitt in 1959. Hewitt is a Murray State Hall of Famer, inducted in 1990. He was part of the famous Murray State football team that played in the 1948 Tangerine Bowl. The Racers have won Ohio Valley Conference championships four times (1971, 1987, 1991 and 2010). Hewitt won the first three titles and Hunt's team won it in 2010 as their most recent OVC championship. MSU has produced 11 all-time OVC Golfer of the Year winners: Bill Graham (1962, 1963), Ron Acree (1965), Chris Piggot (1971), Chris Carlson (1987),
Adam Grogan (1996), Brandon Henson (2001), Nick Newcomb (2010), Cameron Carrico (2011) and Patrick Newcomb (2012, 2013).

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Edwards 11th Heading To Final Round Of Gulf Coast Collegiate

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