EMCC men’s golf team finishes 10th in Chris Clark Invitational at Dancing Rabbit

PHILADELPHIA – The East Mississippi Community College men's golf team placed 10^th during this week's Chris Clark Invitational played at Dancing Rabbit Golf Club. Hosted by East Central CC, the two-day event was held Monday and Tuesday.

As a team, the Lions finished 12 shots out of seventh place with a two-day total of 644 (319-325).

EMCC was co-led by sophomores Pelayo Castillo and Whitt Welch, who both finished in a nine-way tie for 31^st place. On the heels of earning all-tournament honors a week ago by finishing in a four-way tie for third place during the Mississippi Gulf Coast-hosted Tommy Snell Invitational, Castillo carded rounds of 79 and 81 this week. Welch, a Leake Academy product, also shot 160 (78-82).  

EMCC sophomore Watkins Dumas, a Starkville product, was tied for 11^th place following Monday's 4-over-par 76 before finishing in a 47^th-place tie at 162.

Sophomore Lawson Burton, out of Itawamba Agricultural High School, jumped 12 places with Tuesday's 77 to tie for 49^th place with two other golfers.

Playing as an individual, EMCC freshman Ace Rock, from Amory, tied for 60^th place with a two-day total of 171 (84-87), while Prentiss product Bryce Shivers rounded out the Lions' scorecard for the week with a 175 total (90-85).

For the second consecutive week, Meridian (303-299—602) topped Mississippi Gulf Coast (313-298—611) to claim the team title of the MACCC event. Copiah-Lincoln (307-312—619) placed third ahead of host East Central (311-313—624) and Jones College (319-305—624), who tied for fourth place.

Meridian's Daniel Young (73-71—144) earned individual medalist honors with a three-shot victory over runners-up Bastian Graf of Jones (74-73—147) and Gulf Coast's Jayden Owensby (75-72—147).

Head coach Mark Furnari's EMCC Lions will return to the links at the Meridian CC-hosted Lou Hart Invitational, March 23-24, to be held at Northwood Country Club in Meridian.