Gents Ready For 2022 SCAC Championships
The Centenary men’s and women’s golf teams are set for the 2022 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships on Monday and Tuesday at Vaaler Creek Golf Club.
Blanco, Texas – The Centenary men's and women's golf teams are set for the 2022 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships on Monday and Tuesday at Vaaler Creek Golf Club.
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The men will play 36 holes on Monday while the women will play 18 and each will play 18 on Tuesday as the men will play 54 total holes while the women will play 36. Centenary is joined by Dallas, Schreiner, Southwestern, St. Thomas, Texas Lutheran, and Trinity.
Both the men and women will play a par-72 layout with the men's yardage at 6,864 and the yardage for the women is 5,855. The tournament begins at 8 a.m. with the Gents teeing off between 9:04 and 9:44 a.m.
Junior Richard Polan (Brno, Czech Republic) headlines the Gents' lineup after earning the first individual victory of his career on April 4 in Centenary's last tournament, the 2022 Rhodes Spring Classic in Millington, Tenn. Sophomore Andrew Bennett (Bossier City, La.), sophomore Ricky Blair (Bossier City, La.), senior Harrison John (Lafayette, La.) and junior Devan Martin (Watson, La.). Freshman Tyler Jones (Stonewall, La.) will play as an individual.
Polan fired a 2-under par 214 to help the Gents finish fourth in the Rhodes Spring Classic and was the only golfer to finish under par for the tournament. Polan wound up five shots ahead of runner-up Trey Schneider of Dallas and now owns five-career top-five finishes and eight top-10 finishes. He shot a 1-over 73 in round one, a 4-under 68 (one shy of career-low round) in round two, and a 1-over 73 in Monday's final round. Polan has now earned at least a top-20 finish in nine of his last 10 tournaments. He was named the SCAC Men's Golfer-of-the-Week following his win on April 4.
Bennett earned the best finish of his career as he shot a 6-over par 222 to place fourth as he earned the second top-10 finish of his young career after he tied for ninth at the 2022 Pinecrest Invitational last month. He now has three top-20 finishes this season. Blair tied for 16th place at 13-over par 229 to earn his fourth-career top-20 finish.
The Gents finished sixth at the SCAC Championships last season with Polan earning Centenary's best individual finish of the tournament as he finished in a tie for seventh place after shooting an 8-over par 224 to earn Second-team All-SCAC honors.
See the Gents' complete season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/mgolf/2021-22/schedule
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