Bennett Ties For Individual Title To Lead Gents To Sixth-Place Finish At Pinecrest Invitational
Senior Andrew Bennett (Bossier City, La.) tied for first place to lead the Centenary men's golf team to a sixth-place finish on Tuesday in the Fabric Solutions and Technologies Pinecrest Invitational hosted by LeTourneau University at the Pinecrest Country Club.
Longview, Texas – Senior Andrew Bennett (Bossier City, La.) tied for first place to lead the Centenary men's golf team to a sixth-place finish on Tuesday in the Fabric Solutions and Technologies Pinecrest Invitational hosted by LeTourneau University at the Pinecrest Country Club.
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The host YellowJackets claimed the team title by firing a 14-under par 850 at the par 72, 6,600-yard course to finish 14 shots clear of second place the University of Texas at Dallas Comets (even par – 864). The Gents, playing in their second tournament of the spring season after finishing 10th in the Space City Classic last week, finished at 38-over par 902. Centenary shot a 17-over par 593 (289-304) on Monday and followed with a 21-over 309 in Tuesday's final round.
Mississippi University for Women and Schreiner University tied for third place at 16-over par 880, LeTourneau's "B" team was fifth at 36-over 900, two shots ahead of the Gents. Central College (Iowa) finished sixth, LeTourneau's "C" team placed eighth, East Texas Baptist University finished ninth, Lakeland University 10th, Baldwin Wallace University finished 11th, and Jacksonville College was 12th.
Bennett and three golfers finished in a four-way tie for first place at 5-under par 211 and UT Dallas' Parker McCurdy defeated LeTourneau's Corbin Barton with a birdie putt on the fourth playoff hole to claim the individual title.
Bennett, who was at 6-under par 138 after consecutive rounds of 69 on Monday, entered Tuesday's final round one shot ahead of McCurdy (-5 - 139) who shot 69-70 on Monday. Kaiden Schneider of LETU was the fourth golfer who tied for the individual title.
Sophomore Aubrey Snell (Shreveport, La.) finished in a tie for 13th place at 5-over par 221 as he shot rounds of 69-77-75, freshman Ryder Briggs (Blanchard, La.) shot a 15-over 231 to tie for 30th place, junior Jeffrey Borchert (Katy, Texas) tied for 49th place at 26-over 242, senior Tyler Jones (Stonewall, La.) tied for 60th (37-over 253), and junior Colton Mayer (Heath, Texas) finished in a tie for 74th place at 69-over par 285.
Bennett was back at a very familiar course for the final time in his stellar career as he earned a runner-up finish at Pinecrest CC in 2023, finishing one shot shy of an individual title. Bennett now owns a trio of career outright wins, Tuesday's tie for an individual title, 10 top-five finishes, and 13 top-10 finishes as he continues to add to his legacy as the top golfer in the division III era of the program. Bennett, the 2024 SCAC Individual Champion and Men's Golfer of the Year, tied for sixth, tied for second, and finished first in three tournaments this past Fall and finished 17th last week in the Space City Classic. He won the individual title at the Crusader Cup on Oct. 29.
The Gents will host their annual home tournament, the Hal Sutton Invitational at The Golf Club at Stonebridge (March 17-18), and play in the West Regional Invitational at Berry Creek Country Club in Georgetown, Texas on March 31-April 1. The annual SCAC Championships return to Whitney, Texas and will be played at White Bluff Golf Resort April 13-15.
See the Gents' complete season schedule here: https://gocentenary.com/sports/mgolf/2024-25/schedule
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