ECU Places Seventh At General Hackler Championships

Saturday, March 10

Myrtle Beach, S.C.

East Carolina University

General Hackler Championship

March 11, 2018 | Men's Golf

Complete Results

Tournament: General Hackler Championships
Location: Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Course: The Dunes Golf & Beach Club (Par 72, 7,233 yards)
ECU Finish: Seventh out of 15 teams (292-296-287=875 11-over par)
Top ECU Individual: Tim Conover (t20/84)

Complete Results

RESULT
ECU carded a three round total of 11-over-par 875 (292-296-287) to finish in front of three ranked teams in seventh-place at the 2018 General Hackler Championships at the Dunes Golf and Beach Club at Myrtle Beach.

NEWS & NOTES

ECU shot 1-under-par 287 in the final round Sunday. It was the fifth lowest round of the day among the 15-team field.
The Pirates finished ahead of No. 31 NC State (eighth), No. 23 North Florida (ninth) and No. 26 South Carolina (10^th).
ECU recorded the second-most pars with 180, five behind No. 8 Georgia Tech.
Senior Tim Conover fired a 54-hole score of par 216 (71-73-72). It was his second tournament of the second shooting par or better.
Redshirt senior Jackson Spires recorded 40 pars, second-most in the field behind 41 by Virginia's Danny Walsh and LSU's Luis Gagne.
Five of the Pirates' 15 rounds were par or better.
Georgia Tech won the team title by five strokes over Texas A&M. The Yellow Jackets' Chris Petefish won medalist honors with a 7-under-par 209.

COACH'S COMMENT
"It was great to shoot under par in the final round today and to beat some ranked teams. The Dunes is a wonderful golf course and the field here was great. This was a good way to end our Spring Break trip. Now we have a couple of weeks off as we get ready to host our home event at Brook Valley." – ECU Head Coach Andrew Sapp

Team Score
ECU (292-296-287=875 11-over par) – Seventh out of 15 teams

Individual Scores
Tim Conover (71-73-72=216) – T20th
Jackson Spires (74-73-71=218) – T26th
Blake Taylor (75-74-71=220) – T35th
Patrick Stephenson (72-78-76=226) – T59th
Tim Bunten (78-76-73=227) – T64th

Up Next
The Pirates will return to action on Monday, April 2, at Brook Valley Country Club as they host the East Carolina Intercollegiate.