Scottie Scheffler of Texas earns East Lake Cup Medalist honors
Scottie Scheffler after East Lake Cup individual victory
(East Lake Cup Photo)
ATLANTA, GA (October 31, 2016) -- Texas junior Scottie
Scheffler won the inaugural East Lake Cup individual
trophy with a round of 6-under 66. Scheffler was able to
finish two-strokes clear of the field at the East Lake Golf
Club.
After a slow start Scheffler got going with a birdie
on No. 6, the first of three in a four hole span to reach
3-under for the front nine. Following the turn Scheffler
reached 6-under with birdies on the 10th, 12th and 14th
holes before dropping his only stroke of the day with a
16th hole bogey.
His birdie on No. 12 was one of the
highlights of the
day for Scheffler as his approach shot came to rest just
inches away
from the cup.
"I was just trying to get the ball in the fairway
(today),"
said now three-time individual winner Scottie Scheffler
to Golf Channel Noah Begay III. "This course is very
difficult but I was able to make a couple of birdies."
On the next hole Scheffler was able to right the
ship with a par and then he sealed the deal with a
closing hole tap-in birdie.
Nick Hardy of Illinois and Will Gordon of Vanderbilt
both had chances to tie Scheffler on the final hole but
were unable to convert their birdie putts. Hardy and
Gordon ended up tied for second at 4-under. Texas'
Doug Ghim was fourth at 3-under while Michael Feagles
of Illinois placed fifth at 2-under.
Not only was an individual winner crowned on
Monday but the seeds were set for the next two days of
match play. The semifinals matches for Tuesday are as
follows:
No. 1 Vanderbilt (-6) vs. No. 4 Oregon (+7)
No. 2 Texas (-1) vs. No. 3 Illinois (E)
The winning teams will meet in the championship
match
Wednesday and the two losers will square off in a
consolation match.
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ABOUT THE
East Lake Cup
Started in 2015 and hosted by the historic
East
Lake Golf Club Atlanta, this collegiate, three-day
match
play competition features the top-performing
teams
from the previous year's NCAA Men’s
Golf Championships. There is an individual award for
the low 18-hole scorer
in the seeding round.
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