Men's golf finishes play at NCAA Championships

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. - Hood College finished in 38th place after the second round of the NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championships at Keene Trace.

The Cut

The Blazers' season comes to a close after the second round. The top 18 teams and six individuals not on those teams advance to the third and fourth rounds on May 18-19.

The Course

Hood played the second round on Championship Trace, a par-72, 6,794-yard course.

On the Scorecards

All five Blazers shot between 78 and 83 in the second round.
Tanner Leonard (Berlin, Md./Stephen Decatur) shot 78 for the second-straight day to lead Hood. He birdied his final hole of the tournament, the par-5, 516-yard 15th hole. The graduate student tied for 148th with a 36-hole 156.
Will Kujawa (Fredericksburg, Md./Massaponax) turned in an 81 in the second round to finish at 159, tied for 170th. The senior had a birdie on number 10, a par-4, 423-yard hole.
Brady Leonard (Berlin, Md./Stephen Decatur) ended the second day with an 83 for a two-day total of 162. The junior birdied the par-3, 181-yard second hole, He was tied for 189th.
Sam Driscoll (Woodsboro, Md./Walkersville) finished with an 81 in the second round. His 36-hole 163 tied for 194th.
Patrick Gogarty (Dagsboro, Del./Indian River) was 11 strokes better than his first round with an 81 in round two. He had par on nine holes and did not have a score worse than a bogey over the entire round. He shot a 175 and tied for 215th.

Leaderboards

Hood finished at 638 after shooting 321 in the second round.
Methodist and its USA South rival Piedmont are tied for the lead after 36 holes with totals of 573.
Henry Scavone of Carnegie Mellon shot a 67 in the second round to create a four-way tie for first. Christopher Newport's Alex Price and St. John's (Minn.) Sam Berger and Bobby Beaubien of Illinois Wesleyan join him at 140.

Notes

The 36-hole 638 tied for the sixth-best team score in program history.
The Blazers' 317 in the first round ties for the 22nd best 18-hole score in team history.
Tanner Leonard's 156 is tied for the 12th-best individual team score at Hood.

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Players Mentioned

Sam Driscoll: 5' 11"; Graduate Student

Patrick Gogarty: 5' 10"; Junior

Will Kujawa: 5' 9"; Senior

Brady Leonard: 6' 0"; Junior

Tanner Leonard: 5' 11"; Graduate Student

Players Mentioned

Sam Driscoll
: 5' 11"; Graduate Student

Patrick Gogarty
: 5' 10"; Junior

Will Kujawa
: 5' 9"; Senior

Brady Leonard
: 6' 0"; Junior

Tanner Leonard
: 5' 11"; Graduate Student