Kentucky recorded its lowest round of the tournament Sunday at the SEC Championships in St. Simon?s Island, Ga. The Wildcats scored a tournament-low 295 to conclude the tournament in eleventh place with a three-day total of 893 (298-300-295). Alabama won the event leading wire-to-wire after shooting eleven-under par 853 (285-293-275).
Kentucky?s top two finishers were junior Andy Winings (Brownsburg, Ind.) and senior Cale Barr (Versailles, Ky.) who both finished tied for 25th with a three-day total five-over par 221. Winings shot 73-76-72 for the three-round championship and Barr shot 72-73-76.
“We are a very competitive team on the national scene,” Brian Craig said. “Unfortunately, we just don’t have quite the firepower to challenge in the SEC this year. I still look for this team to play well in the regionals and advance to the NCAA championship.”
Alabama?s Michael Thompson charged to the top of the leaderboard from his fourth-place second-day finish to claim top individual honors, firing a seven-under-par for the final round. Thompson?s three-day total of 208 (70-73-65) defeated South Carolina?s George Bryan IV and Alabama?s Joseph Sykora who were both four strokes off the pace grabbing the runner-up medal with a total score 212.
Sophomore Brian Belden (Emmaus, Pa.) finished tied for 40th ending the tournament with a low-round 72. Belden finished the championship with a score of 226 (78-76-72), while senior Ali Brad Doster also tied for 40th after firing a 226 (75-75-76).
Sophomore Alex Volpenhein closed out the season playing in his second tournament of the spring. Volpenhein finished tied for 56th with a score of 232 (80-77-75).
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AGATE
1. Alabama (285 293 275) 853 2. South Carolina (294 289 278) 861 3. Georgia (290 291 281) 862 4. Florida (290 292 290) 872 5. Mississippi St. (293 292 293) 878 6. Tennessee (296 287 298) 881 7. Mississippi (298 290 296) 884 T8. Auburn (301 301 286) 888 T8. LSU ( 292 297 299) 888 10 Vanderbilt (300 292 298) 890 11. Kentucky (298 300 295) 893 12. Arkansas (308 292 297) 897
T25 Andy Winings +5 F 73 76 72 221
T25 Cale Barr +5 F 72 73 76 221
T40 Brian Belden +10 F 78 76 72 226
T40 Brad Doster +10 F 75 75 76 226
T56 Alex Volpenhein +16 F 80 77 75 232
