Tuesday, March 01, 2005
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (March 1, 2005) - East Tennessee State University sophomore Rhys Davies (Bridgend, Wales) and freshman Gareth Davis (Lisburn, Northern Ireland) fired 4-under-par 68s during the third and final round Tuesday in the Puerto Rico Classic at the Westin Rio Mar Golf Club.
Davies and Davis powered ETSU to an eighth place team finish, as the Bucs finished 27 strokes back of team champion Georgia Tech, which finished at 19-under. Arizona State's Alejandro Canizares took home the individual team title with a three-round score of 12-under par 204, and the top ETSU individual finisher was freshman Cian McNamara (Limerick, Ireland), who placed tied for 12th at 3-under-par 213.
Other ETSU results included Davies' 21st-place finish at 217, and senior Cennydd Mills (Cardiff, Wales), who placed tied for 28th at 219. Shaw ended the event tied for 43rd, and senior Jeremy Hobson finished 90th.
The Bucs will return to action beginning on March 6 at the Seminole Intercollegiate in Tallahassee, Fla.
Puerto Rico Classic
Westin Rio Mar GC/River
Rio Grande, PR
Dates: 2/27-3/01
Par: 72
Yardage: 6945
| Final Results | |
| 1 Georgia Tech | 280 278 287=845 |
| 2 Florida, U.of | 279 283 287=849 |
| 3 Oklahoma State U. | 282 283 285=850 |
| 4 Arizona State U. | 284 286 287=857 |
| 5 Georgia, U. of | 278 298 289=865 |
| 6 Minnesota, Univ. of | 296 292 280=868 |
| 7 Duke University | 292 289 288=869 |
| 8 East Tennessee St. | 293 294 285=872 |
| 9 Clemson University | 280 298 295=873 |
| 10 Purdue University | 295 288 294=877 |
| 11 Oklahoma, U. of | 287 300 297=884 |
| 12 Alabama, U. of | 289 299 298=886 |
| 13 North Carolina State | 286 303 303=892 |
| 14 Kent State | 301 296 300=897 |
| 15 Virginia Tech | 301 308 294=903 |
| 16 Northwestern | 300 307 300=907 |
| 17 Illinois, U. of | 299 305 304=908 |
| 18 Michigan, U. of | 300 307 320=927 |
| Individual | |
| 8 East Tennessee St. | 293 294 285=872 |
| T12 Cian McNamara | 69 68 76=213 |
| T21 Rhys Davies | 75 74 68=217 |
| T28 Cennydd Mills | 73 73 73=219 |
| T43 Gareth Shaw | 76 79 68=223 |
| 90 Jeremy Hobson | 79 89 92=260 |
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