MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — The High Point University men's golf team traveled to Myrtle Beach, S.C., to compete in the team's first tournament of the season, which concluded on Tuesday afternoon at the Grande Dunes Golf Resort. Carter Pitcairn finished eighth individually, while the Panthers placed 13th overall at the Myrtle Beach Golf Trips Intercollegiate.

Head Coach Logan Davis: "First tournament of the season is in the books. We started out with a solid first round as a team. The second and third rounds the wind picked up and made the course play a bit more difficult than the first round. We were able to identify as a team where our games needed some improvement after two difficult rounds. Carter and Burch both played great golf through all three rounds. While we didn't finish on the leaderboard where we wanted to we will get back to it this week and improve. Lots of positives we can take as a team and grow from this as a whole. I'm looking forward to getting back to work and on to Destin."

Site: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Course: Grande Dunes Golf Resort Club

Par/Yardage: 72/7578
 

HPU Top Finisher: Carter Pitcairn (T8) 67, 77, 65 (-5)

HPU Team Finish: 13 of 16 teams — 287, 300, 292 (879) +4
 

Panther Placement:

T8 Carter Pitcairn -5 (69, 77, 65) 211

T33 Burch Harrison +1 (72, 74, 71) 217

T66 Tully Super +9 (72, 75, 78) 225

T79 Shlok Jain +13 (77, 74, 78) 229

T81 Jay Smith +15 (74, 77, 80) 231

Carter Pitcairn led the way for the Panthers at the Myrtle Beach Intercollegiate with an eighth-place finish. He sunk his first collegiate hole-in-one on the eighth hole of round three with an 8-iron that flew 184 yards into the hole. The ace helped Pitcairn card a collegiate-best 7-under-par 65, which tied for the second-lowest third round in program history. The redshirt senior started the tournament with a 3-under-69 in round one, powered by an eagle, as Pitcairn had a tournament second-best 16 birdies made.

Coach Davis had the following to say about Pitcairn's hole-in-one, "Carter with a hole-in-one on the 8th hole in the third round, his first of his college career and second one ever! His first hole in one was his sophomore year of high school."

Harrison, who tied for 33rd, also had his best round on the final day, shooting a 1-under-par 71. He finished the tournament with 10 birdies, five of which came in the final round. Super started off the tournament breaking even in round one as he finished with nine birdies and finished 66th.

Jain had is best round on day two with a 2-over-par 74. The sophomore had six birdies throughout the tournament with two in each round to finish 79th. Smith, who placed 81st, had his best round on day one with a 74 as he had five of his nine birdies.
 
Up Next: The Panthers look ahead to compete at the Destin Collegiate at The Raven Golf Club in Destin, Fla, from September 22-24.