DESTIN, Fla. – The High Point University men's golf team participated in the Sandestin Intercollegiate for the second consecutive season in Destin, Florida. As a team, the Panthers placed sixth overall with a 7-over-par 847 at the three-day tournament.

"Another solid week for the team!," Head Coach Logan Davis stated. "The course played a lot different this year compared to last year and they handled the change really well. It played pretty difficult all week and the in the final round, there was a strong wind all day. For our first time seeing a strong wind this semester, they handled the challenge extremely well and we had the second lowest round for the day. Jace with back-to-back top five finishes is amazing to see, not just for him but for all of the team, our hard work at home is showing up in competition early. We had an extremely solid round going in the second round, we made it all the way up to second place in that round only one shot back. We didn't finish the second round how we wanted to but that shows how good our team is. We are looking forward to getting to our next event already!"
 
Site: Destin, Florida
Course: The Raven Golf Club 
Par/Yardage: 70/6,901
 
HPU Top Finisher: Jace Duckworth (T4) (67,69,70) (-4)
HPU Team Finish: 6th of 14 teams —  281, 283, 283 (847) +7
 
Panther Placement:
T4 Jace Duckworth -4 (67,69,70) 206
T13 James Hassell -1 (67, 73, 69) 209
T47 Sean Shallat +8 (74, 72, 72) 218
T58 Tommy Evans +11 (73, 76, 72) 221
T62 Tully Super +12 (76, 69, 77) 222
 
Duckworth had another outstanding performance for the Panthers, finishing at the top player for HPU for the second consecutive tournament. He tied for fourth at the Sandestin Intercollegiate after taking second place at the Augusta Invite to open the season two weeks prior.
 
In the opening round Duckworth and Hassell paced the team both sitting tied for sixth overall after scoring a 3-under-par 67. In round two, Duckworth showed out with two eagles on the day, first on hole 11, a par five (562 yards) and again on hole 15, a par four (321 yards). He finished out round two, remaining in the top 10 after shooting a 1-under-par 69, recording a 4-under-par score following the first two rounds.
 
Super joined Duckworth with a 1-under-par 69 in the second round after landing four birdies on the back nine of the course.
 
In the final round of the tournament, Hassell posted the best score with a 1-under-par 69 to move him back up in the standings to place tied for 13th overall with a 1-under-par 209. On the front nine in the third round he stood 2-over but made up for it on the back nine with four birdies. Duckworth finished round three with an even-par 70 to lead to a fourth-place overall placement in the field of 80 golfers.
 
Shallat played solid throughout the course, recording an 8-over-par 218 with his best rounds occurring in the second and third rounds scoring a 2-over-par 72 in each. Evans finished with an 11-over-par 221 and registered his best round in the final round to close out the tournament with a 2-over-par 72. Evans hit in his first eagle as an HPU Panther in the opening round. Super finished the tournament with a 12-over-par 222.
 
UP NEXT: High Point will travel to Greenville, North Carolina for the 2026 Ironwood Collegiate hosted by East Carolina University on Monday, September 28 through Tuesday, September 29.