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Cavs win Andrew tourney

Scott Chancey

CUTHBERT — Darton’s golf team is back to winning.

After winning its season opener and then finishing second in their past three tournaments, the three-time NJCAA Division II champion Cavaliers won the Andrew College Spring Invitational on Tuesday at Meadow Links Golf Course with a 13-over-par 589, and Coleman Calhoun earned medalist honors with a two-day total of 1-over 145 (70-75).

“We needed a win,” coach Dale Dover said.

Abraham Baldwin was second with a  627 overall, followed by Young Harris (637).  Andrew did not have enough players to field an official scoring team.

Calhoun, however, eagled the par-5 18th, making it to the green in two, thanks to a 255-yarder into the wind and putting from six feet.

“He kept his composure, I’ll give him that,” Dover said.

Jin Chung (74-74) claimed second at 148 on a scorecard tiebreaker against Young Harris’ Clifton Barton, and Darton’s Matt Smith (73-76), Chesley Gunn (74-75) and individual player Ridge Purcell (76-73) finished at 149. The Cavs’ Aaron Elrod (76-74) scored a 150, Evan Hanna (76-77) had a 153 and Andy Lewis (79-75) finished at 154.

Some struggled down the stretch, and Dover wasn’t happy.

“It wasn’t too pretty,” he said. “I’ll tell you what, I’m glad we won but we’ve got a lot of work to do. We’ve just got to finish our rounds. It was the second round that we played very well. I want pars, not bogeys and double bogeys.”

For Calhoun, a first-team NJCAA All-American last year, he hopes this week will be a sign of things to come.

“Well, I’m playing better but not where I want to be,” Calhoun said.

“I’ve got a lot to work on. But it’s good for us to have a win again.

Everybody is excited about that. We played as hard as we could, that’s all we could do.”

ABAC was led by Corey Ranew (75-77-152), followed by Brock Young (74-82-156), Jesse Tillman (77-83-160) and Chase Grantham (83-76-159).

Andrew was led by Slade Phillips (71-82-153), Mike Wiemers (117-120-237) and David Tenorio (85-WD).

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