Griffin finishes runner-up; Hurricanes miss the cut
Sophomore J.P. Griffin fired a tournament-low 66 in the second round of the Aflac/Cougar Invitational at the Country Club of Columbus on Monday afternoon to finish the day in second place out of 75 golfers with a 2-under 140. The GSW team shot a two-round 605, finishing 12th out of 14 teams in its final match of the fall.
Host Columbus State led after Day 1 with a score of 576 (288-288). North Alabama and Valdosta State sat tied for second with a score of 577.
Daniel Stapff of Barry shot a pair of 69s to finish two strokes ahead of Griffin for the top individual performance.
Nate Gahman posted a 151 (73-78) for GSW. Craig Gibson, individual mediallist at the 2009 Aflac/Cougar Invite, shot a 154 (74-80). Rounding out the scoring for the 'Canes was Charles Pennington and Reese Moseley with scores of 164 (86-78) and 169 (82-87), respectively.
2010 AFLAC/COUGAR INVITATIONAL - TEAM SCORES
| Rd 1 | Rd2 | Total | ||
| #11 Columbus State | 288 | 288 | 576 | +8 |
| #4 North Alabama | 288 | 289 | 577 | +9 |
| #24 Valdosta State | 285 | 292 | 577 | +9 |
| Barry | 291 | 287 | 578 | +10 |
| #19 Georgia College | 288 | 291 | 579 | +11 |
| #20 Lander | 287 | 296 | 583 | +15 |
| #29 Delta State | 295 | 288 | 583 | +15 |
| Queens U. of Charlotte | 290 | 298 | 588 | +20 |
| Missed Cut | ||||
| Florida Southern | 301 | 290 | 591 | +23 |
| #27 Flagler | 304 | 292 | 596 | +28 |
| #36 Carson-Newman | 298 | 304 | 602 | +34 |
| #40 Georgia Southwestern | 303 | 302 | 605 | +37 |
| Clayton State | 304 | 307 | 611 | +43 |
| Florida Tech | 308 | 304 | 612 | +44 |
| # = D2 Golfstat ranking | ||||
GSW SCORES
| Rd. 1 | Rd. 2 | Total | |||
| 2 | J.P. Griffin | 74 | 66 | 140 | -2 |
| T48 | Nate Gahman | 73 | 78 | 151 | +9 |
| T55 | Craig Gibson | 74 | 80 | 154 | +12 |
| 72 | Charles Pennington | 86 | 78 | 164 | +22 |
| 75 | Reese Moseley | 82 | 87 | 169 | +27 |