Team & Player Scores
The Emory University men's golf team came through with an outstanding final round of play on Sunday and in the process took home first-place honors at the NCAA DIII Fall Preview. The 54-hole tourney was played on the 6,902-yard, par-72 PGA National Champions Course in Palm Beach Gardens Florida.
The Eagles, ranked No. 2 in the Bushnell Coaches Preseason Poll, trailed by six shots with eight holes remaining, but used steady play down the stretch in securing first-place honors, posting a score of three-under par 285 to finish at 874 (302-287-285) to finish seven shots ahead of runner-up and top-ranked Illinois Wesleyan (296-291-294—881). Huntingdon College was third with a mark of 891 (296-306-289) while the University of St. Thomas (MN) and Washington and Lee rounded out the top five with scores of 898 and 907, respectively.
Junior Eric Yiu led Emory's final-round charge, carding a five-under par 67, which represented his second-best career score. After taking bogey on the first hole, Yiu bounced back in grand style, posting six birdies for the rest of the round in registering the second-best score of the afternoon in the 90-player field. Yiu finished the tourney as the team's top scorer while tying for third overall with an effort of even-par 216 (76-73-67).
Senior Matt Organisak shot even-par 72 over the final 18 holes while sophomore Max Schwarz and sophomore Logan Ryan rounded out the Eagles' scoring effort with each player recording 73s. Sam Galloway shot his best round of the Preview with a 75. Organisak was one of four players who tied for sixth on the leaderboard with a two-over par 218 (77-69-72). Schwarz, playing as a member of the Eagles' top group for the first time, also chalked up a 218 (73-72-73). Ryan closed out the Preview tied for 17th with a showing of 225 (79-73-73) while Galloway tied for 27th at 228 (76-77-75).
"I was really impressed with our final 36 holes – we were pretty good in those afternoon rounds," stated Emory Head Coach John Sjoberg. "Both Eric and Max were great," Sjoberg continued. "Eric's 67 was one of the best rounds I've seen in several years, and I could not be happier for the way Max played in his first varsity competition."
Emory returns to action, September 30 – October 1 when it competes at the 54-hole Gordin Classic in Columbus, Ohio.