SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. - After recording their second straight top-three finish, the Carson-Newman men's golf team will make the short trek south for the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate.
The Eagles will play in the three-day three-round tournament at the Seviverville Golf Club River Course beginning on Sunday, Mar. 13. Each day will consist of one 18-hole round with a 10 AM shotgun start.
No. 3/6 Carson-Newman is coming off another stellar spring performance, finishing tied for second with host Lander at the Bearcat Golf Classic in Greenwood, S.C. The Eagles shot two-over for the entire tournament, including an even-par round one.
Jonathan Nielsen led the convocation in Greenwood for the second straight tournament. The sophomore out of Hørsholm, Denmark finished third with a three-round score of a six-under 210. Nielsen shot a one-under 71 on the final day from Greenwood, including carding two birdies on the front nine.
Nielsen was ranked as the fifth-best golfer in all of Division-II by Golfstat this week. His third-place finish in the Palmetto State is his third straight top-three finish of the season. He is averaging around one-under for the entire season.
Jake Mynatt also had a solid day in South Carolina.After finishing day one tied for 35th, Mynatt moved up 16 spots on the final day of the tournament thanks to a nice three-under 69 in the third round. Mynatt finished the tournament tied for 19th with a three round two-over 218 score.
Mynatt's 69 was his first under-70 round since the third round of the Queens Fall Invitational. He also carded an eagle on the par-five first hole.
Carson-Newman has had success at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate in the past. Tom Forester holds two of the top-three best individual round scores in the history of the tournament, shooting a 66, six-under in the second round of the 2017 event, and a 65, seven-under in the second round of the 2018 event.
As a team, the Eagles hold the two best single round scores at the tournament, shooting a 13-under 275 in the second round in 2018, and a 14-under 274 second round in 2017. Carson-Newman won the 2017 event championship with a three round score of a 17-under 847, the best three-round team score in tournament history. The Eagles won the 2017 event championship by 25 strokes.
Last season at the event, Mynatt closed out the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate with a career-low 205 that was good enough for second-place while Carson-Newman finished in fourth at the Sevierville Golf Club.
Mynatt was four-under through the final round with back-to-back birdies on the last two holes, sitting in a tie for first with UT Martin's Nick Wolf who still had three holes to play by the time the Eagles entered the clubhouse. His top-spot counterpart birdied the par-3 17th to take the lead. His 205 tied him with former Eagle golfer Jake Headrick for the second-lowest 54-hole score in the event.
The three-day tournament will feature a healthy mix of both ranked Division-II and local Division-I competition. The Carson-Newman women's team will also compete at the event, at the Sevierville Golf Club Highlands Course for the women's bracket.
Fans can follow along with live results courtesy of Golfstat here. Social media updates will also be available for all three days of the tournament on twitter at @cn_eagles.
