FLORENCE, SC – Jacksonville University’s Duncan Stewart drained a 30-foot birdie putt on the third playoff hole to earn medalist honors, while his Dolphin squad took home team honors as the 22nd-annual Raines Development Group Intercollegiate, hosted by Francis Marion University, concluded on Tuesday (Sept. 19).  The host Patriots finished in 16th position.

The 54-hole event was contested on the par-72, 7,062-yard Country Club of South Carolina course.

Jacksonville trailed first-round leader Troy University by nine strokes after 18 holes, but rallied to tie the Trojans after 36 holes.  On Tuesday, the Dolphins carded a 300 team score to edge Troy (final-round 301) by one stroke.  Jacksonville finished with a three-round tally of 10-over-par 874, while Troy stood at 875.  The final margin equaled the second-closest finish in tournament history, only the 2003 event, which went to a playoff, was tighter.

The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga placed third at 878, followed by Furman University (881), Elon University (882), Old Dominion University (883), Western Carolina University (885), College of Charleston (890), and Wofford College, USC Aiken, and Charleston Southern University tied for ninth at 891.

Davidson College and Georgia College & State University (892) tied for 12th, followed by the University of Texas-Pan American (894), Samford University (896), FMU (899), Birmingham Southern College (913), and Appalachian State University (916).

USCA was the defending tournament champion, while Jacksonville captured the top trophy for the first time.

Stewart carded a final-round 1-over 73 to finished tied atop the individual standings with first- and second-round leader Jordy Hayden of Troy and Stan Guerrero of ODU.  All three finished at 3-under-par 213.  Hayden shot a 74 on Tuesday, while Guerrero’s 71 was one of only five sub-par rounds on the final day.

In the playoff, Hayden was eliminated when he bogeyed the first hole, while Stewart and Guerrero both recorded pars.  Stewart and Guerrero both parred the second hole, before Stewart rapped in his winning putt on the third extra hole.  Guerrero was looking at a two-foot par putt when Stewart’s shot went in.

Furman’s Garland Ferrell fired Tuesday’s best round (70) to finish fourth at 214, while Andrew Villareal of Samford and Jonathan Hodge of UTC tied for fifth position at 215.

Francis Marion freshman Christopher Couch led the Patriot golfers with a 24th-place finish.  The Summerville native shot a final-round 71 to finish at 221.  Junior Jacob Tveit fired a 76 on Tuesday to finish tied for 33rd at 222, while freshman Jonathan Lavin shot 76 and tied for 38th (224), sophomore Ronan O’Connor shot a 78 and tied for 76th (233), and sophomore Keith Crowley shot an 82 and tied for 84th (236).

FMU senior Frederick Fox competed as an individual and tied for 68th after firing a 78 on Tuesday.

FMU will compete in the Joe Agee Invitational, hosted by the College of William and Mary, Oct. 2-3 in Williamsburg, Va.