Goldsboro, N.C. – The Catawba College Men's Golf team earned a sixth-place finish at The Trojan on Tuesday afternoon, concluding the third and final round of play at the Walnut Creek Country Club with a +18, 306 ledger as part of a +40, 904 total score . Paul Esnault led the team with a +3, 219 through all three rounds, earning his second straight T-7th finish to close the regular season
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Paul Esnault logged his second straight +2, 74 round of play during the third round, able to climb six spots on Tuesday for a top-10 finish with an overall score of +3, 219. While he'd run into some trouble over the front-nine, with a +4, 40, Esnault was a force over the back-nine as he holed three birdies and five pars as part of a terrific -2, 34 frame. That run, Esnault's best during play this week, would carry him the leaderboard as he was able to bounce back from the first nine holes
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Connor Carter was also able to climb the leaderboard on Tuesday, thanks to his best round of play in the form of a +1, 73. Carter's overall mark of +7, 223 would earn him a T-17th finish. He was excellent in the final round, sinking three birdies and three pars during the front-nine as part of an E, 36 stretch before adding two more birdies and four pars during the back-nine in a +1, 37 run
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Luke Nelson's +7, 79 ledger in the third round would give him an overall mark of +13, 229 and a T-32nd finish. Nelson tallied a birdie and 10 pars during play on Tuesday, with six of them coming during the back-nine
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Ryan Masterton took a T-44th finish with a +8, 80 over the third round and a score of +20, 236 overall. During play on Tuesday, Masterton would be able to sink a birdie and five pars in both the front-nine and the back-nine, but hit a rough patch during the opening set of holes
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Justin Nagy also posted a +8, 80 in the third round, as part of a +21, 237 ledger that saw him finish T-49th. Nagy endured a tricky front-nine, but was strong during the back half with a +2, 38 that featured a birdie and seven pars
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Hayden Mincey posted his second straight +10, 82 round to finish play, as he ended Tuesday T-57th at +32, 248. Mincey was strong over the front-nine, sinking seven birdies in a +2, 38 stretch
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Catawba's mark of 148 pars as a team was tied for sixth-best, while the team's 39 pars would be the fourth-highest mark
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Esnault and Carter tied with the fourth-best mark among individuals on Par 3's, with an average of 3.17 and a score of +2
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Esnault and Nelson tied for the fifth-best mark among all players on Par 5's, at 4.75/-3
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Esnault's 34 pars tied for the fourth-most among individuals, with Nagy's 32 tying him for sixth-most
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Carter's 10 birdies tied for sixth-most among all players, with Nelson and Esnault coming close with nine each
- Catawba College Men's Golf gears up for postseason play in their next outing, as they prepare to head to Orangeburg, S.C. to compete in the South Atlantic Conference Tournament beginning on Sunday, April 21st at the Orangeburg Country Club
