Around The Commonwealth that success through the fall , finishing second on the team in scoring average at 72.33 and is second on the team with eight rounds of par or better . He ’ s one of three Rams to have played all 12 rounds in the fall .
WORTH NOTING : George Duangmanee ( International CC ) is tied for third at the University of Virginia with a 72.0 average and tied for the best round of the fall by any Cavalier player with a 67 in the GC of Georgia Intercollegiate . … Though William and Mary ’ s Jimmy Taylor grabbed headlines last summer by winning the VSGA Amateur , his teammate and caddie at the Amateur , Matthew Feinstein , is having one of the Tribe ’ s stronger seasons . He ’ s second on the team with a 74.25 average , nearly a stroke better than his career mark . … Both Nick Rakes ( Longwood ) and Ben Choe ( Cornell ) lead their respective teams in scoring average , with Rakes posting a 71.27 in 17 rounds this fall and Choe averaging 72.67 strokes per round . … Yale ’ s Teddy Zinsner , a past VSGA Junior Stroke Play champion , posted a low round of 67 in the Macdonald Cup , which the Elis won . Another past JSP champ , Kelly Chinn of Duke , has played in every round for the Blue Devils as a freshman and posted a low round of 67 as well . … Ross Funderburke ( Hidden Valley CC ) ranks second for Furman with a 71.1 scoring average . … Radford University ’ s men ’ s golf team features nine VSGA members , including two who posted 67s in the fall — Bryce Corbett and Hayden Miller . … Christopher Zhang ( Blacksburg CC ), the finalist opposite Brennan in the 2019 VSGA Amateur , shot 66 in the final round of the Quail Valley Collegiate Invitational and has a 71.88 scoring average in eight rounds / three events for Northwestern University .
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WOMEN ’ S GOLF
ONE-TWO PUNCH : A pair of VSGA members lead the Virginia Tech women , who earned their first trip to the NCAA championship last spring . Aussie Emily Mahar , a member at Pete Dye River Course of Virginia Tech , who has qualified for multiple USGA championships and was a quarterfinalist at last year ’ s U . S . Women ’ s Amateur , leads the team with a 71.75 scoring average and has twice posted rounds of 68 . Becca DiNunzio ( Virginia Beach National GC ), the defending VSGA Women ’ s Amateur champion , is second on the team with a 72.5 average and shot a season-best round of 66 in the second round of the Ruth ’ s Chris Tar Heel Invitational , where she finished third overall .
LEADING LANCER : Emma Landis ( VSGA uClub ) continued her strong play for a Longwood squad featuring five VSGA members . Landis leads the team with a 74.58 scoring average and posted the low round of the year by a Lancer with a 69 at the final round of the William and Mary Fall Invitational . She was Longwood ’ s best scorer in each event this fall and finished seventh at the Grandover Fall Classic .
WORTH NOTING : Rory Weinfurther , the 2019 VSGA Women ’ s Amateur champion , is second on Richmond ’ s roster with a 75.45 scoring average . She tied for fifth at the Navy Fall Invitational . … Isabel Bae has made a quick impact as a freshman at William and Mary , ranking second on the Tribe with a 75.5 average . She ’ s played all 12 rounds , including carding a 70 in the third round at the Elon Invitational . … Two-time VSGA Junior Girls ’ champion Victoria Tip-Aucha posted one top-10 finish this fall at Penn State , including a low round of 71 .
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