Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Birmingham, Ala. – Junior Rhys Davies (Bridgend, Wales) has picked up where he left off a year ago – winning tournaments and breaking ETSU records.

Davies fired a final round score of 4-under-par 68 and finished a grueling four-hole playoff with Tennessee’s Jonathan Mount as co-champion of the Shoal Creek Intercollegiate Tuesday at the Shoal Creek Golf Club in Birmingham, Ala. Davies, who had been tied with former ETSU great Garrett Willis for the all-time career win record with five a year ago, now stands alone atop the Buccaneer record lists with six individual titles.

“To get a win in the first tournament of the year is pleasing,” said Davies, who now has 16 career sub-70 rounds and has won a remarkable six of his last 11 collegiate events. “It’s also pleasing to see how well we played as a team. That’s a really positive way to start things this year.”