STOW, Mass. (April 7) – Junior Josh Paulhus (Sutton, Mass.) carded the only eagle of the tournament and finished tied for fifth place on the individual leaderboard to lead the Nichols College men’s golf team to a 10th place finish at the 2010 Lou Flumere Invitational, hosted by Bentley University at the Stow Country Club Wednesday afternoon.
Paulhus finished the first hole, a par five, 540-yarder in just three strokes and fired a 36 on the front nine, matching the tournament low carded by just two others, en route to a 76 (+5) on the day. As a team, Nichols, which had three first year players in the lineup, finished with a composite 330 (+46).
First year Nick Deni (Enfield, Conn.) finished tied for 18th with an eight-over 79 (38-41), while Dan Cafasso (Prospect, Conn.) stood in 58th with an 86 (42-44). Matt Quigley (Sturbridge, Mass.) stood three strokes behind in 65th after a solid front nine (40-49, 89), and Sam Scott (Aquinnah, Mass.) wrapped up the squad with a 92 (41-51).
Salem State took home top team honors with a 305, while Holy Cross’s Colin Andrade earned medalist honors with a birdie on the first hole of a three-way playoff.
Nichols continues its spring schedule at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational this weekend, teeing off at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Allendale Country Club.
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