WILMINGTON, N.C. – Senior Josiah Gilbert captured his first individual victory of the season and helped the No. 1 Auburn men’s golf team finish second Tuesday at the Williams Cup presented by STITCH. The Tigers put together a 2-under 862 as a team on the par 72, 7,353-yard Eagle Point Golf Club in Wilmington, North Carolina.
“The team played very well today and put together the low round of the day,” head coach Nick Clinard said. “We had a slow start the first day and battled wind and cold weather. We struggled on par 5s and in the short game. But overall, we gutted it out and showed grit on the final two days to get a decent finish.”
Gilbert won the individual title with an 8-under 208, beating Florida’s Jack Turner by a stroke. The pair were in the final group on No. 18 with Gilbert ahead by one. Needing to birdie following Turner’s birdie, Gilbert sunk his putt on the par 5 18th to take the fourth individual win of his career…