DALTON, Ga. - The Belhaven Golf team wrapped up their 2022-23 campaign on Wednesday as they finished out the third round at the Collegiate Conference of the South Men's Golf Championship. The Blazers placed 5th as a team, rising on the second and third days of the tournament to finish 11 shots ahead of 6th place Covenant. The tournament proved to be a tough event as just one golfer finished the three days with a final score under par. 

The tournament was highlighted by a trio of Top-20 individual finishes for the Blazers as Luke Couch, Jake Shmonov and Will Justice all carded a third round 76 to keep them near the top half of individuals across the three-day event. 

Couch finished t-16th at the CCS Championship steadily improving across all three rounds at the event. After a first round 83 (+11), Couch improved to shoot a 79 (+7) on Tuesday before carding his best round of the week with a 76 (+4) to finish +22 overall. 

Jake Shmonov followed a similar script improving across the tournament to post his best round finish on the final day. Shmonov posted an 85 (+13) on the opening day before matching Couch with a 79 (+7) on day two and a 76 (+4) on day three which put him t-19th among individuals. 

Will Justice rounds out the top trio for the Blazers bouncing back on the third day after a rough day two outing. Justice shot 78 (+6) in the opening round to lead the Blazers before an 86 (+14) on the second day. His 10-shot improvement on day three helped him finish alongside Shmonov at t-19th overall marking his second top 20 finish in as many tournaments. 

Andrew Scherer shot an 82 (+10) on the final day to finish t-26th and represented the fourth counting score for the Blazers at the event while Gannon Williams finished 30th among individuals with a final round score of 88 (+16). 

The Blazers end their year with back-to-back 5th place finishes after taking the spot in the Rhodes Spring Collegiate two weeks ago. 

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