FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. - Birmingham-Southern opened up the 2021 fall season by competing at the Royal Lakes invitational. The men's golf team finished tied for ninth in a 18 team field. The Panthers finished the weekend shooting a 607 (+31).

The Panthers competed with five nationally ranked teams. The Panthers tied with #17 Berry College for ninth place. After shooting a 308 (+20) on day one the Panthers had a spectacular day to shaving off nine strokes from the day before and shooting a 299 (+11) to move up three spots.

Sammy Brucker (T21), Davis Fisher (T32), and Slade Dawson (T48) all placed inside the top 50 individually. After shooting a 78 (+6) on Sunday Brucker came out and shot a two-under 70 on Monday to move into 21st place. Fisher was consistent all weekend shooting a 76 (+4) on both days of the tournament. Dawson shot an 81 (+9) on Sunday, but bounced back with a two-over 74 on Monday to finish tied for 48th. 
 
Top 5 teams
1. #23 Babson, 287 - 276 = 563 (-13)
2. #15 Oglethorpe, 291 - 284 = 575 (-1)
3. #16 Sewanee, 291 - 300 = 591 (+15) 
4. Lynchburg, 300 - 295 = (+19)
5. Transylvania, 306 - 295 = 601 (+25)
 
Top 5 for BSC
T21. Sammy Brucker, 78 - 70 = 148 (+4)
T32. Davis Fisher, 76 - 76 = 152. (+8)
T48. Jack Stafford, 81 - 74 = 155 (+11)
T53. Connor Hawkins, 73 - 83 = 156 (+12)
78. Will Middleton, 83 - 79 = 162 (+18)
 
News and Notes
> Birmingham-Southern played the Par 3s the fourth best on the week with an average score of 3.28.
> BSC had the fourth most birdies on the week with 29.
> Davis Fisher played the pars 3s at even par throughout the tournament. 

Up next
The Panthers will have a couple weeks off before gearing up for the Golfweek DIII Fall Invitational in Destin, Fla on Oct. 17 through Oct. 19.