Clayton State Wins Orchard Fall Invitational

CLARKSVILLE, Ga. – September 21, 2007 – The Clayton State Laker men’s golf team successfully repeated as champions at the 2007 Orchard Fall Invitational on Tuesday at the Orchard Golf and Country Club. The Lakers finished tied with Oglethorpe for the top spot with a 298, but won the tournament by virtue of a drop score tiebreaker.

It is the fifth team title for the Lakers in their program history.

The Lakers finished 11 strokes ahead of Reinhardt, while host Piedmont finished fourth with a 322 and Young Harris "A" finished fifth with a 323. Rounding out the scoring in the eight-team field was Truett-McConnell with a 333, Young Harris "B" with a 343 and Toccoa Falls finished with a 352.

Individually for Clayton State, junior All-American Will Wilcox won his first ever tournament as a Laker, firing a 3-under par 69. He made four birdies for the round and finished two strokes ahead of Oglethorpe’s Chris Lane for individual medalist honors.

In addition to Wilcox, Jonathan Visconti and Wade Binfield each finished tied for third for the Lakers at 2-over 74, while Daniel Sommerville finished tied for eighth with a 4-over 76 and Neil McBride finished tied for 11th with a 5-over 77. Rounding out the Clayton State scoring was Chris Cartwright finishing tied for 15th with a 7-over 79, Kevin Duncan finished tied for 22nd with an 82 and Logan Patterson finished tied for 25th with an 83.

Binfield, McBride and Patterson played as individuals for the tournament. Visconti and Binfield both joined Wilcox on the All-Tournament team.

Clayton State will participate in the Coker Invitational on Monday and Tuesday at the Orange County National Golf Club in Orlando.

Full tournament results can be seen here.