DAVIDSON, N.C. (September 20, 2022)- Howard University men's golf team starts the year off with a strong showing in North Carolina, completing three rounds at the River Run Collegiate, hosted by Davidson (Oct. 19-20).
Senior
Gregory Odom (Memphis) led the Bison, shooting eight under par (-8, 208) while claiming his first top finish of the season.
Odom tied the top spot early on, recording two under par (70) in the first round. Jumping ahead after shooting a 67 (-5) in round two, the Memphis native solely led the herd and held off Presbyterian's Jack Wofford down the stretch.
Junior
Marcus Smith leaped in the rankings, registering a 71 (-1) in the final round to give him a 15
th place finish.
Overall, the Bison tied for 11
th place after posting a 588 (+12) during two rounds on day one.
Davidson College won the event (+3, 867) by three strokes over in-state rival East Carolina (+6, 870).
| POS |
PLAYER |
ROUND 1 |
ROUND 2 |
ROUND 3 |
TOTAL |
| T11 |
HOWARD UNIVERSITY |
316 |
295 |
296 |
907 |
| 1 |
Gregory Odom |
70 |
67 |
71 |
208 |
| T15 |
Marcus Smith |
72 |
75 |
71 |
218 |
| T46 |
Everett Whitten Jr |
74 |
73 |
77 |
224 |
| T93 |
Hugo Garcia |
75 |
84 |
82 |
241 |
| 97 |
Joshua Siplin |
84 |
82 |
83 |
249 |
UP NEXT:
The Bison will host the Howard-USF Collegiate Invitational in Potomac, Md. (September 26-27).
For more information, visit the Bison Athletics website at
www.HUBison.com.
