Golf tied Catawba College and Winthrop University for seventh out of 12 teams at the annual Bash In The Boro tournament in Georgia on Monday and Tuesday.
The Revolutionaries opened the tournament strong, shooting one under par in the first round before struggling with a nine-over round two prior to bouncing back with a two-under-par final round. Consistent play across the lineup kept them competitive throughout, leading to a 6-over total of 870 in their penultimate event of the fall season.
The tournament — hosted by Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia on their 6,850-yard par 72 course — is a yearly, 54-hole affair in which the top four scores out of a five-player team are counted.
Sophomore Maxime Lam led the team in two of the three rounds, tying for 14th out of an 81-player field alongside Jacksonville State University’s Ryley Heath. The only Rev to finish under par, Lam carded a three-under 213 across his three rounds. After a strong two-under 70 to open with a setback in the second round shooting a 75, he rebounded with a 4-under 68 to close the tournament on a high note.
Georgia Southern won the tournament, finishing 31 under par with a total team score of 833, 16 strokes ahead of runner-up Jacksonville State. The Eagles showcased their depth as a team, with a different player leading the team in each round. Their balanced performance kept them atop the leader board from start to finish, demonstrating the strength and consistency of their lineup.
As a team, the Revs finished third in total pars with 170 — 15 fewer than leader Catawba, and 12 fewer than tournament winner Georgia Southern.
While Lam led the Revs in two of the three rounds with strong under-par performances, the rest of the lineup struggled to match his consistency. GW’s highest scorers, junior Benji Garcia, senior Philippe Thorin and sophomore Adam Bencik, each tied for 68th out of an 81-player field, with Garcia posting rounds of 77, 75 and 76, Thorin carding 77, 72 and 79 and Bencik shooting 70, 83 and 75.
Senior Manuel Barbachano earned GW’s second-lowest score, finishing only three over par at 219, with scores of 73, 71 and 75. Building on a strong second round, Barbachano secured a tie for 28th out of 81, placing solidly in the top half of the field.
The Revs welcomed back seven of their nine players from last year’s squad, adding sophomore Maxime Lam from Henderson State University, who finished 10th in the Belgian International Amateur Championship during his time in high school. Prior to concluding his last two years of high school at Lycee Bernard in Colombes, France, he placed 5th at the Grand Prix Messieurs de la Ligue PACA.
Before competing at the Bash in the Boro, the Revs put together a pair of strong showings in late September and early October. At The Goat, hosted by the U.S. Naval Academy, Manuel Barbachano led the charge with back-to-back under-par rounds of 70 to secure a third-place individual finish at 1-under 212. His effort helped GW post a sixth-out of 16-place finish for the team at 26-over 878, ahead of local rivals Georgetown University and George Mason. Thorin and Garcia each tied for 30th out of 83 at 10-over 223, while Evan Eichenlaub and Lam rounded out the lineup in 47th and 50th, respectively.
The following week at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational Lam built on that momentum, earning his first career top-10 finish by shooting 5-under 211 to tie for ninth out of 100 in a deep 19-team field. GW placed 10th overall out of 19 teams, with a 6-over 870, finishing ahead of Atlantic 10 opponents VCU and Davidson. Eichenlaub also posted a steady performance, finishing tied for 31st at 1-over 217, while Thorin, Garcia and Barbachano provided balanced support in the middle of the lineup.
The Revs have an opportunity to keep this momentum going with the Monterrey International Invitational, hosted on Oct. 24-25, in Monterrey, Mexico, the home country of three GW golfers, including Barbachano.
