ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Vanderbilt men’s golf junior Wells Williams posted his first top-five finish of the 2024-25 season, as he concluded the 2024 Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate in a tie for fifth place at 7-under 209.
Williams wrapped up the tournament by carding 1-under 71 in Round 3. By placing fifth in the Peach State, the junior records his highest finish since tying for fifth at the Pauma Valley Invitational during the 2024 spring season. It is also the third career top-10 finish at Vanderbilt for the West Point, Mississippi, native.
No. 5-ranked Vanderbilt concluded the fall portion of its 2024-25 schedule on Sunday. The Dores carded 2-over 290 in Round 3 to finish the 2024 Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate in eighth place at 1-over 865.
“We really wanted to come out and have a good final round of the fall today, and the guys were locked in, I thought, but we had a tough time keeping momentum,” said Vanderbilt men’s golf head coach Scott Limbaugh. “However, it’s very encouraging to see Wells play so well this week because he will be an integral part of any success we will have this spring. If a couple more putts had fallen for him today, he would have had a chance to win. I am proud of Jackson for bouncing back today and I’m really proud of the job he did for us all fall. I had a good time with the guys this week and I really thought they competed hard.”
Senior Jackson Van Paris posted his fourth-straight top-20 finish of the fall, concluding the weekend in 20th on the player leaderboard at 1-under 215. Van Paris finished under-par in Round 3, carding a team-best 2-under 70 on Sunday.
Duke came away with the team title at the 2024 Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate after carding 28-under 836 as a team. The Blue Devils’ Ethan Evans claimed the tournament’s individual title, as he carded 9-under 207.
Vandy now heads into the winter break. The Commodores return to action Jan. 27-29, when they travel to Lake Sherwood, California, for the Southwestern Invitational at Sherwood Country Club.
“I think we learned a lot about our team this fall and we got to see a bunch of different guys play, which is a great thing,” added Limbaugh. “I think we have a great core group, but we have to continue to see more consistency as a team. We have to have more guys stepping up, and that starts with getting everyone buying into doing the right things more consistently and swimming in the deep end. We have to embrace improvement during this…
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