Port St. Lucie, FL- The 27th PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship presented by Brown Capital Management concluded play on Sunday afternoon. Johnson C. Smith University sophomore
Brencis Stanford (Greenwood, SC) finished the tournament in the Men's Independent Division in 12th place after shooting a three day total of 242, scoring an 84-81-77 in the first, second and third rounds respectively.
Robert Grant of Alabama State won an exciting three-person playoff to earn the title. Justin Watkins from Central Oklahoma and Daniel Inocencio of UNLV finished tied for second in the Men's Independent Division. There a total of 35 individual competitors in the independent division.
Fellow sophomore Golden Bull
Johanan Edmeade (Virgin Island, U.S.) placed 29th in the three-day event. Edmeade had a total score of 265, shooting 98 on day one, 84 day two, and 83 on the third and final day.
Zach Smith of Virginia State University claimed Division II medalist honors, finishing with an ever-par 216 total.
Both the men's and women's teams from Bethune-Cookman University won the team titles.
In the women's division, Bethune-Cookman captured the title in thrilling fashion. The Wildcats defeated the University of Texas-Pan American on the first playoff hole to claim their championship-record 10th overall title.
The Bethune-Cookman University men's team also won in exciting fashion, making up a four-stroke deficit in the final round, and winning by a single stroke over 36-hole leader Texas-Pan American. Alabama State University finished third, 12 strokes behind Bethune-Cookman.
In the Women's Independent Division, Alexis Belton of Texas Wesleyan closed with a 74 to win the title by a single stroke over Samantha Garcia of Texas-Pan American.
In the NAIA division, Talladega (Ala.) College captured its second title overall title in the Championship and first since 2010. The Tornado led throughout the Championship and finished well ahead of Edward Waters College of Jacksonville, Fla.
Kevin Parker of Edward Waters College claimed the NAIA division medalist honors, finishing with a sparkling 6-under-par 210 total.
The PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship presented by Brown Capital Management, which celebrated its 27th edition this year, originated in November 1986 following the Jackson State University Golf Tournament, and has elevated golf in minority colleges and universities by providing opportunities to more players to compete in a national championship.
In 2006, The PGA of America was granted complete ownership and management of the championship by the National Minority Collegiate Golf Scholarship Fund.
Complete results from the 27th PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship Men's Independent Division are listed below:
Men's Independent Division
T1 Robert Grant, Alabama State 71-77-73--221
Justin Watkins, Central Oklahoma 75-79-67--221
Daniel Inocencio, UNLV 73-76-72--221
4 Casey Foster, Central Oklahoma 77-78-72--227
T5 JaMichael Jones, Bethune-Cookman 77-78-73--228
Alden Mark Davis, Southeastern 72-79-77--228
7 Derek Smith, Ferris State 79-74-76--229
8 Josiah Singletary, Methodist 81-77-76--234
9 Corey Price, Alabama State 77-81-79--237
T10 Norman Blanco, Maryland Eastern Shore 81-76-84--241
Omari Howard, Virginia State 83-80-78--241
12
Brencis Stanford, Johnson C. Smith 84-81-77--242
13 William Godfrey, Francis Marion 78-82-83--243
T14 Joseph Killebrew, Alabama State 84-78-82--244
Chris Yoo, Benedict College 85-80-79--244
16 Brandon Howard, Ferris State 80-83-83--246
17 Ian Mmbando, Alabama State 78-86-83--247
18 Kosta Ramirez, Ferris State 86-84-79--249
19 Minsoo Soh, Maryland Eastern Shore 79-81-90--250
20 Rhaulston Jones, Benedict College 86-86-80--252
21 Gavin Parker, Campbell 87-89-81--257
T22 Sean Wilson, Chowan 85-87-87--259
Michael Harden, Clemson 82-94-83--259
T24 Alex Stewart, Livingstone College 80-93-87--260
Patrick Harris, Maryland Eastern Shore 88-87-85--260
T26 Erik Potts, Hannibal-LaGrange 90-81-90--261
Nivel Felicien, Maryland Eastern Shore 90-81-90--261
28 Lawrence McKenzie, Livingstone College 90-97-75--262
29
Johanan Edmeade, Johnson C. Smith 98-84-83--265
30 James Alexander Fernand, Central Oklahoma 96-87-87--270
31 Richard Sheppard, Maryland Eastern Shore 102-91-85--278
32 Sederic Bailey, Maryland Eastern Shore 100-91-96--287
33 Spencer Smith, Edward Waters College 106-97-96--299
34 Richard Fleming, Maryland Eastern Shore 104-97-104--305
35 Ben Davis, Calumet College of Saint 90-88-NC—NC
