Pepp Golf: Round 3 at Conway Farms

Five tournaments are complete with five different winners, as Joe Highsmith went wire-to-wire to claim the title at Conway Farms Golf Club.

Highsmith shot an 18-under 195 to win by three strokes. He entered the final round with a two-shot lead. He started conservatively, with six straight pars. His closest competitors, William Mouw and Joshua McCarthy, made some mistakes pushing for a comeback and were 2-over at the same time.

All three golfers heated up from there. Over the final 12 holes, McCarthy had eight birdies, Mouw had an eagle and four birdies, and Highsmith had six birdies. It got a little interesting on the 15th hole, when Highsmith had his only bogey of the round and Mouw and McCarthy both birdied to pull within two and three shots, respectively. But all three players had par on the 16th, and Highsmith birdied 17 and 18 to win decisively.

At the halfway point in the season, Highsmith climbed into the #1 spot in total scoring average (67.60). He’s the only golfer to finish in the top five in all five events.

Round 3 Scorecard

Overall Statistics

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Leaderboard: 1. Joe Highsmith 195 (64-65-66); T2. Joshua McCarthy 198 (66-67-65); T2. William Mouw 198 (66-65-67); 4. Frederick Wedel 204 (69-70-65); T5. Andrew Putnam 205 (70-68-67); T5. Clay Feagler 205 (71-65-69); 7. Cody McManus 206 (68-70-68); 8. Sahith Theegala 209 (68-69-72); T9. Kevin DeHuff 210 (75-69-66); T9. Roy Cootes 210 (67-73-70); T9. Derek Hitchner 210 (68-71-71); T12. RJ Manke 214 (74-71-69); T12. Josh Anderson 214 (71-72-71); T12. Joey Vrzich 214 (71-72-71); 15. Austin Murphy 216 (72-73-71); 16. Johnny Mac Arthur 224 (75-73-76).

  • The 16 golfers had a combined scoring average of 69.42, the lowest of the five tournament so far. Only five golfers finished above par, and three of them were at +1.
  • Four golfers had their best finish of the season: McCarthy (T-2nd), Wedel (4th) Putnam (T-5th) and DeHuff (T-9th).
  • Three golfers had eagles in round three: Hitchner on the par-4 1st hole, Feagler and Mouw on the par-5 14th hole and Anderson on the par-4 16th hole.

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