Madison native Seth Sweet helped Old Dominion University tie for sixth place at the Conference USA golf championships this week in Texarkana, Ark. A junior with the Monarchs, Sweet shot a three-day score of 225 and finished in a tie for 35th place, the middle of the pack.
Old Dominion’s team score of 888 tied Middle Tennessee for sixth place, 27 strokes off of winner North Texas.
It was a solid spring season for Sweet, who won the Maine Amateur tournament in 2012 at Sunday River. In mid-April, Sweet shot a two-day score of 145 to place 21st in the Greenbrier Collegiate Invitational. At the Middleburg Bank Intercollegiate tournament in March, Sweet’s three-day score of 225 helped the Monarchs place 13th in a field of 30 teams.
At the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate tournament at Palm Desert, Calif., in February, Sweet led Old Dominion with a three day score of 223, finishing tied for 38th in a field of 127 golfers.
Sweet now lives in Savannah, Ga., and competed in the Georgia Amateur last summer. Sweet finished tied for 23rd, but shot a two under 68 on the first day of the tournament.
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While Maine college golf teams have their championship tournaments in the fall, a few are wrapping up spring seasons.
Husson, the University of Southern Maine and St. Joseph’s each recently competed in the Johnson and Wales Wildcats Spring Invitational in Cranston, R.I. Husson’s Greg Martin tied for fourth place, with a two-day score of 150. Tom Murray of USM finished tied for ninth (152). Michael Caron was the top finisher for St. Joe’s, in 36th with a score of 160.
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The Spectrum Generations golf tournament will be held at Natanis Golf Course in Vassalboro on Monday, June 8.
Tournament check in begins at 11 a.m., with a shotgun scramble start set for noon. The cost is $75 per player or $300 for a foursome. The tournament benefits Spectrum Generations programs to keep older and disabled adults healthy, independent and at home.
Online registration is available at www.spectrumgenerations.org/golf. To register by phone or for more information, please contact Amanda Pelletier at 620-1677, or via email at apelletier@spectrumgenerations.org.
Travis Lazarczyk — 861-9242
Twitter: @TLazarczykMTM
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