As Vanderbilt closes out its fall this weekend, it’s doing so with out Gordon Sargent.
The star senior, who already has clinched a PGA Tour card for this upcoming summer season through PGA Tour College’s Accelerated program, didn’t journey with the group to the Golf Membership of Georgia Collegiate in Alpharetta, Georgia, due to an unspecified ailment.
“Gordon isn’t feeling nicely,” Vanderbilt head coach Scott Limbaugh stated, “and we decided that it was in his greatest curiosity to not play this weekend.”
The fast-swinging Sargent has been comparatively wholesome throughout his newbie profession, which incorporates an NCAA particular person title as a freshman, the No. 1 spot within the World Newbie Golf Rating and subsequent McCormack Medal final 12 months, and the designation of turning into the primary participant to obtain a Masters particular invitation for successful the NCAA Championship.
Nonetheless, Sargent hasn’t had the very best of semesters. Following a fourth Spherical-of-64 exit on the U.S. Newbie, Sargent did not publish a top-10 end in his three faculty begins this fall and ended up outdoors the highest 30 in two of them. His most up-to-date exhibiting was a T-40 on the Ben Hogan Collegiate.
In Sargent’s absence, the Commodores will lean on senior Jackson Van Paris, who leads the group with two top-10s this fall. Sophomore Chase Nevins is enjoying within the 5 spot as he makes his first begin.
