Ben Hogan Collegiate: Cole Sherwood powers Vanderbilt past North Carolina

October 3, 2023 | by Justin Golba of AmateurGolf.com

Cole Sherwood (Vanderbilt Athletics Photo)

A birdie on No. 18 from Cole Sherwood gave Vanderbilt the outright team win over UNC and forced an individual playoff.

Cole Sherwood only needed two holes to earn the sweep for Vanderbilt at the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational at Shady Oaks Country Club in Fort Worth, Tex.

Sherwood birdied the final hole to give Vanderbilt a one-shot win over North Carolina and force a playoff against Christo Lamprecht of Georgia Tech.

Then, on the first playoff hole (No. 18), Sherwood made another birdie to win the individual competition.

Vanderbilt finished at 16-under, holding off a valiant final-round effort from North Carolina, who finished 15-under and shot 10-under in the final round.

Oklahoma came into the final round with a five-shot lead over Arizona State, but a final round 14-over sent them into solo fifth place.

Arizona State finished in solo third place at 13-under, and Oregon finished in solo fourth place at 12-under. Oregon shot a 9-under final round.

In the individual competition, Sherwood and Lamprecht shot 7-under to force the playoff. Sherwood won on the first hole.

Cole Sherwood @VandyMGolf beats Christo Lamprect @GTGolf on the first playoff hole (18) with birdie pic.twitter.com/YBpk3wwjse
— Ryan Frazer (@AgoraGolf) October 3, 2023

Nate Stember of Oregon and Gordon Sargent of Vanderbilt finished T3, and one shot back of the playoff at 6-under.

David Ford of North Carolina and Drew Goodman of Oklahoma State finished T5 at 5-under.

Five 2023 United States Walker Cup participants played in this tournament (Sargent, David Ford, Preston Summerhays, Dylan Menante, and Austin Greaser).

Results: Ben Hogan Collegiate

Place	Player	Location	Pts	Scores
1	Cole Sherwood	Austin, TX	800	66-70-67=203
2	Christo Lamprecht	, South Africa	500	68-69-66=203
T3	Nate Stember	Portland, OR	400	70-68-66=204
T3	Gordon Sargent	Mountain Brook, AL	400	67-69-68=204
T5	David Ford	Peachtree Corners, GA	400	66-68-71=205

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Ben Hogan Collegiate: Cole Sherwood powers Vanderbilt past North Carolina

54-hole men's collegiate championship for teams in the Big 12 Conference. Team (best four scores out of six players each round) and individual competitions.