RESULTS 

Tournament: VCU Shootout
Location: Richmond, Va. (Country Club of Virginia – Tuckahoe Creek)
Course info: Par 72, 6,927 Yards
VCU finish: 2^nd (-19)
Top Ram: Charlie Kennedy, 1^st (-12)
 
The short story: Freshman Charlie Kennedy fired a final-round 69 and held off a host of challengers to claim a one-stroke victory Tuesday at the VCU Shootout – his first collegiate tournament. Kennedy's stunning debut helped lead the Rams (-19) within a stroke of team champion Richmond (-20).
 
FIRST TEE

• Kennedy, a product of nearby Mills Godwin High School, shook off a bogey on the Par 3 14^th hole and made four straight pars down the stretch to claim the individual title. He blitzed through the front nine in 32 strokes on the strength of four straight birdies and built a four-shot lead. St. Bonaventure's Christian Chapman carded a 7-under 65 Tuesday and placed second at 11-under. Richmond's Garrett Clark and George Mason's Will Halamandaris tied for third at 10-under
• Kennedy recorded just four bogeys in the tournament, and his 12-under 54-hole score is tied for the third lowest to par in school history
• VCU trailed by double digit strokes at one point, but shot eight under Tuesday and nearly overtook the Spiders. Richmond (-20) and VCU (-19) were followed by Radford (-14), William & Mary (-14) and Old Dominion (-12) in the top five
• Freshman Will Tate (-4) placed 18^th for the Rams, followed by Kristian Tannum Donaldson (-2) in 23^rd. Sophomore Joe Retford (-1) was 25
• Senior Cam Barackman carded three consecutive 70s on the way to a seventh-place effort as an individual for the Black & Gold, while teammate and fellow individual Mikkel Antonsen, a sophomore, shot 5-under to place 11th

VCU SCORES
2-VCU  282-283-280=845
1-Charlie Kennedy  68-67-69=204
T18-Will Tate  69-73-70=212
T23-Kristian Tannum Donaldson  72-71-71=214
T25-Joe Retford  73-72-70=215
T55-Sachin Kumar  75-75-73=223
 
INDIVIDUALS
T7-Cam Barackman  70-70-70=210
T11-Mikkel Antonsen  69-71-71=211
T51-Clifford Foster   72-74-75=221

Charlie Kennedy reacts to his first collegiate victory:#ThisIsRamNation #LetsGoVCU pic.twitter.com/kdLwygT5r0

— VCU Golf (@VCU_Golf) September 14, 2021

 
INSIDE THE SCORECARD

• Kennedy carded 16 birdies in the event, second-best in the field. He also led the tournament in par 4 scoring (3.70)
• VCU and Old Dominion tied for the tournament lead with 58 birdies. Antonsen and Barackman added 13 each
• Kennedy is the first VCU golfer to win this event
• This was VCU's first tournament under new Head Coach Andy Walker

NEXT UP
VCU will take on a highly competitive field at the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate Sept. 24-25 in Albuquerque, N.M.