Kennedy slumps in last round of Duke Classic

STEWART, KNOX CLIMB BUT KENNEDY
TUMBLES DOWN LEADERBOARD

The three Scots who are golf scholarship students at Jacksonville University, Florida, had contrasting fortunes in the third and last round of the Duke Classic college tournament from the “Devil Tees” (Par-72, 7,105yd) at Duke Golf Club, Durham in North Carolina
Jamie Kennedy from Edinburgh, in a share of 15th place after 36 holes, had a nightmare last round of 13-over-par 85 after taking 46 shots to reach the turn.
After promising earlier rounds of 72 and 74, Jamie plummeted to a final position of joint 62nd.
Team-mates Duncan Stewart (pictured on right) from Grantown on Spey and Russell Knox (pictured on left of Duncan) from Edinburgh climbed up the leaderboard from joint 26th to final placings of 15th and 18th equal respectively.
Duncan followed up rounds of 77 and 70 with a 71 for 218. He birdied the fifth, seventh, ninth, 11th and 14th and would have made the top 10 but for a double-bogey 5 at the short 12th and a bogey at the 13th.
Stewart had won four tournaments in a row prior to this one.
Knox shot 71, 76 and 72 for 219 with birdies at the second, sixth and 13th but a bogey at the 18th cost him the chance to finish on the same mark as his friend and rival, Duncan Stewart.
Dustin Johnson (Coastal Carolina) won the tournament by one shot with 69, 68 and 70 for nine-under-par 207.
Coastal Carolina (851) also won the team event by seven shots from North Carolina. Jacksonville (903) finished a disappointing 14th of 15 teams.