The Bulldogs landed at 22-under 842 at Reynolds Lake Oconee on the Great Waters course (par-72, 7,073 yards), just two shots behind Alabama’s 844. Georgia closed with a 4-under 284 on Tuesday.
The Bulldogs also placed second in the Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate in February and the Southern Intercollegiates earlier this month.
“Make no mistake, our goal everytime we tee it up is to win,” Georgia coach Chris Haack said. “But it’s hard to be disappointed when your team shoots 22-under and has two of the top three individuals. That would be hard to beat most weeks. This tournament was good for us, being in a back-and-forth situation with Alabama trying to win. This will certainly help us moving forward. We have plenty of positives to build on, but since we were so close and did not win, that will shine a light on the things we need to do better. As this tournament showed, every shot matters.”
Spencer Ralston finished second individually at 12-under 204, two strokes shy of Alabama’s Lee Hodges (202). The 12-under figure set a new tournament low for Ralston and he matched his career-best individual finish. Davis Thompson, the 36-hole leader, wound up third at 10-under 206, also setting his career-best tournament total. Trevor Phillips took 13th at 2-under 214, Zach Healy came in at 2-over 218 and Jon Hilliard Catanzaro finished at 20-over 236.
Tuesday's round pushed individuals Will Chandler to 2-over 218, David Mackey to 3-over 219 and Jack Larkin Jr. to 12-over 228.
The Bulldogs will return to action April 13-15 in the Mason Rudolph Championship in Franklin, Tenn.
• Kevin Kisner, Bubba Watson, Brian Harman and Russell Henley will be in action this week in the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play
• Harris English, Keith Mitchell and Brendon Todd are set to compete in the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship in the Dominican Republic.
• Tommy Tolles, Scott Parel and Paul Claxton are playing in the Champions Tour's Rapiscan Systems Classic in Mississippi.
• The Web.com Tour event, the Chitimacha Louisiana Open, will feature Joey Garber, Lee McCoy, Sepp Straka and Erik Compton.
