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Wicks, and good bounces, help Jacksonville to Program Challenge lead

Andy Bott of Marshall with head coach, Matt Grobe during the Golfweek Program Challenge at True Blue Golf and Country Club in Pawley's Island, SC. (Golfweek/Tracy Wilcox) ( Tracy Wilcox )

Sunday, September 6, 2015

PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. – Andy Bott stepped up to the first tee at True Blue Golf Club understandably nervous.

  • Marshallu2019s Andy Bott with head coach, Matt Grobe, during the Golfweek Program Challenge at True Blue Golf and Country Club and Caledonia Golf and Fish Club in Pawley's Island, SC. (Golfweek/Tracy Wilcox)
  • David Wicks of Jacksonville University during the Golfweek Program Challenge at True Blue Golf and Country Club in Pawley's Island, SC. (Golfweek/Tracy Wilcox)
  • The 2015 Golfweek Program Challenge

Bott, after all, had waited a year for this tee shot: his first in a collegiate event. The nerves melted away at the par-5 fourth hole, where the Marshall redshirt freshman hit his 5-iron to 12 feet from more than 200 yards and sunk the putt for eagle.