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Virginia Tech golfer Scott Vincent (Harare, Zimbabwe) shot a 15-under-par 201 and won the 2011 Valentine Invitational by five strokes over Adam Ball and Weston Eklund on Sunday afternoon. The prestigious amateur tournament was played this weekend at the Hermitage Country Club in Manakin-Sabot, Va., just outside of Richmond.

Vincent, who begins his freshman year at Virginia Tech this morning, opened play Friday and Saturday with a pair of eight-under-par 64s, before shooting a 73 on Sunday at Hermitage’s Sabot Course. This is the second consecutive year that a Hokie has won this event. Marshall Bailey won the Valentine last year.

Other Hokies also played well in the 54-hole tournament. Senior Blake Redmond (Sugar Land, Texas) finished tied for fourth at 209, recent graduate Garland Green (Tazewell, Va.) finished tied for ninth at 216 and incoming freshman Trevor Cone (Concord, N.C.) was tied for 11^th at 217. Incoming freshman Miles Curley (Rock Hill, S.C.) and junior Mikey Moyers (Stanardsville, Va.) both shot 224; sophomore Marc MacDonald (Harare, Zimbabwe) shot 228, and sophomore Jacob Everts (Ooltewah, Tenn.) was at 234.  

Vincent’s 64 on Friday at the Sabot Course and Saturday at the Manakin Course were competitive course records for each course. The Hokies will play the Manakin Course as a team on Sept. 26 & 27, as they will compete in the VCU Shootout. The entire Tech team competed in the Valentine, with the exception of sophomore Bryce Chalkley (Richmond, Va.) who begins play in the U.S. Amateur this morning in Erin, Wisc.

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