Whittemore made a little bit of history on his own with a new conference record 18-hole score of 64 (-8) that was carded in the first round of the Mississippi College Invitational. He also won medalist honors after edging out teammate Blain Turner in a head-to-head sudden death playoff.
Whittemore and Turner both tied for the top individual scores in the 55-player field with a 204 (-12).
Whittemore blistered the Lake Caroline Golf Course with a pair of eagles and five birdies as he was four under on the front and four under on the back nine.
After opening up the tourney with a bogey on his second hole, Whittemore had back-to-back birdies on the fifth and sixth holes, eagled No. 7 and prepared to go into the turn with another birdie on eight.
On the back, Whittemore made birdie again on the 11th and 14th holes before holing out on the par-5 16th hole to go to 8-under on the day.
Whittemore’s single-round effort of 64 officially bested the 66’s carded by Malone Scotty Brown last season and Kentucky Wesleyan’s Carter Dodson this year. Whittemore remains second in the league in scoring average through five rounds scored at 71.6.