The KSU men’s golf team finished 13th after three rounds in the books at the SunTrust Gator Invitational in Florida over the weekend.
The Owls ended the day 28 over par as they shot 588 as a team on day one. KSU was just seven strokes behind 12th place Jacksonville.
“Today was a disappointing performance,” said KSU head coach Jay Moseley. “We played poorly during the first round and bounced back with a great start in round two. Unfortunately we made silly mistakes late in round two and it cost us our chance to move up the leaderboard. We are a much better team than we showed today, so I know we will play better on Sunday.”
Sophomore Jimmy Beck led the Owls in the first two rounds of the tournament, as he was just three over par, 143. Jimmy shot a 75 in the first round of the invitational and came out in the second round with a brilliant stroke as he finished two under par, 68. This strong performance tied him for 20th place.
“Jimmy provided the one bright spot on the weekend for us,” Moseley said. “His play this season has been consistent and strong, we just have to get some others to step up. It just wasn’t our week on the course, but we will regroup and be ready for our next tournament.”
The Owls had two players, Peder Lunde Hermansson and Jonathan Koltz, that shot nine over par. This tied them for 56th place overall in the tournament. Senior Ben Greene was tied for 61st place as he recorded a 10 over par. Sophomore Austin Vick finished 11-over-par, 151, which tied him for 65th place overall.
Georgia Southern golfer Scott Wolfes led the individual medalist race, as he was four-under-par, 136. Florida State’s Daniel Berger finished two behind Wolfes for second. There were six players in the tournament that finished at par. Florida State’s team led the way in the tournament (561, +1), they finished nine strokes ahead of the host school Florida (570, 10+) and A-Sun rival North Florida (570, +10). Liberty University (572, +12) finished the day fourth overall and UAB (573 +13), finished out the top five.
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