Monday, February 18
Matthews, La. (LaTour G.C.)
Stephen F. Austin
at
LaTour Intercollegiate
Photo by: Rick Yeatts
Men’s Golf Starts Spring Season Strong with Third-Place Finish at LaTour Intercollegiate
2/19/2019 6:57:00 PM | Men's Golf
‘Jacks finish as top Southland Conference team at tournament, tie second-lowest score in final round
MATTHEWS, La. – Competing in its first tournament of the spring, the SFA men's golf team tied the second-lowest score in Tuesday's final round of the LaTour Intercollegiate in Matthews, Louisiana. The Lumberjacks, who shot a 9-over 297 on the final 18 holes of play at the LaTour Golf Club, were the top Southland Conference finisher among seven total league members competing at the three-day, 54-hole event.
SFA completed the tournament with a two-day total of 22-over 886 to place third, finishing ahead of six fellow Southland member teams and just one stroke behind runner-up Samford (21-over 885).
Senior Jake Hendrix turned in his best finish of 2018-19 by tying for fifth among 67 total golfers with an even-par 216 after shooting an even-par 72 in Tuesday's final round. Fellow senior Angelo Leyvani claimed his fifth top-20 finish of the season as he placed 12th with a three-round tally of 5-over 221.
Rising seven spots on the individual leaderboard between the second and third rounds, sophomore Steven Fabik tied for 18th after carding an 8-over 224 on the par-72, 7,170-yard course across the two days. He shot a 2-over 74 on the final 18 holes of play, while freshman individual competitor Alec Brown tied for 28th with a 54-hole total of 11-over 227.
Much like Fabik, freshman Isiah Henderson climbed several spots on the individual leaderboard between Monday and Tuesday, notching a 2-over 74 in the final round to finish 31st with a cumulative score of 12-over 228. Seeing his first action in the Lumberjacks' scoring lineup, freshman Johannes Gudmundsson tied for 33rd with a three-round total of 15-over 231.
Texas-Rio Grande Valley captured the LaTour Intercollegiate title by 16 strokes, carding a 5-over 869 as a team, while the University of the Incarnate Words' John Hill and Tennoshin Ogawa of Texas-Rio Grande Valley split the individual championship with two-day scores of 3-under 313. Prairie View A&M's Laurence Crez and Samford's Harlan Winn both finished one stroke off the lead to tie for third with final tallies of 2-under 214.
Up Next…
The 'Jacks will have three weeks off before returning to tournament action Monday and Tuesday, March 11-12 at the University of Houston's Border Olympics, hosted in Laredo, Texas, at the Laredo Country Club.
Stay tuned to SFAJacks.com, as well as SFA's social media platforms, for complete coverage of Ladyjack golf throughout the fall.
-SFA-
Players Mentioned
/ Men's Golf
/ Men's Golf
/ Men's Golf
/ Men's Golf
/ Men's Golf
/ Men's Golf
1.29.24 | Axe 'Em Insider Ep. 23 x Golf
Monday, January 29
