Tuesday, September 26
Birmingham, Ala. (Shoal Creek CC)
8:30 a.m.
University of North Florida
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Men's Golf Finishes 3rd at Shoal Creek Intercollegiate
9/26/2017 3:43:00 PM | Men's Golf
The Short Story: After carding the second best team score of Tuesday's final round, the North Florida men's golf team climbed four spots to finish third at the Shoal Creek Intercollegiate hosted by UAB. Junior Philip Knowles was the top Osprey, earning a tie for seventh in medalist play with a 3-under 213. Travis Trace netted the best round of the event for UNF with his final round 68 (-4).Â
EVENT: Shoal Creek Intercollegiate
DATE: Tuesday, Sept. 26
LOCATION: Shoal Creek CCÂ (Birmingham, Ala.)
COURSE INFO: Par 72 / 7,306 yards
UNF FINISH: 290-289-284=863 (3rd)
Top Osprey: Philip Knowles (70-71-72=213) | T7th
Final Results (pdf)
FIRST TEE
- UNF boasted a 4-under 284 in the final round which was the second best score of the day and fifth lowest round of the tournament
- Junior Phliip Knowles collected his second straight Top 10 finish of the season, using a final round even-par 72 to record a 54-hole total of 213 (-3)
- Junior teammate Travis Trace posted a season best 68 (-4) on Tuesday to vault into a tie for 14th at even-par 216
- Senior Dillon Woods also shot even-par 72 on the final day en route to a tie for 20th at 218
- Junior Andrew Alligood finished tie for 29th (221) after a final round 75, while redshirt junior Jordan Batchelor rounded out the Osprey lineup in 71st, highlighted by his final round 72 (E)
- Redshirt freshman Michael Saccente tied for 56th at 228, playing as an individual in the event
TEAM SCOREBOARDÂ (# National Top 50 Rankings from final 2017)
 #11 Wake Forest (849), #49 Liberty (862), #38 North Florida (863), #27 Ole Miss (864), Georgia Southern (865), Notre Dame (869), UAB (870), #47 Kennesaw State (875), Memphis (878), Chattanooga (883), Troy (892), South Alabama (902) | *2017 Golfstat final rankings
INSIDE THE SCORECARD
- For Knowles the Top 10 finish marked the 8th of his career
- Trace's final round 68 was the 10th round in the 60s of his career
- UNF led the field with 55 birdies with Woods' 16 red number holes topping the individual list
- Ospreys collected 147 pars paced by 37 from Knowles
- North Florida topped the tournament in Par 4 scoring at 11 (4.08 avg.)
- Woods ranked second in Par 5 scoring (7-under) 4.42 avg
- Braden Thornberry claimed the medalist title with a total of 9-under 207
Coach Schroeder says...
"We played a pretty good round today to finish. After playing so poorly to start yesterday, it was a nice bounce back to finish third. The guys know we have many things to improve on before our next event. It should be a good few weeks of work at practice."
UP NEXT
North Florida will take a few weeks off before returning to tournament action Oct. 16-17 in the Crooked Stick Invitational.
EVENT: Shoal Creek Intercollegiate
DATE: Tuesday, Sept. 26
LOCATION: Shoal Creek CCÂ (Birmingham, Ala.)
COURSE INFO: Par 72 / 7,306 yards
UNF FINISH: 290-289-284=863 (3rd)
Top Osprey: Philip Knowles (70-71-72=213) | T7th
Final Results (pdf)
FIRST TEE
- UNF boasted a 4-under 284 in the final round which was the second best score of the day and fifth lowest round of the tournament
- Junior Phliip Knowles collected his second straight Top 10 finish of the season, using a final round even-par 72 to record a 54-hole total of 213 (-3)
- Junior teammate Travis Trace posted a season best 68 (-4) on Tuesday to vault into a tie for 14th at even-par 216
- Senior Dillon Woods also shot even-par 72 on the final day en route to a tie for 20th at 218
- Junior Andrew Alligood finished tie for 29th (221) after a final round 75, while redshirt junior Jordan Batchelor rounded out the Osprey lineup in 71st, highlighted by his final round 72 (E)
- Redshirt freshman Michael Saccente tied for 56th at 228, playing as an individual in the event
TEAM SCOREBOARDÂ (# National Top 50 Rankings from final 2017)
 #11 Wake Forest (849), #49 Liberty (862), #38 North Florida (863), #27 Ole Miss (864), Georgia Southern (865), Notre Dame (869), UAB (870), #47 Kennesaw State (875), Memphis (878), Chattanooga (883), Troy (892), South Alabama (902) | *2017 Golfstat final rankings
INSIDE THE SCORECARD
- For Knowles the Top 10 finish marked the 8th of his career
- Trace's final round 68 was the 10th round in the 60s of his career
- UNF led the field with 55 birdies with Woods' 16 red number holes topping the individual list
- Ospreys collected 147 pars paced by 37 from Knowles
- North Florida topped the tournament in Par 4 scoring at 11 (4.08 avg.)
- Woods ranked second in Par 5 scoring (7-under) 4.42 avg
- Braden Thornberry claimed the medalist title with a total of 9-under 207
UNF RESULTS
| 3 | North Florida | 290 | 289 | 284 | 863 (-1) |
| T7 | Philip Knowles | 70 | 71 | 72 | 213 (-3) |
| T14 | Travis Trace | 76 | 72 | 68 | 216 (E) |
| T20 | Dillon Woods | 72 | 74 | 72 | 218 ( 2) |
| T29 | Andrew Alligood | 74 | 72 | 75 | 221 ( 5) |
| -- | Jordan Batchelor | 74 | DQ | 72 | DQ |
| T56 | Michael Saccente (IND) | 74 | 77 | 77 | 228 ( 12) |
Coach Schroeder says...
"We played a pretty good round today to finish. After playing so poorly to start yesterday, it was a nice bounce back to finish third. The guys know we have many things to improve on before our next event. It should be a good few weeks of work at practice."
UP NEXT
North Florida will take a few weeks off before returning to tournament action Oct. 16-17 in the Crooked Stick Invitational.
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