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Ospreys Overcome Challenging Weather for Fourth-Place Tie at The Hayt
4/1/2019 4:25:00 PM | Men's Golf
EVENT: The Hayt
DATE: Monday, Mar. 31
LOCATION: Sawgrass Country Club (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.)
COURSE INFO: Par 72 / 6,966 yards
UNF RESULT: T4th of 15 teams
TOP OSPREY: Travis Trace (T8th | 70-71-78=220)
Final Results
Live Scoring Link: Golfstat
LEADERBOARD: Battling rainy and blustery conditions during Monday's final round of The Hayt, No. 17 North Florida men's golf battled over the last 18 holes of their home event to secure a fourth-place tie with NC State. Senior Travis Trace led the way for UNF earning a Top 10 showing.
FIRST TEE
- Travis Trace led the Ospreys with a T8 finish, shooting a tournament total of 3-over 219 including a final round 78 in challenging conditions
- Senior Jordan Batchelor claimed a Top 20 showing, posting a final round 81 to finish T16 at 222
- Senior Andrew Alligood owned the team's low round of the day, carding a 76 for a T29 finish of 226
- Senior Philip Knowles and freshman Cody Carroll rounded out the UNF lineups with scores of 78, collecting finishes of T34 (228) and T40 (229), respectively
- Playing as one of three Osprey individuals, junior Michael Mattiace garnered a T11 showing at 220, following a final round 77
- Senior Jack Comstock finished with an 81 for a T62 (233) and redshirt sophomore Michael Saccente shot a final round 85 for an 86th-place finish (246)
- North Florida overcame the rain and wind gusts for a final round 310, finishing with a 54-hole total of 889
TEAM SCOREBOARD (# = Golfstat Top 50 rankings)
#43 Tennessee (875), #22 Louisville (888), #29 North Carolina (888), #17 North Florida (889), #30 NC State (889), #19 Clemson (892), #37 TCU (898), Coastal Carolina (899), #21 Alabama (902), #9 Auburn (904), Jacksonville (907), North Texas (907), UAB (915), Purdue (922), Charlotte (927)
INSIDE THE SCORECARD
- Trace earned his third consecutive Top 10 finish and fifth of the season
- Mattiace's finish was his second best of the season and fourth Top 25 showing of the year
- Knowles saw his streak of consecutive Top 15 finishes end at 10, first time this season
- Ospreys finish Top 5 at The Hayt for the 7th time in last 10 years
- UNF led the field for Par 3 scoring, playing them in +14 (3.23 avg) | Mattiace ranked tied for first on the Par 3s playing them in 2-under (2.83 avg)
- North Florida amassed 155 pars over the 54 holes paced by 36 from Knowles
- Trace accounted for 15 of the Ospreys 39 birdies in the tournament
- Tennessee's Hunter Wolcott captured the medalist honor with a 5-under total of 211 highlighted by the lone under-par round on the final day (1-under 71)
- Auburn's Wells Padgett holed an ace on the Par 3, 12th Hole on Monday
QUOTABLE:
"The guys competed hard today but we could have played a little better. It may have been the hardest conditions I have ever seen at this event. As we move to the end of the year, this will be an experience we can learn from." -- Head coach Scott Schroeder
UP NEXT
North Florida wraps up the regular season portion of their schedule at the Shoal Creek Invitational on Apr. 15-16 in Birmingham, Ala.
DATE: Monday, Mar. 31
LOCATION: Sawgrass Country Club (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.)
COURSE INFO: Par 72 / 6,966 yards
UNF RESULT: T4th of 15 teams
TOP OSPREY: Travis Trace (T8th | 70-71-78=220)
Final Results
Live Scoring Link: Golfstat
LEADERBOARD: Battling rainy and blustery conditions during Monday's final round of The Hayt, No. 17 North Florida men's golf battled over the last 18 holes of their home event to secure a fourth-place tie with NC State. Senior Travis Trace led the way for UNF earning a Top 10 showing.
FIRST TEE
- Travis Trace led the Ospreys with a T8 finish, shooting a tournament total of 3-over 219 including a final round 78 in challenging conditions
- Senior Jordan Batchelor claimed a Top 20 showing, posting a final round 81 to finish T16 at 222
- Senior Andrew Alligood owned the team's low round of the day, carding a 76 for a T29 finish of 226
- Senior Philip Knowles and freshman Cody Carroll rounded out the UNF lineups with scores of 78, collecting finishes of T34 (228) and T40 (229), respectively
- Playing as one of three Osprey individuals, junior Michael Mattiace garnered a T11 showing at 220, following a final round 77
- Senior Jack Comstock finished with an 81 for a T62 (233) and redshirt sophomore Michael Saccente shot a final round 85 for an 86th-place finish (246)
- North Florida overcame the rain and wind gusts for a final round 310, finishing with a 54-hole total of 889
TEAM SCOREBOARD (# = Golfstat Top 50 rankings)
#43 Tennessee (875), #22 Louisville (888), #29 North Carolina (888), #17 North Florida (889), #30 NC State (889), #19 Clemson (892), #37 TCU (898), Coastal Carolina (899), #21 Alabama (902), #9 Auburn (904), Jacksonville (907), North Texas (907), UAB (915), Purdue (922), Charlotte (927)
INSIDE THE SCORECARD
- Trace earned his third consecutive Top 10 finish and fifth of the season
- Mattiace's finish was his second best of the season and fourth Top 25 showing of the year
- Knowles saw his streak of consecutive Top 15 finishes end at 10, first time this season
- Ospreys finish Top 5 at The Hayt for the 7th time in last 10 years
- UNF led the field for Par 3 scoring, playing them in +14 (3.23 avg) | Mattiace ranked tied for first on the Par 3s playing them in 2-under (2.83 avg)
- North Florida amassed 155 pars over the 54 holes paced by 36 from Knowles
- Trace accounted for 15 of the Ospreys 39 birdies in the tournament
- Tennessee's Hunter Wolcott captured the medalist honor with a 5-under total of 211 highlighted by the lone under-par round on the final day (1-under 71)
- Auburn's Wells Padgett holed an ace on the Par 3, 12th Hole on Monday
UNF RESULTS
| T4 | North Florida | 293 | 286 | 310 | 889 (+25) |
| T8 | Travis Trace | 70 | 71 | 78 | 219 (+3) |
| T11 | Michael Mattiace (IND) | 71 | 72 | 77 | 220 (+4) |
| T16 | Jordan Batchelor | 72 | 69 | 81 | 222 (+6) |
| T29 | Andrew Alligood | 75 | 75 | 76 | 226 (+10) |
| T34 | Philip Knowles | 76 | 74 | 78 | 228 (+12) |
| T40 | Cody Carroll | 79 | 72 | 78 | 229 (+13) |
| T62 | Jack Comstock (IND) | 75 | 77 | 81 | 233 (+17) |
| 86 | Michael Saccente (IND) | 86 | 75 | 85 | 246 (+30) |
QUOTABLE:
"The guys competed hard today but we could have played a little better. It may have been the hardest conditions I have ever seen at this event. As we move to the end of the year, this will be an experience we can learn from." -- Head coach Scott Schroeder
UP NEXT
North Florida wraps up the regular season portion of their schedule at the Shoal Creek Invitational on Apr. 15-16 in Birmingham, Ala.
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