Men's Golf at Valspar Collegiate Invitational

Tuesday, March 22

Palm City, Fla. (Floridian GC)

All Day

University of Houston

Valspar Collegiate Invitational

3/22/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf

March 22, 2016

Live Scoring \| Final Results \| Schedule

Team		Rounds				Score
		1	2	3	F
1.	#8 Texas	283	287	285	855	+3
2.	#22 LSU	286	295	279	860	+8
t3.	#29 Texas A&M	294	290	287	871	+19
t3.	#13 Oklahoma State	295	288	288	871	+19
t5.	#18 South Carolina	294	298	282	874	+22
t5.	#3 Illinois	295	295	284	874	+22
7.	#36 Houston	301	289	288	878	+26
8.	#17 USF	296	289	295	880	+28
t9.	#23 Arkansas	298	297	286	881	+29
t9.	#11 Clemson	293	295	293	881	+29
11.	#5 Florida State	288	304	290	882	+30
12.	#48 Kent State	294	302	293	890	+38
13.	#38 Memphis	289	316	296	900	+48
14.	#45 Georgia Tech	307	293	306	906	+54
15.	#7 Florida	309	302	298	909	+57

HOUSTON LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
t12.	Blair Hamilton	73	68	75	216	+3
t25.	Logan Davis (Ind.)	73	74	73	220	+7
t31.	Papito Gonzalez	76	74	71	221	+8
t31.	Vincent Martino	74	76	71	221	+8
t36.	Michael Perras	78	71	73	222	+9
t65.	Alan De Bondt	78	79	73	230	+17
75.	Joshua Gibbons (Ind.)	71	85	80	236	+23
83.	Carson Cavner (Ind.)	83	88	83	254	+41

OVERALL LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
1.	#18 Zach Wright LSU won on first playoff hole	69	72	70	211	-2
2.	Chandler Phillips Texas A&M	73	68	70	211	-2
t3.	#41 Doug Ghim Arkansas	71	73	68	212	-1
t3.	Luis Gagne LSU	73	70	69	212	-1
t5.	#62 Thomas Detry Illinois	74	74	65	213	E
t5.	#8 Charlie Danielson Illinois	70	71	72	213	E
t5.	#33 Matthew NeSmith South Carolina	71	71	71	213	E

PALM CITY, Fla. Ã¢â‚¬" For the third straight round, the University of Houston Men's Golf program lowered its team score but was unable to move up the final team standings, finishing seventh at the prestigious Valspar Collegiate Invitational at Floridian National Golf Club on Tuesday afternoon.

Competing on the 6,999-yard, par-71 layout, the Cougars finished the final 18 holes with a score of 288 to cap the tournament at 878.

No. 8 Texas won captured the team championship with a score of 855 with No. 22 LSU finishing second at 860. No. 29 Texas A&M (871) and No. 13 Oklahoma State (871) tied for third with No. 18 South Carolina and No. 3 Illinois tying for fifth at 874.

The tournament ranked as one of the nation's elite collegiate events. All 15 teams in the Valspar Collegiate Invitational stand among the nation's top 50 in the latest Golfstat national rankings with four of the top 10 and 10 of the top 25.

Individually, senior All-American Blair Hamilton led the Cougars with a score of 216 to tie for 12th overall.

Sophomore Papito Gonzalez and senior Vincent Martino each fired the team's lowest round of the day with an even-par 71. Gonzalez drained four birdies in the Final Round with Martino sinking three. Sophomore Michael Perras tied for 36th at 222, while sophomore Alan De Bondt tied for 65th at 230.

Competing as individuals, redshirt freshman Logan Davis tied for 25th at 220, while Joshua Gibbons finished 75th at 236. Making his collegiate debut, redshirt freshman Carson Cavner finished 83rd at 254.

LSU's Zach Wright earned medalist honors, defeating Texas A&M's Chander Phillips on the first hole of a playoff, after both players finished 72 holes at 2-under-par 211.

UP NEXT
Following the Valspar Collegiate Invitational, the Cougars will compete at the 3M Augusta Invitational on April 2-3 at Forest Hills Golf Club in Augusta, Ga.

From there, the team will close out the regular season at The Maxwell Intercollegiate on April 16-17 at Dornick Hills Country Club in Ardmore, Okla.

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