Tulsa Men’s Golf Team Finishes in 9th Place at The American Championships

Tuesday, May 3

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Tulsa Men’s Golf Team Finishes in 9th Place at The American Championships

5/3/2016 3:13:00 PM | Men's Golf

By: Don Tomkalski

The Tulsa men's golf team completed the season in ninth place at the American Athletic Conference Championships on Tuesday. The Golden Hurricane finished the 54-hole tournament with a score of 924 following today's round of 307 total at the par-72 Quarry Course at Black Diamond Ranch.

Junior Matthew Marquez turned in his best round of the tournament, and the best tournament round for the Tulsa team. He carded a one-under par 71 Tuesday for a total score of 227 and finished in 29^th place. Marquez began the day on hole 10, and birdied the par-5 14^th hole to go one-under par, but got back to even when he bogeyed the par-3 17^th hole. Marquez finished the round with a birdie on the par-4 seventh hole to finish one-under par for the day.

Freshman Jack Knoesel finished in 35^th place with a score of 230 after today's round of 80, while sophomore Francisco Yanez placed 38^th overall with a score of 233 following today's 79.

Freshman Marc Kepka tallied a round of 77 and finished in 40^th place with a score of 234. Red-shirt freshman Sam Humphreys placed 45^th overall with a total score of 243.

South Florida won its second straight league title with a 20-stroke victory over second-place Memphis. USF totaled a round of 278 on Tuesday for a 19-under par 845 score. USF's Aksel Olsen won individual medalist honors with an overall total of seven-under par 209.

Team Results
1.        South Florida              285-282-278=845
2.        Memphis                    294-290-281=865
3.        Houston                      290-289-292=871
4.        East Carolina               287-292-294=873
5.        UCF                          293-294-289=876
6.        Cincinnati                   295-293-303=891
7.        UConn                       302-297-297=896
8.        Temple                       304-303-294=901
9.        Tulsa                         300-317-307=924

Tulsa Individuals
T29.    Matthew Marquez         74-82-71=227
35.      Jack Knoesel                74-76-80=230
T38.    Francisco Yanez           77-77-79=233
T40.    Marc Kepka                 75-82-77=234
45.      Sam Humphreys           79-83-81=243

Top-5 Individuals
1.     Aksel Olsen, South Florida        70-70-69=209 (-7)
2.     Thomas Perrot, Memphis          71-72-67=210 (-6)
3.     Chase Koepka, South Florida     71-68-72=211 (-5)
4.     Claudio Correa, South Florida    71-73-68=212 (-4)
5.     Brandon Matthews, Temple       69-74-70=213 (-3)