Akron Finishes 10th, Sunden Lands in Top 20

Tuesday, March 10

PALMETTO GOLF COURSE | AIKEN, S.C.

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University of Akron

USC Aiken

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March 10 | Men's Golf

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AIKEN, S.C. – The Akron Zips placed 10th overall at the 23rd annual Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate hosted by South Carolina Aiken as junior Fabian Sunden (Sweden) led the way with a Top 20 finish on Tuesday.

The Zips carded a 54-hole 303-291-287 – 881 (+41) team total at the at the Palmetto golf course, a par-70 course that spans 6,617 yards. Sunden led the scoring with a 6-over par 216 total. He shot 4-over 74 on the initial 18-hole round and cut two strokes of his score in each of the final two rounds. Sunden recorded a 72 (+2) second round and finished the event with an even-par 70 score. He collected 28 pars and 11 birdies en route to a tie for 20th overall.

Senior Mitchell McFarland (Wheelersburg, Ohio) followed in scoring for Akron with a 221 (+11) tally. McFarland fired rounds of 72 (+2), 70 (E) and 79 (+9) to finish tied at 33rd overall. Sophomore Beau Bayerl (Ashland, Ohio) finished the 54-hole event one-stroke more than McFarland for a 79-72-71 – 222 (+12). Bayerl was tied for 36th overall.

Rounding out the Zips scoring was freshman Braden Smith (Smithville, Ohio) and sophomore Ignacio Puente (Seville, Spain) with 226 (+16) and 229 (+29) scores, respectively.

Clemson won the team title at 27-under par with 267-276-270 – 813 scores. In addition, three of the Tigers players placed first through third as Jacob Bridgeman earned medalist honors and Turk Pettit finished runner-up. Bridgeman was 12-under par and Pettit was 8-under par.

The Zips are scheduled to play the Mission Inn Intercollegiate hosted by George Mason in Orlando, Fla. on Saturday and Sunday, March 14-15, at the Mission Inn Golf Course.

T10 Akron, U. of (+41) 303-291-287 - 881
T20 Fabian Sunden (+6 )74-72-70 - 216
T33 Mitchell McFarland (+11) 72-70-79 - 221
T36 Beau Bayerl (+12) 79-72-71 - 222
T56 Braden Smith (+16) 78-77-71 - 226
73 Ignacio Puente (+29) 83-81-75 - 239

Top 5 Teams
1 Clemson 267-276-270 – 813 (-27)
2 Virginia 271-274-284 – 829 (-11)
3 Furman 286-278-288 – 852 (+12)
4 Memphis, U. of 289-282-285 – 856 (+16)
5 Army West Point 287-287-292 – 866 (+26)

Top 5 Players
1 Jacob Bridgeman, Clemson, 67-66-65 – 198 (-12)
2 Turk Pettit, Clemson, 64-69-69 – 202 (-8)
3 William Nottingham, Clemson, 69-69-65 – 203 (-7)
4 Pietro Bovari, Virginia, 72-65-67 – 204 (-6)
T5 Wei Wei Gao, Virginia , 68-70-70 – 208 (-2)
T5 Dawson Anders, Temple, 71-70-67 – 208 (-2)