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ORLANDO, Fla. — The University of New Mexico men’s golf team closed out its effort at the 2016 Tavistock Collegiate Invitational Tuesday with an 11th-place finish at 27-over 891 (298-305-288). The Lobos posted their lowest team score of the tournament on Tuesday, shaving 17 strokes off Monday’s total.
UNM head coach Glen Millican was optimistic after the day’s performance say that the day displayed “[a] really good final round.”
The day’s efforts were lead by Andre Bevins (72-74-70), who continued to carry over Monday’s momentum, eventually posting a 2-under 70 on Tuesday. With that mark in place, Bevins crept inside the tournament’s top-15, where at day’s end he sat in a three-way tie for 14th. Donnie Trosper of co-host UCF and 50th-ranked Andy Zhang from Florida also finished at 2-under 216 overall.
Worthy of note was Bevins’ statistical performances on par-4’s, where he carried the third-lowest scoring average in the field (3.87) and total pars (38), also good for third most in the field.
Andre Garcia was able to steady the ship with today’s effort, limiting his mistakes and eventually posting 3-over mark of 75 to finish at 7-over 223 overall and log-jammed in a tie for 36th for the tournament. At the Tavistock, Garcia managed to carry the fifth-lowest par-3 scoring average.
Next up were UNM’s big movers on the day, the sophomore tandem of Samuel Kim (80-78-69) and Sean Carlon (77-76-74), as they leaped up the leaderboard by 24 and 16 spots, respectively. The gains on the field were helped along by both players posting their lowest rounds on the week. Kim carried the sixth-lowest par-5 scoring average (4.92) in the field, while Carlon followed suit also carrying the sixth-lowest par-3 scoring average (3.17).
As a team, the Lobos did the greatest amount of damage on par-3’s, where the team carried the fourth-lowest cumulative scoring average (3.22). UNM also tied for the fourth most pars as a team with 65 over the course of competition.
Another highlight worthy of note was the teams scoring average on the day. UNM carded an even-par 288 on the day, with a player scoring average 72.00, the course average for the day was 75.19.
“[It] helps to finish with good play today and gives us something to build on for the next event,” said Millican in conclusion.
Florida is this year’s team champion, the Gator’s wire-to-wire victory eventually came by a margin of 11 strokes. Third-ranked Vanderbilt came in second, and joined Florida as the only two teams under-par. 36th-ranked Arizona State jumped up four spots today thanks to a 1-under team score of 287, while North Florida trailed one stroke behind to secure a fourth-place finish. Rounding out the top-five is ninth-ranked North Carolina.
On the individual side, Alejandro Tosti completed the medals sweep for Florida. He finished at 8-under 208 despite shooting over par in his final round. Tosti, the second-round leader, managed to hold off final-round charges by Matthias Schwab and Patrick Martin of Vanderbilt, who both finished at 7-under 209. The trio of Andrew Alligood, Dillon Woods and William Register finished in a tie for 4th at 6-under 210.
Next up for the Lobos is the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate hosted by Baylor University on October 24-25.
Lobos Finish 11th Behind Bevins’ Performance
