Lobos Finish Ninth in Season Opener
INDEPENDENCE, Minn. — The University of New Mexico men’s golf team finished ninth out of 15 squads at the Gopher Invitational hosted by the University of Minnesota on Monday. The Lobos improved one spot after a 10th-place finish at the end of day one of the tournament.
GOPHER INVITATIONAL FINAL RESULTS
DAY 1 RELEASE (ROUNDS 1&2)
New Mexico finished just seven over par as a team in Monday’s round, which put the squad at an overall score of 873 (+21) to end the tournament in a highly-decorated and nationally-ranked field.
Senior Sean Carlon was consistent on the weekend and ultimately led the Lobos with a three-round score of 216 (+3), tied for 18th place. He was followed by freshman Sam Choi who carded a score of 217, putting him just four over to tie for 23rd overall.
“Overall this was not a bad start to the year for us,” head coach Glen Millican said. “Sean and Sam both had nice finishes inside the top-25. All of the guys showed good composure throughout each round and if we continue operating this way, we will play a lot of really good golf this year.”
Choi improved from a rough start going five over through the first 18, and improved to four over par across three rounds to end the tournament. He hit a 75 in round one, followed by a 70 in round two and a 72 in the final round on Monday.
The pair was followed by redshirt-sophomore Ross Sinclair who finished leading UNM after day one, tied for 12th overall with scores of 72 and 71. He posted a 76 in round three to drop to tied for 32nd (219, +6).
Sophomore Galven Green, who shot 77 and 72 on day one finished the weekend with another 72 to complete the tournament with a final score of 221 (+8) while junior Sam Dickey rounded out the Lobos’ field of five with a 231 (+18).
No. 3 Oklahoma earned the overall victory posting a team score of 847 (-5), which was enough to push the squad to the top of the leader board over No. 10 Texas (850, -2). Both teams were tied for first at the end of day one.
The Lobos will head to SMU for the Trinity Forrest Invitational on Sept. 23-25 before returning home to host the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate on Sept. 28-29.