The 8th-ranked men’s golf team finished its season by placing 12th in the NCAA Championship at The Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Florida on Monday, June 1.
The finish was the fourth-best in school history at the NCAA Championship.
Auburn coach Nick Clinard said he was proud of the team effort.
“It was another great year,” said Clinard. “We’ve had five in a row and had the
fourth-best finish in school history today. Today, we started out great [on the
back nine,] made the turn great and we were rolling. The same thing happened
yesterday. We kind of stalled out on the front nine, made some poor decisions
and had some bad golf swings."
Clinard also said the individual accomplishments of the team members were
something to celebrate.
“Overall, it was a great year with three wins and four individual medalists,”
Clinard said. “All five guys who played here made the All-Southeast Region
team, so hats off to them.”
The Tigers shot a cumulative 8-over-par 296 on Monday to bring their total
score for the tournament to a 31-over-par 1183.
All-SEC junior Michael Johnson finished at 3-over-291, good for 25th place in the tournament
to lead Auburn.
SEC Freshman of the Year Ben Schlottman finished the season with a stroke
average of 70.96, the fourth lowest single-season stroke average in Auburn
history.
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