Men's golf ties school record with 19-under-par round at Schenkel Invitational
Auburn carded a 19-under-par 269 on Saturday, which set a school record for the lowest team score in a round in school history.
Auburn carded a 19-under-par 269 on Saturday, which set a school record for the lowest team score in a round in school history.
Auburn placed 12th out of 14 teams, including three ranked opponents, with a 4-under 284 in the first round at Forest Heights Country Club in Statesboro, Georgia.
Auburn roared back from a disappointing first round to post two solid rounds and win the Seminole Intercollegiate by two strokes on Saturday in Tallahassee, Florida.
Auburn sits in eighth place after the first round of the Seminole Intercollegiate following a 2-over-par performance at the Southwood Golf Course.
Auburn allowed a 2-stroke lead to slip away on the final day of the Tiger Invitational, losing its home tournament by three shots.
Schlottman tied for the low round of the day with a 3-under-par 69, but he was one of few bright spots for Auburn.
Auburn leads the Tiger Invitational by five strokes after carding a 3-under 285 in Sunday's first round.
Auburn now turns its focus to its only home tournament of the season — the Tiger Invitational presented by Jason Dufner.
The Tigers, ranked fourth in the nation, shot a tournament record 26-under 838 over three days, defeating Chattanooga and No. 2 Wake Forest at the Magnolia Grove Crossings Course.
Johnson was named the SEC Golfer of the Week after he shot 14-under-par 202 at the Magnolia Grove Crossings Course, which tied for the third-lowest 54-hole score in Auburn history.
Auburn moved up three spots on the leaderboard on Day Three with a team score of 11-over-par, which was 11 strokes better than its second-round mark.
Auburn finished in 10th place despite drastic improvement on Day Three, on which the team carded a 10-under-par 278.
Auburn shot a 2-over-par 290 as a team — an improvement from a 5-over-par 293 in the first round — and sits in 14th place after Day Two of the three-day tournament in Waikoloa, Hawaii.
Auburn, which entered its first tournament of 2016 ranked No. 1 in two of the three major college golf polls, sits in 15th place out of 19 teams after carding a 5-over 293 in the first round of the Amer Ari Invitational in Waikoloa, Hawaii, on Thursday.
Dufner held on to win on the second playoff hole at PGA West TPC Stadium Course despite a Sunday charge by David Lingmerth.
Patton Kizzire, who played for the Tigers from 2005-08, was named the Web.com Tour Player of the Year on Thursday.
For the first time in school history, Auburn is the consensus No. 1 team in the nation, according to the three major college golf polls – Golfweek Coaches, Golfweek Sagarin and Golfstat.
Auburn shot a 3-under 285 in each round, even with No. 5 Wake Forest at a 855 team score over three days.
Though Kim Evans left big shoes to fill, Luellen is determined to not only maintain the program she inherited, but improve it.
After a strong 2014-2015 season that finished with the fourth-best finish in program history at the NCAA Championships, the Auburn men’s golf team has high hopes as it enters fall play.