Men's golf posts best score on final day, places 10th in Amer Ari Invitational
Auburn finished in 10th place despite drastic improvement on Day Three, on which the team carded a 10-under-par 278.
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.
Former Auburn golfer Patton Kizzire recorded his second win this year on the Web.com Tour in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Sunday.
Auburn sent three current golfers and one former golfer to the U.S. Amateur in Olympia Fields, Illinois, this week, but none of the four advanced to the match play portion of the tournament.
Former Auburn golfer Patton Kizzire won the Utah Championship on Sunday, August 2, with a score of 19-under par.
Blayne Barber, despite a strong start, failed to run down the leaders in the final round of the Barbasol Championship in Opelika on Sunday, July 19.
While three players in the field at the Barbasol Championship went or are going to Auburn, there are many other players in the field who had never experienced Auburn, or even Alabama, before the event.
There were birdies and eagle on and off the course on Wednesday, July 15, at Grand National golf course.
Saturday at a golf tournament is often referred to as “moving day,” referencing the shuffling of the leaderboard that often occurs during the third round.
The second day of the Barbasol Championship at Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Grand National in Opelika came to a close with only one former Auburn golfer making the cut.
Even the highest quality equipment breaks sometimes.
The first PGA TOUR event in Alabama history began on Thursday, July 16, at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Grand National in Opelika.
Former Tigers Blayne Barber and Patton Kizzire joined current Auburn golfer Ben Schlottman for a press conference on Wednesday, July 15, to discuss the upcoming Barbasol Championship.