Men's Golf Takes Third at Hummingbird Invite

Monday, October 1

Sapphire, N.C.

Florida Atlantic

Hummingbird Intercollegiate

Photo by: ©JC Ridley/Owlpix.com

10/2/2018 6:43:00 PM | Men's Golf

SAPPHIRE, N.C. – The Florida Atlantic University men's golf team came into the final round of the Hummingbird Intercollegiate Invitational in good position before putting together a near record-breaking last day. The Owls finished in third place out of 15 teams, carding 281-283-279 (-9) for the tournament.

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FAU's third round score of 279 is tied for the sixth lowest in program history and the Owls' 843 54-hole team total is the third lowest all-time.
The Owls' opponents were a tough field. Ten of the 15 teams matched or broke the 54-hole scoring record of 856 established last season. This tournament has completed 54 holes three times.
Sully Zagerman led the Owls with a 68-68-71 score for six-under par and a seventh place finish. His 207 total for the tournament is tied for the fifth lowest 54-hole score by a FAU golfer. Zagerman also led all golfers at the Hummingbird Invite in birdies with 15 through three rounds.
Karan Nalam finished tied for 23rd with a 70-71-70 (-2) score.
Eric Dekarski used an impressive third round to finish tied for 26th place, carding 74-71-67 (-1). His third round score was tied for the third best single-round score of the tournament, helping him rocket up 24 spots in the individual standings.
Nalam and Dekarski were two of only 19 golfers in the tournament to shoot an eagle.
Ricky Hendler finished tied for 33rd with a 70-73-71 (+1) score for the tournament and Patrick Poate moved up eight spots on the final day to finish tied for 55th with a 73-75-71 (+6) score.

COACH JAMISON'S TAKE
"I'm proud of the way we fought this week. It was a total team effort the entire time and it was exciting to see these guys compete with some great schools. We had a lot of positives, Zagerman had a chance to win, Eric with a final round 67, and everybody at even par or better in the final round.

We had it going that final round where we were -12 under par. Next time we need to be able to take that even further under par and do something special. But it's nice to have the opportunity to post some red numbers.

Two tournaments down and I'm very excited with our progress. These guys show up every day ready to work and that makes me proud to coach them.

I know they are ready to take that next step at Georgetown."

UP NEXT FOR THE OWLS
The Owls will travel to Bealsville, Maryland on October 15-16 in the Georgetown University Collegiate Invitational. The tournament will be played at the Members Club at Four Streams.

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