Owls Complete First Fall Event

Friday, September 24

Albuquerque, N.M.

Florida Atlantic

William H. Tucker Intercollegiate

9/25/2021 4:24:00 PM | Men's Golf

FINAL RESULTS

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Florida Atlantic University men's golf ended play at their first fall tournament, finishing just a stroke out of the top 10 at the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate.

The Owls' second round showing (the second 18 holes on Friday) was the third-best improvement of the afternoon. The squad was just two strokes off that total during Saturday's final round and totaled 886 for the 54 holes (300-292-294).

Alex Maguire carded a 1-under 71 on Saturday to lead the way for the FAU individuals, finishing in a tie for 24th – up some 22 spots from Friday – and gradually lowering his score each round (77-72-71). Just a shot behind him, placing among those in a tie for 28th, was the Owls' duo of Jake Hibbert and Max Sturdza.

FAU had the third-lowest par-3 scoring among the 18-team field, and was seventh on par-4 holes. The team's collective 166 pars was fifth highest as well. Maguire's even-par showing on par 3's was third lowest, while Sturdza had 39 pars, ranking fourth in the 100-player field.

Final Results

Player	Finish	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
Alex Maguire	T24	77	72	71	220 (+4)
Max Sturdza	T28	74	72	75	221 (+5)
Jake Hibbert	T28	75	73	73	221 (+5)
Juan Delgado	T43	74	75	75	224 (+8)
Nils Dobrunz	T93	80	76	79	235 (+19)

Quotable
Head Coach Mark Leon:
"After almost a month of qualifying it was nice to finally get out and compete in our first event.

We learned a great deal about our team this week and we'll take many lessons learned through the rest of the fall season. We need to get way better with our speed putting, decision-making and short game to compete with the best teams in the country. We have so much talent, but we need to clean things up to be where we want to be.

"That being said, I was very proud of the way the boys competed and battled. They had a terrible first round, but improved a great deal over the final 36 holes. Max (Sturdza) battled food poisoning on course and for him to even finish his second round was incredible.

"We're excited to get back to Boca and prepare for SMU next week."

What's Next
The Owls' second of three fall tournaments will take place in Dallas, starting Monday, Oct. 4, at the Trinity Forest Invitational hosted by SMU.