DAY ONE RECAP | FINAL RESULTS (GOLFSTAT) | FINAL RESULTS (PDF) | PHOTOS
NEW ORLEANS – Brady Bennett fell just short of an individual championship trailing Sam Murphy of Louisiana Tech by two strokes at the conclusion of this year's LaTOUR Intercollegiate on Sunday afternoon.
Coming into day two of the weather-shortened 36-hole event at one-under par, Bennett had another spectacular round. The junior shot a four-under par 68 on Sunday afternoon, the lowest round of his Privateer career. Bennett's final tally of 139 matches
Grayson Gilbert (2018), Ken Looper (2007), and Kenji Murayama (2006) for the third-lowest 36-hole total in school history. Bennett made 10 birdies over the weekend, including six on Sunday.
With temperatures hovering in the upper 30s for most of the afternoon the Privateers came out focused and sank many of the birdie putts they struggled with yesterday. The Privateer starting five made 16 birdies on Sunday after just six on Saturday. Each member of the starting five improved their score between rounds one and two with
Grayson Gilbert eight strokes better,
Nolan Lambert six strokes better,
Dwayne Heron Jr./
Brady Bennett three strokes better, and
Florian Moosmeier one stroke better.
Playing an independent
William Wargen had the best round of his young UNO career shooting an even-par on Sunday - a six-stroke improvement as well.
The Privateers return to action on March 1-2 at the Diamondhead Country Club in Diamondhead, Miss when they host the Gulf Coast Collegiate for the second straight season.
NOTES
- Brother Martin's
Dwayne Heron Jr. made his Privateer debut in the starting lineup.
- Odessa College transfer
William Wargen made his Privateer debut as an independent.
- The event marked the first time since 2018 that the Privateers played two independent golfers.
FINAL RESULTS
T12 New Orleans, U. of 310 294 | 604
T2
Brady Bennett (3) 71 68 | 139
T22
Florian Moosmeier (2) 75 74 | 149
T32
William Wargen (ind) 78 72 | 150
T38
Thomas Artigas (ind) 72 79 | 151
T53
Grayson Gilbert (1) 81 73 | 154
69
Dwayne Heron Jr. (4) 83 80 | 163
70
Nolan Lambert (5) 85 79 | 164
HEAD COACH JEFF LORIO
"Rough tournament. Once again, we didn't convert at the level we needed to on the greens. Too many bad putts and missed opportunities."
"Although we were better today, we are not near where we need to be. I believe we can be a very good golf team but obviously, we have a lot of work to do. We will start working hard on Tuesday to get ready for Diamondhead in two weeks."
(on Brady Bennett's second-place finish)
"I'm incredibly excited for Brady. I knew he would surprise a lot of people this Spring – his game has improved by leaps and bounds. There is no reason why he can't shoot this well every time we tee it up. He is good enough to win any event we play in and I expect it to happen soon."
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