FINAL RESULTS (GolfStat) | DAY ONE RECAP | PHOTOS
NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Privateers Golf program continued its blistering start to the season and used a trio of top-25 to move up four spots and finish tied for seventh place at the 2023 Grover Page Classic on Tuesday afternoon.
Kyle Bennett and
Maximilian Wojciechowski both finished tied for 14
th with scores of 214. Bennett used back-to-back rounds at 70 to offset an opening round 74 on his way to finishing 2-under-par. Bennett finished strong using a stretch of five birdies in the final six holes to close out his Tuesday afternoon. The Zachary native also sank his second eagle of the tournament on the 500-yard hole 17 early in the day.
Wojciechowski used rounds of 71, 72, and 71 for his 2-under-par finish. Max added another four birdies during round three to finish with a team-high 11 for the tournament. Five of the Berlin native's six rounds this season have been at par or better, with four coming in below par.
Rounding out the top-25 finishes for the Privateers was redshirt senior
Ryan Fulton. Fulton finished tied for 25
th with a score of 217. The Crowley native improved each round during the Grover Page Classic with a 72 during the second round, and a 71 this afternoon after an opening round of 74.
New Orleans finished the third round with a 4-under-par score of 284, following a second round of 1-under par 287. It is the second straight tournament New Orleans has had two out of three rounds below par, and the Privateers have been at par or better for five of their six rounds so far this season.
Three Privateers made moves up the leaderboard during the final round –
Mason Roberts went from tied for 66
th on Monday to tied for 44
th at the end of the tournament after finishing with a score of 222. Bennett moved up two spots (tied for 16
th to being tied for 14
th), and Fulton moved up 13 spots (tied for 38
th to being tied for 25
th.)
The last time Privateer Golf had four out of six rounds below par was during the 2010 Carter Plantation Intercollegiate and Squire Creek Invitational. The last time Privateer golf had five out of six rounds at par or better came at the end of the 2008-2009 season during the ASU Indian Classic and Sun Belt Championship.
Over 54-holes the Privateers sank 47 birdies, including 21 on Tuesday afternoon. UNO also sank four eagle putts, part of an incredible 53 eagles made by the field at this year's Grover Page Classic. The Privateers also finished second among the field in pars made with 161, seven shy of Missouri State.
Hosts UT-Martin won the team championship with a 23-under-par score of 841, while Hampus Wijkstrom of Missouri State won the individual championship with a 14-under-par score of 202.
NEXT UP
New Orleans returns to action on Sept. 25-26 when they make the trip to Madison, Ill., and Gateway National Golf Links for the Derek Dolenc Invitational hosted by SIUE. Fans can follow @PrivateersGolf on Twitter/X for updates, and live scoring will be available on GolfStat
here.
FINAL RESULTS
T7 New Orleans, U. of 296, 287, 284 | 867
T14
Kyle Bennett (1) 74, 70, 70 | 214
T14
Maximilian Wojciechowski (2) 71, 72, 71 | 214
T25
Ryan Fulton (3) 74, 72, 71 | 217
T46
Mason Roberts (5) 77, 73, 72 | 222
T78
George Trappey (I) 76, 73, 80 | 229
T81
Canon Clark (4) 78, 77, 76 | 231
HEAD COACH JEFF LORIO
"We definitely had a better day today. We had it 10-under at one point. We faltered down the stretch but we will learn from that and I really believe we can be the team that had it rolling for the first 15 holes today.
Overall, it's good to get two wins over the Southland Conference schools but we must learn to stop being so sloppy out there on the mental side. We made way too many doubles and triple bogeys this week. It's another short turnaround before SIEU next week so we have to get back to work and make sure we are better next week."
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