University of Minnesota Athletics
Gophers Finish Fourth at Augusta State Invite
4/2/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Individually, the Gophers were led by freshman Victor Almstrom and senior Josh Persons who tied for seventh at 1-under 215. Almstrom carded a final final round 73 and Persons a third round 74. It was a career high finish for Almstrom and first top 10 in his fifth collegiate tournament. Junior Niall Turner tied for 22nd at 2-over 218 after an even par 72 today. Junior Bronson La'Cassie tied for 31st at 4-over 220 and freshman Andy Paulson tied for 62nd at 11-over 227.
The Gophers are back in action next weekend at the Boilermaker Invitational.
Augusta State Invitational Final Results 1 Coastal Carolina -10 282 283 289 854 2 South Carolina-Aiken -5 286 289 284 859 3 Clemson E 284 289 291 864 4 Minnesota +2 283 288 295 866 5 UCLA +3 292 286 289 867 6 Augusta State +7 293 286 292 871 7 North Carolina State +9 293 290 290 873 8 Washington +11 297 289 289 875 9 Mississippi, U. of +16 291 287 302 880 10 East Tennessee St. +18 295 295 292 882 T11 Notre Dame, U. of +25 299 293 297 889 T11 Virginia Tech +25 298 286 305 889 13 Tennessee, Univ. of +31 293 300 302 895 14 Georgia Southern +32 296 300 300 896 15 Louisiana State U. +44 301 301 306 908
Gopher Results T7 Victor Almstrom 71-71-73=215 (-1) T7 Josh Persons 68-73-74=215 (-1) T22 Niall Turner 75-71-72=218 (+2) T31 Bronson La'Cassie 71-73-76=220 (+4) T62 Andy Paulson 73-77-77=227 (+11)
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