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William H. Tucker Intercollegiate
Mendez Paces Gophers at Tucker Collegiate
9/27/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Tucker Invite Round Three Ind. 
The University of Minnesota men's golf team finished 14th at the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate, held in Albuquerque.
Jose Mendez moved up seven spots on the leaderboard from yesterday. Finishing 5-over-par, Mendez tied for 17th overall when he carded a 74 in the third round. In the three rounds, he carded a 71 the first, a 76 the second and finished with a 74 for the third. The 17th-place finish marked his 13th career top-20 finish for the Gophers. He is also 3-for-3 this year on top-20s.
Jon DuToit held the Gophers' second-best score when he finished 12-over-par and tied for 47th overall with a third-round 76 score. He improved his score from the second round and moved up the leaderboard from 55th to 47th. Runar Arnorsson finished in a tie for 64 (16-over-par). Daniel Luftspring tied for 80th overall, followed by Tyler Lowenstein, who tied for 90th.
Minnesota finished 53-over-par as a team and held a 307 third-round score. Host New Mexico won its own tournament when it carded 295 as a team 15 strokes ahead of second-place Texas Tech.
Minnesota's next competition is the Alister MacKenzie Invitational, Oct. 13-14 in Fairfax, Calif., at Meadow Club.
Gopher Scores (UNM Championship Course - Par 72- 7,562 Yards)
T14. TEAM 301-309-307-917 (+53)
T17. Jose Mendez 71-76-74-221 (+5)
T47. Jon DuToit 75-77-76-228 (+12)
T64. Rúnar Arnorsson 74-80-78-232 (+16)
T80. Daniel Luftspring 81-77-79-237 (+21)
T90. Tyler Lowenstein 83-79-82-244 (+28)
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