GOLF | Gaels Finish Third at Arizona Intercollegiate

Tuesday, January 29

Sewailo GC - Tuscon, Ariz.

All Day

Saint Mary's College of California

3rd Round

Photo by: Saint Mary's Athletics / Tod Fierner

GOLF | Gaels Finish Third at Arizona Intercollegiate

1/29/2019 5:03:00 PM | Men's Golf

Saint Mary's had another strong round on Tuesday for their first top-3 finish of the year.

TUCSON, Ariz. — Another solid round on Tuesday propelled Saint Mary's to a top-3 finish at the Arizona Intercollegiate as the Gaels wrapped up the three-round tournament with a combined 21-under score.

THE LEADERBOARD
Ethan Farnam had his second consecutive 4-under round to finish in sole possession of fourth place with a 10-under total and round scores of 69-67-67. It was the sophomore's first top-5 finish of his collegiate career and also the best result of any Gael this season. Four birdies on the front-9 helped Farnam lock down a solid round and he ended only one stroke back of Trevor Werbylo (UA) and Riley Elmes (LMU) for second place.

As a team, Saint Mary's shot 21-under during the two-day tournament and placed third out of 16 teams. The Gaels trailed only Arizona (37-under) and No. 11 Arizona State (34-under) on the team leaderboard and finished ahead of their WCC rivals No. 9 BYU and Loyola Marymount, who placed ninth and 11th, respectively.

The Gaels also finished ahead of two more ranked teams: No. 18 Texas A&M (t-4th) and No. 41 UCLA (t-6th).

Michael Slesinski had the second best performance for SMC at 2-under for the tournament while Blake Hathcoat finished just one stroke behind. Ryan Grauman and Ethan Ashbrook rounded out the Gaels' scoreboard at 1-over each.

Chandler Phillips from Texas A&M claimed the individual title at 19-under and had one of the best Tuesday rounds at 7-under.

Full results can be found by clicking here.

FINAL ROUND HIGHLIGHTS

Three Gaels birdied the 364 yard par 4 1st hole on Tuesday.
Farnam led all Saint Mary's players with five birdies.
SMC shot 12-under during the tournament on par 4's, the third best of any team.
Third place was the highest finish yet this season for Saint Mary's.

THOUGHTS FROM SCOTT HARDY

"It's nice to get the spring season off to a solid start. The guys put in a lot of work over the winter and their preparation went a long way toward the good play this week. We will get back to work and hope to be as prepared for Hawai'i in a couple weeks."

UP NEXT: JOHN BURNS INTERCOLLEGIATE

The Gaels will travel to Lihue, Hawaii for a three-day tournament at the Wailua Golf Course on Feb. 21-23. Live results and more information can be found on the Gaels' schedule page.