GOLF | Gaels Finish Third, Farnam Fourth at Alister Mackenzie

Tuesday, October 8

Meadow Club - Fairfax, Calif.

All Day

Saint Mary's College of California

3rd Round

GOLF | Gaels Finish Third, Farnam Fourth at Alister Mackenzie

10/8/2019 6:21:00 PM | Men's Golf

Saint Mary's posted their best result so far of the young season with a third place finish at Meadow Club.

FAIRFAX, Calif. — Saint Mary's held their own during the final round of the Alister Mackenzie Invitational and finished third in the 15-team field after shooting 2-under on Tuesday.

THE LEADERBOARD
The Gaels finished play at 26-under after three rounds and were led by Ethan Farnam who finished fourth in the 84-man field. Blake Hathcoat just missed the top-10 by tying for 12th at 7-under as did Evan Peterson who was competing as an individual. Ash Hakim finished t-20th while Ryan Grauman and Michael Slesinski each shot 4-over in the tournament.

SMC were only outdone by Pepperdine, who finished first at 43-under, and Cal, who shot one stroke better than the Gaels. True to yesterday, Boise State and Long Beach State rounded out the top-5.

Pepperdine's Sahith Theegala won medalist honors by two strokes over Farnam at 16-under. San Diego's Harrison Kingsley and San Jose State's Sean Yu tied for second at 15-under.

FINAL ROUND HIGHLIGHTS

Farnam tied for the best result on Tuesday with a 7-under round.
Five of the six Gaels birdied the 492-yard par 5 hole one.
Farnam finished his round with six straight birdies from 13th to 18th.
Hathcoat recorded the team's third eagle of the tournament on 16th.
Slesinski shot eight straight pars to finish the day.

UP NEXT: VISIT STOCKTON

The Gaels will get a few weeks off before heading to Stockton for the Visit Stockton Pacific Invitational beginning Oct. 21. The three-day event will be played at The Reserve at Spanos Park.