MGOLF | Three Gaels Finish Inside Top-20, 8th Place Team Finish at Alister Mackenzie

Tuesday, October 8

Fairfax, Calif.

Saint Mary's College of California

3rd Round

Jr. Aidan Lee: 67-69-66---202 (-11), t-13th

Photo by: SMC Athletics / Emily Smith

MGOLF | Three Gaels Finish Inside Top-20, 8th Place Team Finish at Alister Mackenzie

10/8/2024 5:11:00 PM | Men's Golf

Final Round Leaderboard

FAIRFAX, Calif. - The Gaels finished the final round of the Alister Mackenzie Invitational in red figures but dropped three spots into 8th place out of the 15-team field. SMC has still placed inside the top ten in all four events this fall and will take a week to rest up before hosting the Leadership and Golf Collegiate Championship at Bayonet Golf Club on October 21st.

Aidan Lee and Zack Missigman continued their solid play with top-20 finishes to lead the team's starting five and junior transfer Go Nakatsukasa put together his best showing this season with a t-18th finish as the team's lone individual in the event. Nakatsukasa had the second lowest round for the Gaels on Tuesday posting a 67 (-4) with six birdies. Lee jumped 13 spots in the final round with an impressive 66 (-5), tying the team lead with six birdies on the day.

Connor Reis, Zack Missigman and Ian Bruchhauser were the other four counting scores for the Gaels along with Lee to give them a final round score of 277 (-7). Full tournament results for the Gaels can be found below:

LOOKING AHEAD

Saint Mary's will take some necessary time off after playing in their third straight event of the 2024 fall season and gear up to host the Leadership and Golf Collegiate Championship at Bayonet Golf Club on Monday, October 21st. Live scoring and round-by-round leaderboards can be found at smcgaels.com.

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