PANAMA CITY, Fla. – The University of Pennsylvania men's golf team shot its best round yet at the Watersound Invitational in the final round, but the Quakers still finished 12th in a loaded field. The three-day, 54-hole event concluded Wednesday on the Watersound Club's par-72 Shark's Tooth course.
 
The field for this week's tournament is arguably the strongest the Quakers have ever played against in tournament action. In looking at the Clippd national rankings, Penn is up against six of the nation's top 20 teams—Vanderbilt at No. 3, Virginia at No. 10, Alabama at No. 11, Georgia Tech at No. 12, Florida State at No. 13, Mississippi State at No. 18—and the only team in the field ranked lower than 77th is the Red and Blue (223).
 
Tournament Results (Golfstat.com) | Final Results (PDF)
 
After shooting 313 as a team on Monday and 303 on Tuesday, Penn carded 295 as a team in Wednesday's final round. That left them at 47-over-par for the week. The third-ranked Commodores won the team title, shooting 279 on Wednesday and finishing the week at 29-under-par 835. Florida State (277) and Georgia Tech (a team-low 276) tied for second at 20-under-par 844.
 
Junior Ben Scott was Penn's low scorer for the week; the junior carded an even-par 72 in Wednesday's final round to finish at 5-over-par 221. That left him tied for 49th in a field of 75 golfers. Senior Jimin Jung shot a 75 on Wednesday while freshman Max Fonseca carded a 78, both of them finishing the tournament at 12-over-par 228. Freshman Hayden Adams ended the week with the best round by a Penn player at the event, a 2-under-par 70 that left him at 235, while George Roessler rounded out the Quakers' lineup. Playing as an individual, Steven Lee finished the week at 17-over-par 233.
 
FSU's Gray Albright was the individual champion, as he shot a final-round 68 which left him at 10-under-par 206. That was a stroke better than Vandy's Gordon Sargent (69 on Wednesday) and GT's Christo Lamprecht (71) who both shot 207.
 
Up Next
Penn is now off for more than a full month, returning to tournament action on Friday, March 29 when the Quakers participate in the Battle at Rum Pointe in Berlin, Md.
 
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