WAYZATA, Minn. - Will Bowman and Robert Hoadley fired final round scores of 73 to lead UNC Greensboro to a 297 on Monday and a 10th place finish at The Gopher Invitational, played at the Spring Hill GC.
UNCG finished the tournament with a total of 899. SMU won the team title going away, caring a final round 280 on Monday to win by 10 shots over Arkansas and 17 shots over tournament host Minnesota.
SMU's Kelly Kraft shot a blistering final round 64 to come back to win the team title by a more than comfortable eight shots over second round leader Ben Pisani. Kraft finished with a 54-hole total of 15-under par 201. Pisani began the day with a one-shot lead over Kraft after carding a 65 in Sunday's first round.
UNCG's best individual finisher was senior Ryan Heisey. The New Bern, N.C. native finished tied for 35th place after a final round 77 gave him a 54-hole total of 225.
The Spartans return to action in two weeks when they tee it up at the VCU Shootout in Richmond, Va.
AGATE
TEAM SCORING: SMU 855, Arkansas 865, Minnesota 872, Charlotte 875, Iowa 878, Notre Dame 881, UNC Wilmington 885, Wisconsin 893, Lamar 894, UNCG 899, Miami (Ohio) 909, Northern Iowa 910.
INDIVIDUAL SCORING
Top 10: 1, Kelly Kraft (SMU) 67-70-64=201; 2. Ben Pisani (Minnesota) 65-71-73=209; 3. David Lingmerth (Arkansas) 75-69-68=212; T-4. Vince India (Iowa) 75-70-70=215; T-4. Andy Sajevic (Charlotte) 74-70-71=215; T-4. Ethan Tracy (Arkansas) 72-71-72=215; T-7. Hugues Joannes (Lamar) 76-68-72=215; T-7. Pierre Rolland (Lamar) 76-68-72=216; T-7. Josh Sandman (Notre Dame) 77-66-73=216; T-7. Derek Wallace (UNC Wilmington) 71-76-69=216.
Other UNCG Golfers: T-35. Ryan Heisey 75-73-77=225; T-38. Will Bowman 74-79-73=226; T-43. Will Almand 79-74-74=227; T-53. Robert Hoadley 80-76-73=229; T-62. Colin Chapman 73-78-73=234.
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