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Linger Longer Invitational
Alabama Men’s Golf Finishes in Fourth Overall at Linger Longer Invitational
3/17/2019 3:15:00 PM | Men's Golf
Sophomore Josh Sedeno led Crimson Tide with fourth-place finish
GREENSBORO, Ga. – The No. 24-ranked Alabama men's golf team finished in fourth place overall at the 2019 Linger Longer Invitational with a team total of 859 (288-276-295). The Crimson Tide began the day in first place overall but carded a third-round total of 7-over par 295 to slip three spots on the event's final day. Despite that, UA was able to earn the best finish of its three tournaments played this spring.
"I am proud of our team that we put ourselves in position to win this tournament," Alabama head coach Jay Seawell said. "The final round didn't go as well as we had hoped. We played average today and we will learn from that. We got excited about how we finished the last three of four holes. We were down pretty big and our guys responded, which is something we need to learn to do a lot more often. We still have a lot to work on but this was a positive to learn from."
Junior Josh Sedeno led Alabama throughout the three-day, 54-hole tournament, as he finished tied for fourth-place. The Roseville, Calif., native ended the tournament with a 7-under par 209 (70-67-72) to collect the second top-five finish of his career. He finished four strokes back of individual medalist Spencer Ralston of Georgia, who finish with an 11-under par 205. Sedeno's second-round 18-hole score of 5-under par 67 was a career-best round, while his 54-hole total is the second-best of his Alabama career.
Sophomores Wilson Furr and Jake DeZoort both placed among the top-40 individuals. Furr tied for 30th overall with a 2-over par 218 (72-69-77), while DeZoort was two shots behind him at 4-over par 220 (72-72-76) to tie for 37th overall. Freshman Prescott Butler carded the Tide's lowest round on Sunday with a 1-under 71 and finished play tied for 44th with a 6-over 222 (83-68-71). Freshman Frankie Capan III rounded out the UA golfers in 67th overall with a 228 (74-78-76), on the par-72, 7,073-yard The Landing at Reynolds Lake Oconee course.
The 15th-ranked Georgia Bulldogs claimed the team title after carding a final round score of 11-under par 277 on Sunday to finish play with a 19-under 845, six shots better than No. 21 Liberty (-13, 851). Louisville, ranked No. 25 in the nation, finished in third with a 10-under 854, five shots ahead of the Crimson Tide. UNC Greensboro (-3, 861) and Virginia (-2, 862) rounded out the top six and the only teams to finish below par in the 15-team field.
"Overall, this was a really good week for our team," Seawell added. "We shot the tournament's low round on Saturday and we've been through a lot of adversity as a team this spring. This performance helped take away any doubt and helped remind us that we are capable of being a pretty good golf team."
The Alabama men's golf team will return to action on March 31-April 1 at the John Hayt Intercollegiate, which will be played at Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
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