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Vanderbilt Legends Collegiate
Alabama Finishes in Ninth Overall at Vanderbilt Legends Collegiate
10/27/2020 4:58:00 PM | Men's Golf
The Crimson Tide ends the 54-hole event with a team total of 18-under par 834
FRANKLIN, Tenn. – The Alabama men's golf team carded three consecutive rounds below par and finished with a team score of 18-under par 834 (279-278-277) to place ninth overall at the Vanderbilt Legends Collegiate. The Crimson Tide ended the three-day, 54-hole event by recording a 7-under par 277 during Tuesday's final round, which was the lowest single-day score across UA's two tournaments this fall.
Tournament host Vanderbilt (813) claimed the team title by five strokes over second place Georgia (818). Texas A&M (823) placed third while Florida (828) and Tennessee (828) rounded out the top five teams.
The 14-team event featured all Southeastern Conference teams and was held on the par 71, 7,221-yard Vanderbilt Legends Club North course.
ROUND THREE HIGHLIGHTS
- Thomas Ponder paced the Crimson Tide by carding a career-low round of 6-under par 65 on Tuesday.
- Ponder finished the round with seven birdies, including one on each of his final four holes, with only one bogey.
- In addition to setting a career-best 18-hole total, Ponder also set a new 54-hole mark of 9-under par 204 (69-70-65) while also recording the best individual finish (t-8th) of his two-year career.
- Davis Shore also earned his ninth-career top-20 finish as he tied for 11th overall at 8-under 205 (68-68-69).
- Shore also set his career-best tournament score while it also marked the first time in his UA career that he collected three sub-70 rounds in the same an event.
THE REST OF THE LINEUP
- Canon Claycomb finished with a 1-under par 70 on Tuesday to end with a 1-over par 211 (73-71-70).
- David Morgan, who only played the final two rounds of this week's tournament, finished with a 2-over 144 (71-73) across his 36 holes played – the first as a member of the Crimson Tide team after transferring from Virgina in the spring of 2020.
Coach Jay Seawell's Thoughts
"We played a lot of good golf this week. We had to go through a lot of adversity but thought our guys handled that well. I do believe we learned some things about our team that will help us down the road. We have to get better at doing all the little things that teams need to do with get to that next level. Those are things that are teachable and it's my job to make those coachable. We now can see that if we don't do the little things in this conference, you can get beat. We are going to get back and take a couple of days off so the guys can focus on their school work. Then we are going to get back to work and start working towards our final SEC fall tournament, the Jerry Pate Intercollegiate at Old Overton on Nov. 8-10."
TOURNAMENT NOTES
- Over the course's back nine, Alabama finished with a combined total of 19-under par across the three round which included 10-under on Sunday, 6-under on Monday and 3-under Tuesday.
NEXT EVENT
- Alabama will tee off the annual Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate, which will be played in Vestavia Hills, Ala., at the Old Overton Club on Nov. 8-10. Live stats throughout the tournament can be found at Golfstat.com.
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