Alabama Finishes Second Overall at Tiger Invitational

Wednesday, March 17

Auburn, Ala.

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Tiger Invitational

Alabama Finishes Second Overall at Tiger Invitational

3/17/2021 4:00:00 PM | Men's Golf

Tiger Invitational Final Results

Three Crimson Tide golfers close play among the top-10 individuals to lead the team

OPELIKA, Ala. – After sitting through several weather delays both Saturday and Sunday, the Alabama men's golf team completed play with a second-place finish at the Tiger Invitational on Sunday afternoon. The Crimson Tide finished play with a team total of 24-under par 840 (276-283-281), just two strokes back of team champion Auburn (838), across the three day, 54-hole event.

Alabama was led by Wilson Furr, who ended play in a three-way tie for second overall with a 9-under par 207. Furr opened the event by collecting a season-low round of 64, followed by 18-hole scores of 70 and 73 to result in the third top-five finish in his career. Both Thomas Ponder and Canon Claycomb carded rounds of 6-under par 210 and tied for eighth to help pace UA.

The Crimson Tide held the lead on the 15-team field after the opening round with a score of 12-under par 276 followed by consecutive sub-par rounds of 7-under 281 and 5-under 288 to result in the team's best score relative to par (-24) than in any other tournament this year. The result was even sweeter considering UA recorded a did not finish in its last tournament (LSU Invitational).

LSU (851) and Vanderbilt (851) finished tied for third, 11 strokes behind Alabama, while South Carolina (853) rounded out the top five teams.

Jay Seawell Comments

"I was really proud of the guys. After what happened at LSU (not being able to finish), it was a real kick in the pants. I was happy with the way our guys responded to the adversity. You could see it at our first practice after the LSU tournament that our guys just wanted to put their heads down and get back to work. I have to give a shout out to (assistant coach) Jon Howell regarding the extra things he did for our team's preparation. What he did with the team was great and I thought put the guys in a great mindset coming into this tournament. I am definitely thankful for him, It was good to see our team's competitive heart come out. I am starting to see something special with this team. They just battle, no matter how tough the situation is. Our guys knew we needed a good result and they went out and got it. We wanted to win. and I thought we put ourselves in great shape, but give credit to Auburn for playing some good golf and finishing down the stretch. Even though we didn't win, we placed second and beat some really good teams so I am anxious to see what the rest of the spring holds for us."

Alabama Highlights

The third-place finish was the second consecutive for Furr, who also placed third overall at the LSU Invitational
Before the last two tournaments, Furr's only other top-5 result came when he won 2019 Shoal Creek Invitational
Ponder opened play with a 73 but responded with back-to-back rounds in the 60s (69-68) and is now tied with Furr for rounds played in the 60s this year with each collecting 12
Claycomb earned the first top-10 finish this season and second of his career after carding three consecutive below-par rounds of 71-69-70

Alabama's Remaining Lineup

JP Cave had two under-par rounds on the par 72,7,289-yard Grand National Lakes to finish tied for 30^th overall at even par 216 (71-75-70)
Jack Goldasich tied for 46^th overall with a 220 (70-77-73)
Tyler Lipscomb, who competed as an individual, finished with a 228 (78-76-74) to end play in 81^st

Fun Fact

Furr led the field in par 4 scoring average, going 5-under par across the 54 holes play to average a 3.83 on par 4 holes

Next Up

Alabama will return to action on March 26-28 when it competes at the three-day, 54-hole Old Waverly Collegiate
The event, which will be hosted by Mississippi State, will tee of Friday, March 27, in Starkville, Miss.

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