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The Hayt
Claycomb, Alabama Earn Runner-Up Finishes at The Hayt
3/11/2024 4:43:00 PM | Men's Golf
Canon Claycomb collected his fifth top-five finish of his career, as he led three Crimson Tide golfers inside the top-15
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Alabama men's golfer Canon Claycomb finished in second overall to lead the No. 21-ranked Crimson Tide men's golf team to a runner-up finish Monday at The Hayt. As a team, the Tide closed the three-day, 54-hole event with a 1-over par 865 (282-293-290), only four strokes behind No. 1-ranked North Carolina for the team tournament title.
Claycomb led throughout much of the tournament and finished just one shot back of earning his third career medalist honor, closing the event at 2-under par 214. In addition, both Jonathan Griz (T6th, E) and Thomas Ponder (T11th, +1) each finish among the top-12 golfers.
The Crimson Tide earned its third top-three finish and fourth top-five result in six tournaments played this season.
Head Coach Jay Seawell Comments
"After the Watersound Invitational, our guys did a good job regrouping and focusing on playing well this week. They have been positive and enthusiastic about this opportunity and getting to play on this course. I am proud of the way they responded. They've really had two good weeks of practice, and I'm a big believer of if you practice well, you're going to play well. And, I think they did just that so I am happy with the response following our first tournament.
"We gave ourselves a chance to win but we didn't do the little things that are needed to do in order to win a college golf tournament. Not just the little things on the final couple of holes, but really the little things that happen throughout the a tournament. Just needed to execute some things better here or there and that would have given us a chance to win. But overall, I am very pleased with the result and look forward to next week's Linger Longer."
Individual Results
- After holding the clubhouse lead after both the first and second rounds, Canon Claycomb finished the event with a 214 (69-71-74)
- Claycomb, who tied Duke's Ethan Evans for second place, finished just one shot back of medalist Devin Patel of Virginia
- With his 2-under par total, Claycomb earned his fourth sub-par tournament total of the season and his second-lowest total this year (-2)
- It marks his fifth top-five and 11th top-10 finish of his career, and second top-10 result this season (T7th at the Hamptons Intercollegiate
- Jonathan Griz matched his career-best tournament finish with the sixth-place result, closing play at even par 216 (70-73-73)
- Griz matched Claycomb for the lead on par 5 holes (-4, 4.67)
- Thomas Ponder had the round of the day at 3-under 69 to close play tied for 11th place at 1-over par 217 (73-75-69)
- Jones Free gave the Crimson Tide four top-20 individual finishers, closing play tied for 20th at 4-over 220 (70-74-76)
- JP Cave rounded out the starting five with a 222 (73-75-74) and finished tied for 27th
- Austin Coggin, who competed as an individual, tied for 66th with a 233 (78-76-79)
Team Results
- Alabama led the 14-team field on par 3 scoring average (3.03, +2) and ranked second in par 4 scoring (4.11, +16)
- The Tide also led the field in total pars with 184
- Top-ranked North Carolina (-3) finishing four shots ahead of the Crimson Tide
- No. 13 Virginia (+4) finished third, followed by No. 26 Ohio State (+12) and No. 23 Duke (+18) to round out the top five
- The tournament field featured nine teams ranked among the top-60 in the most recent Spikemark Golf Rankings
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