Bears Finish Fourth at USF Invitational in Tampa

Monday, March 11

Tampa, Fla.

Mercer University

USF Invitational

Photo by: Gerrit Van Genderen

Bears Finish Fourth at USF Invitational in Tampa

3/12/2019 4:06:00 PM | Men's Golf

Stanton Schorr earns tie for third place individually

By: Gerrit W. Van Genderen

TAMPA, Fla. – The Mercer men's golf team finished fourth at the USF Invitational at Tampa Palms Golf and Country Club after shooting a third-round 291 and 54-hole 873 (+9) overall.

The Bears shot 287-295-291 over 54 holes. Mercer was led by senior Stanton Schorr (-3), who shot one-under-par 71 in all three rounds of action. Three Bears finished inside the top 25 individually.

Mercer has finished inside the top five in six of eight tournaments played during the 2018-19 season.

Mercer Scorecard (through first round)

4	Mercer	287	295	291	+9	873
T-3	Stanton Schorr	71	7	71	-3	213
T-21	Tyler Copp	71	72	78	+5	221
T-21	Spencer Ball	70	76	75	+5	221
T-26	Martin Plukka	75	76	72	+7	223
T-38	Lino Galdin	75	80	73	+12	228
T-55	Brennan Bogdanovich (Ind.)	75	76	80	+15	231
83	Kiko Rosete (Ind.)	81	86	78	+29	245

Coach Kayden's Take
"The guys played decently today, but to summarize the tournament, we made a few course management errors that hurt us particularly at the end of the second round," said head coach Kirk Kayden. "I'm proud of our fight throughout the tournament.

"We were close to a really good finish, but we didn't quite achieve our goal. Stanton earned a top-five finish and continues to lead us during an impressive senior season."

Mercer on Team Leaderboard
The Bears finished behind No. 22 USF (-10), Illinois State (+2) and Elon (+2) for fourth place in Tampa. It was the Bears' sixth top-five finish this year.

Mercer on Individual Leaderboard
Schorr shot one-under-par in all three rounds to finish with a three-under-par 213 for the tournament. The senior tied for third place individually, finishing nine shots behind tournament champion, Trent Wallace, of Illinois State.

Tyler Copp and Spencer Ball tied for 21st with five-over-par tournaments. Martin Plukka shot Mercer's second-best third round score, 72.

Up Next
A quick turnaround will take Mercer to the Linger Longer Invitational on March 15-17 in Greensboro, Ga.

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