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Hong cards 61 in final round at Streamsong Invitational

BOWLING GREEN, Fla. – Lipscomb's Jason Hong set the course record at Streamsong Blue with an 11-under 61 to lead the Bisons on the final day at the Allstate Streamsong Invitational on Tuesday.

The senior rolled in 12 birdies, including stretches of eight straight on holes 2-9 and four straight on 12-15. He climbed 23 spots on the final day to earn a 3rd-place finish for the event after turning in a -15, 201 with rounds of 71-69-61.

No round of 59 has ever been shot in the history of Division I men's golf and up until hole 17, Hong had it in his sight. But nonetheless, the watch for 59 was officially under way until his second shot on the 690-yard par 5 sailed left into thick brush, forcing him to scramble to make bogey. He then had to muscle a shot from the right-side rough on 18, but the Lidcombe, Australia native two-putted and walked off the green with his hat in one hand and a par and course record 61 in the other.

His round was also a Lipscomb program record, dethroning legend Dawson Armstrong's 63 at the Ryman Hospitality Intercollegiate in 2017-18.

The storyline on the final day may have belonged to Hong, but the Bisons as a team also showed out with an 18-hole program record after firing a -33, 255. Four of the starting five shot -7 or better and the score that wasn't counted was a -3. It's safe to say, the Bisons had a good day.

The purple and gold climbed five spots and earned a 2nd-place finish with a weekly total of 49, 815 (281-279-255). Lipscomb started the day trailing eventual champion Virginia by 25 strokes. The end result was seven. UVA finished at -56 with an 808.

Junior Ford Goldasich finished second overall, one stroke ahead of Hong, with a -16, 200 (67-68-65). He made the turn at two-under and added five back-nine birdies to climb four spots on the leaderboard.

Will Holan caught fire on Tuesday with a 64, which was one stroke off the previous program record. He wrapped up the weekend at -11 with a 205 (70-71-64). The junior finished at 8-under par on the day with two bogeys.

Gregor McKenzie jumped 23 spots on the leaderboard with a career record 65 (-7) on Tuesday to finish tied for 30th at-6, 210 (73-72-65).

Austin Aliff wrapped up the Bisons starting group with a -3, 214 in the final round for a 45th-place finish.


 

HERD NOTES
  • Hong's 61 is tied for the 9th-best score ever shot in DI men's golf.
  • Lipscomb set team records for low 18-hole total (255; was 274) and low 54-hole total (815; was 839)
  • Lipscomb finished with 80 birdies for the weekend, the 2nd-most behind Virginia's 81.
  • Hong led the field with 21 birdies and Aliff paced the event with 40 pars.
  • They were also the 2nd-best squad on par-5 scoring (-7, 4.42) and par-3 scoring (-4, 2.67). They were third on par-4 scoring (-9, 3.70).


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Players Mentioned

Austin Aliff

Austin Aliff

5' 9"
Graduate Student
Ford Goldasich

Ford Goldasich

5' 7"
Senior
Will Holan

Will Holan

6' 2"
Senior
Jason Hong

Jason Hong

5' 10"
Graduate Student
Gregor McKenzie

Gregor McKenzie

5' 10"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Austin Aliff

Austin Aliff

5' 9"
Graduate Student
Ford Goldasich

Ford Goldasich

5' 7"
Senior
Will Holan

Will Holan

6' 2"
Senior
Jason Hong

Jason Hong

5' 10"
Graduate Student
Gregor McKenzie

Gregor McKenzie

5' 10"
Senior
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