SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Lipscomb Men's Golf finished up one of college golf's premier tournaments Saturday night with a 20
th place finish in a field of 28 teams at The Goodwin hosted by Stanford.
Ford Goladisch led the way for Lipscomb, finishing in the top-half of the field. He finished the tournament at +5 overall. He shot a solid 72 in the first two rounds before improving with a 71 in the final round on Saturday to shoot him up 13 positions from where he sat after round two for a 52
nd place finish.
Jason Hong also finished in the top half of the loaded field with a 60
th place finish. He shot a 74 in the first round, before carding an impressive 69 in the second round of play. After turning in a 73 in the final round, Hong ended up with a solid +6 over the three rounds of play.
Goldasich and Hong both finished with 39 pars on the weekend, tying for the 10
th-most in the field, while both also finished with six birdies.
Will Holan put in another strong performance for the Bisons with a finish in the top half of the field. After turning in a 73 and 75 in the first two rounds, respectively, Holan sat in 110
th place, but he dug in and shot a 69 in the final round to drastically improve his position. After his strong third round, Holan improved 43 positions and finished tied for 67
th with a +7 on the weekend. Holan led the Lipscomb squad with nine birdies and turned in 31 pars.
Gregor McKenzie and
Austin Aliff rounded out Lipscomb's scoring as both tied for a 136
th place finish with a +14 overall. McKenzie turned in an 80 in the first round, before improving with a 73 and 71 in the second and third rounds, respectively. Aliff carded a 74 in both the first and third rounds while shooting a 76 in the second round. He also turned in Lipscomb's only eagle of the tournament.
HEAD COACH WILL BREWER
"The men played stronger Saturday at +4," said Brewer.
Jason Hong and
Ford Goldasich played well while not making many putts.
Will Holan also played well today (69) as well as
Gregor McKenzie (71). We wanted to challenge the team against a strong field on the west coast. The challenge is always adjusting to different grasses and playing against a number of teams we rarely compete against," added Brewer. "We didn't perform as well as our talent, however, we improved daily as the men became more accustomed to the atmosphere and challenging long rough. I'm proud of the push on the last day as we passed six teams during the final round. We hope to return in 2024."
FULL RESULTS
HERD NOTES
- Lipscomb finished 10th in the field in pars with 168 over the three rounds.
- As a squad, the Bisons turned in 34 birdies and one eagle.
- The Bisons finished -15 on par 5's, averaging 4.67.
UP NEXT
The Bisons will round out its regular season slate April 10-11 at the Tiger Intercollegiate at Old Hawthorne Country Club in Columbia, Mo.
