In just his second collegiate competition Svendsen swung under par in all three rounds, improving after each round. After a one-under opening round and three-under second round, Svendsen returned on the second day to play a five-under finale for a total of 70-68-66–204.
Josh Hill Finished one stroke behind Svendsen to claim third place (68-71-66–205) and
Hugo Thyr tied for seventh (69-70-70–209) to make three Jags in the top-10.
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Event (host): Git-R-Done Invitational (Nebraska)
Dates: 9/23 – 9/24 (Monday-Tuesday)
Course: Firethorn Golf Club (par 71, 7,040 yds)
TEAM SCORES
1. Sam Houston State (2799-272-279–830); 2. South Alabama (281-280-277–838); 3. Louisiana (275-294-288–857); 4. Xavier (288-284-286–858); Nebraska (286-280-293–859); 6. South Dakota State (293-283-284–860); 7. Minnesota (295-284-283—862); 8. Kansas City (288-290-286–864); 9. Nebraska (B) (288-286-292–866); 10. Wichita State (293-283-291–867)
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
1. Hugo Trommetter, Sam Houston State (68-65-69–202); 2.
Filip Svendsen, South Alabama (70-68-66–204); 3.
Josh Hill, South Alabama (68-71-66–205); 4. AJ Wilhelm, Xavier (69-72-66–207); T5. Bret Gray, Sam Houston State (67-66-75–208); T5. Eli Ortego, Louisiana (64-74-70–208); T7.
Hugo Thyr, South Alabama (69-70-70–209); T7. Hamish Murray, Nebraska (70-67-72–209); T9. Bennett Swavely, Minnesota (69-70-71–210); T9. Carson Bellish, Xavier (70-69-71–210)
SOUTH ALABAMA SCORES
2.
Filip Svendsen (70-68-66–204); 3.
Josh Hill (68-71-66–205); T7.
Hugo Thyr (69-70-70–209); T25.
Cole Haygood (IND) (75-70-70–215); T41.
Tim Kretschmann (74-73-75–222); 62.
Joshua Achord (83-71-78–232)
QUOTES
Head Coach Ben Hannan
On Filip's success early on in his collegiate career
Filip had a great week and played so solid every round. He was in complete control of his game this week and playing in only his second tournament as a Jaguar, putting himself in position to win is very impressive.
On overall thoughts of the team's performance his week
The team had a solid week as well and played some very good golf getting contributions from everyone.
Josh Hill followed up his good play from the last tournament with another top-3 finish here, and
Hugo Thyr also got into the action with a top-10 finish. In addition, we got an even par round from
Joshua Achord in the middle and, in making his freshman debut, Tim Kretshmann contributed for 2 out of three rounds. When golf is played at a high level for us the entire line-up plays a role and that is what happened this week. Also, competing at a high level was
Cole Haygood, competing as an individual playing the last 36 holes with 71 and 70 (-1).
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