Bulls overcome final round deficit to capture 10-shot victory;
the 21st under head coach Steve Bradley
Southern Pines, NC, March 14, 2023 – The USF men’s golf team, trailing by 10 shots going into the final round, saw a 20-shot turnaround to outdistance the field of 18 at the Ross Collegiate Classic by 10 strokes. Consistency was the key as the Bulls shot three rounds of 283 for a total of 849, their second lowest score of the season.
The victory marked the 21st tournament win under head coach Steve Bradley, a program record, and the 51st top five finish under the ninth-year head coach.
Leading the way for the Bulls was sophomore Jake Peacock who shot 9-under par 207 on the way to a third-place finish. In the final round, Peacock fired a six-under 66, which included an eagle, to equal his lowest career score and his best performance as a Bull since transferring from Western Carolina.
Just behind Peacock, sophomore Shubham Jaglan carded a 5-under par 211 to finish fourth. Jaglan had an eagle enroute to shooting a 69 in round one. His fourth-place finish gives him his second top 10 of the season.
Junior Sam Nicholson notched his second top-10 finish of the season, shooting 2-under par 214 to finish tied for seventh. With a final round of 71, Nicholson moved up 10 spots on the leaderboard.
In the third round, freshman Nino Palmquist improved nine spots on the leaderboard to finish in a tie for 14th, his best finish as a Bull. His total of one-over par 217 is also a season and career best.
Sophomore Chase Gullickson rounded out the effort for the Bulls, shooting rounds of 75, 73 and 76 to finish in a tie for 42nd at 4-over 224.
Quoting Head Coach Steve Bradley
“I’m proud of each one of them. It has been a very crazy year. They have continued to work hard all year without seeing the results. Today’s round validates their efforts. Hopefully now they will believe in themselves as much as Coach Caldwell and I believe in them already. Winning is never easy and we are so happy for them.”
Bulls Team Scores
Place RD1 RD2 RD3 TOTAL
3 Jake Peacock 71 70 66 -9 (207)
4 Shubham Jaglan 69 69 73 -5 (211)
T7 Sam Nicholson 71 72 71 -2 (214)
T14 Nino Palmquist 72 72 73 +1 (217)
T42 Chase Gullickson 75 73 76 +8 (224)
Tournament Team Scores
Place RD1 RD2 RD3 TOTAL
1 South Florida 283 283 283 -15 (849)
2 Loyola Maryland 282 274 303 -5 (859)
T3 Elon 288 279 301 +4 (868)
T3 George Washington University 287 296 285 +4 (868)
5 Miami University (OH) 282 292 296 +6 (870)
6 Loyola U.- Chicago 296 287 288 +7 (871)
7 William & Mary 293 284 304 +17 (881)
8 Bowling Green 290 301 293 +20 (884)
9 St. John’s 292 297 301 +26 (890)
10 George Mason 294 285 313 +28 (892)
11 Georgetown 295 300 301 +32 (896)
12 Saint Joseph’s – PA 300 299 298 +33 (897)
13 Villanova 300 295 303 +34 (898)
14 Old Dominion 296 301 302 +35 (899)
15 Towson 304 290 307 +37 (901)
16 Eastern Michigan 303 301 298 +38 (902)
17 Ohio 298 303 305 +42 (906)
18 St. Bonaventure 305 296 314 +51 (915)
Notables
• The Bulls led the field in scoring average on the par 5’s at 4.33 and played the par 5’s at -40 for the tournament.
• USF was tied for the lead with five eagles in the tournament.
• With 55 birdies, the Bulls had the second highest total.
Next Time Out
The Bulls return to action April 3-4 at Wofford Classic in Spartanburg, SC. The event is hosted by Wofford and will be played at the Country Cub of Spartanburg in Spartanburg, NC.
About USF Men’s Golf
The USF men’s golf program has captured 17 conference titles and has seen players earn 19 All-America honors. The Bulls have won five American Athletic Conference Tournament championships in wire-to-wire fashion, winning four-consecutive from 2015-18. The Bulls have had four individual conference champions, including Albin Bergstrom in 2021, and gone on to earn nine straight NCAA Regional appearances, including a 6th place finish in NCAA Championship match-play in 2015. USF is led by Steve Bradley, who has been named American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year five times since taking over the program in 2014. The Bulls have posted 20 tournament wins under Bradley entering the 2022-23 season, by far the most under any coach in program history.
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