The Bulls were led by Shubham Jaglan who finished tied for 17th place at -1 (215).
AUGUSTA, Ga., April 7, 2024 – The University of South Florida men’s golf team finished in ninth place at the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational Sunday. Junior Shubham Jaglan paced the Bulls, closing with a 69 (-3) to finish tied for 17th at 215 (-1).
At the 54-hole event in Augusta Ga., the No. 47-ranked Bulls recorded a final score of 880 (+16) to finish ninth in a field in which seven other teams were ranked in the Top-50 in the country. The Bulls opened with a 291 (+3) in the first round, followed by a 299 (+11), and closed with their low round of the tournament 290 (+2).
Junior Shubham Jaglan (Jr., Delhi, India) carded the Bulls’ low round of the tournament with his final round 69 (-3), a round in which he made five birdies. He opened with an even-par 72 (E) and a 74 (+2) in the first and second rounds. He finished tied for 17th at 215 (-1). Jaglan was tied for third in par 5 scoring at 4.42 (-7) and made 13 birdies. He also recorded an eagle on the par-5 sixth in the second round and was one of 12 golfers to collect an eagle in the tournament.
Senior Sam Nicholson (Atlantic Beach, Fla.) shot par or better in two of the three rounds. Nicholson opened with a 71 (-1), followed by an even-par 72 in the second round. He closed with a 74 (+2) to finish tied for 25th with a three-round tally of 217 (+1). Nicholson was second in the tournament in par 5 scoring at 4.33 (-8) and made 14 birdies, including five in the final round.
Graduate student Brock Healy (Norcross, Ga.) opened with a 73 (+1) and a 79 (+7) on the first day. He posted five birdies in the final round to close with a 72 (E) and finished tied for 52nd.
Jake Peacock (Milton, Ga.) carded rounds of 75 (+3), 77 (+5), and 75 (+3) to finish tied for 61st at 227 (+11). Peacock carded 37 pars, tied for the second most in the field.
Redshirt junior Cooper Smith (Tampa, Fla.) finished 77th. Smith shot rounds of 76 (+5) in the second round and 75 (+3) in the third round.
Bulls Team Scores
Place RD1 RD2 RD3 TOTAL
T17 Shubham Jaglan (Jr., Delhi, India) 72 74 69 -1 (215)
T26 Sam Nicholson (Sr., Atlantic Beach, Fla.) 71 72 74 +2 (217)
T51 Brock Healy (Gr., Norcross, Ga.) 73 79 72 +8 (224)
T23 Jake Peacock (Jr., Milton, Ga.) 75 77 75 +11 (227)
77 Cooper Smith (Redshirt Jr., Tampa, Fla.) D 76 75 +7 (151)
Tournament Team Scores
Place RD1 RD2 RD3 TOTAL
1 North Carolina 281 279 283 -21 (833)
2 Texas 285 285 279 -15 (849)
3 Oklahoma State 285 288 278 -13 (851)
4 Illinois 292 282 282 -8 (856)
5 Augusta 284 286 287 -7 (857)
T6 Oklahoma 293 284 281 -6 (858)
T6 East Tennessee St. 287 292 279 -6 (858)
8 UCF 293 299 287 +15 (879)
9 South Florida 291 299 290 +16 (880)
T10 Mississippi State 295 302 284 +17 (881)
T10 Wofford College 300 296 285 +17 (881)
12 Marquette University 297 296 294 +23 (887)
13 Mercer 306 300 282 +24 (888)
14 Troy 300 300 289 +25 (889)
15 Army West Point 306 314 300 +56 (920)
Up Next
The Bulls will tee it up next when they host the American Athletic Conference Championship on April 19-21 at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Fla.
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 23 tournament wins under Bradley including two in the 2023-24 season, by far the most under any coach in program history.
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