No. 9-ranked Albin Bergstrom posts fifth Top 10 finish in six outings
TAMPA, MARCH 1, 2022 – The No. 24-ranked USF men’s golf team fired a final round 285 to finish sixth Tuesday on a tough Tom Fazio course at the Coral Creek Collegiate in Placida, Fla.
The Bulls shot a 12-over total of 864, posting their best round in Tuesday’s final, to finish in the top third of the 16-team field that included five teams ranked in the top 50 nationally. Florida Gulf Coast won the tournament with a 14-under score of 838.
Defending American Athletic Conference Champion Albin Bergstrom (Falsterbo, Sweden) shot back-to-back rounds of 1-under par 70 after an opening round 72 to finish 10th with a 1-under total of 212. It marked the fifth top 10 finish in six outings this season for the junior who entered the week ranked No. 9 nationally and fourth among Europeans in the Arnold Palmer Cup Rankings. The top six will compete in the 25th Arnold Palmer Cup, an annual Ryder-Cup style competition among collegians held this year at Rich Harvest Farms outside Chicago.
South Alabama’s Mathias Lorentzen won the tournament shooting an 8-under total of 205.
Freshman Shubham Jaglan (New Delhi, India) shot a final round of 69, tops among Bulls, to go with rounds of 73 and 74 for a 3-over total of 216 and a tie for 28th. Junior Luke Gifford (Boca Raton) finished tied for 37th, firing rounds of 71, 74 and 73 for a 5-over total of 218. Sophomore Sam Nicholson (Atlantic Beach) shot rounds of 74, 72, 73 for a 6-over total of 219 and T42 finish, while Sophomore Run Youprayong (Bangkok, Thailand) finished T59 after rounds of 73, 76, 74 and a 10-over total of 223.
UP NEXT
USF hits the links next Monday and Tuesday (March 7-8) at the Colleton River Collegiate at the Colton River Club in Bluffton, South Carolina.
About USF Men’s Golf
USF men’s golf program has captured 17 conference titles, including in 2021, and have seen players earn 19 All-America honors. The Bulls have won five of the last six 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 eight straight NCAA Regionals 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 2021-22 season, by far the most under any coach in program history.
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