USF Athletics

No. 20 Bulls Wrap Up Regular Season in Impressive Fashion

April 17, 2018

TEAM SCORES
PLAYER SCORES
 
By TOM ZEBOLD
USF Senior Writer

WEST POINT, Miss., APRIL 17, 2018 – No. 20 USF men's golf finished the regular season in strong fashion by placing second in the 15-team field at the Old Waverly Collegiate Championship on Tuesday.

USF (+4) finished behind only No. 10 LSU (-9) after head coach Steve Bradley's Bulls carded their top score of the tournament with a 3-under 285 in the final round. Claudio Correa, Cristian DiMarco and Kyle Flexsenhar capped off USF's impressive final-round performance with top-10 finishes.

Correa tied for fifth place at 2-under (72-69-73) at Old Waverly Golf Club (par 72, 7,000 yards). The senior from Santiago, Chile shot par or better on 46 holes in his team-leading fifth top-10 finish of the season.

DiMarco used a 3-under 69 to move up seven spots to seventh place in the 84-player field at even par. The senior from Longwood, Fla., is right behind Correa with four top-10 finishes this season.

Flexsenhar took a one-shot lead into the second round and finished in a tie for eighth place at 2-over. The sophomore from Lake Mary, Fla., jumped up 11 spots on the leaderboard in the final round by carding a 2-under 70.

USF Scores

2	South Florida	286	297	285	868
T5	Claudio Correa (2)	72	69	73	214
7	Cristian DiMarco (3)	72	75	69	216
T8	Kyle Flexsenhar (4)	69	79	70	218
28	Jimmy Jones (1)	75	76	73	224
T29	Priyanshu Singh (5)	73	77	75	225

 
Notable

• USF led the field with a par-5 scoring average of 4.72 (-17). The Bulls finished second with 48 total birdies and a par-3 scoring average of 3.08 (+5).
• Kyle Flexsenhar tied Claudio Correa for the team lead with 13 birdies apiece in the tournament.
• Senior Priyanshu Singh (Delhi, India) led the lineup with 37 pars and shot par or better on 42 holes.

 
Up Next
USF will shoot for its fourth consecutive league title at the American Athletic Conference Championship, which takes place Sunday through Tuesday, April 24 at Innisbrook Golf & Spa Resorts in Palm Harbor, Fla.
 
About USF Men's Golf
USF men's golf returns six players from the 2016-17 team that captured the program's third consecutive American Athletic Conference Championship title. Head coach Steve Bradley has been at the helm for all three league championship runs and guided the Bulls back to the final rounds of the NCAA Championship in 2016. Follow @USFMGolf on Twitter for the latest information concerning the program.