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Bulls 11th, Bergstrom 12th at Thunderbird Collegiate

April 17, 2022

Bergstrom finishes 12^th in field that included four of the top five ranked teams in the nation

PHOENIX, AZ., APRIL 16, 2022 – The USF men's golf team closed out its regular season finishing 11^th among a strong field of 15 that included four of the top five ranked teams in the nation at the Thunderbird Collegiate in Phoenix, Ariz.
 
The Bulls, who enter the weekend ranked No. 35 by Golfstat, shot rounds of 286, 286 and 289 on the Par 71, 7,317-yard Papago Golf Course to post a 9-over par total of 861. No. 1-ranked Oklahoma won the tournament with a 31-under par total of 821, followed by No. 4 Arizona State (826), No. 7 Texas Tech (830), No. 2 Oklahoma State (836) and No. 5 North Carolina (840).
 
USF junior Albin Bergstrom (Falsterbo, Sweden), who has been ranked as high as No. 4 in the nation and entered the weekend ranked No. 21, shot three rounds under par of 69, 68 and 70 for a 6-under par total of 207 and a 12^th place finish, just missing his eighth top 10 finish of the year. He broke his own USF season record logging his 27^th round of par or better on the season and increased to his USF career record to 83 such rounds.
 
His current 69.23 scoring average on the year is on pace to set another USF record as the defending American Athletic Conference Champion builds toward the conference tournament hosted at Southern Hills Plantation in Brooksville, Fla. April 22-24.
 
Junior Luke Gifford (Boca Raton) finished T53 with a 4-over par total and Sophomore Run Youprayong (Bangkok, Thailand) finished T54 with a 5-over par total. Junior Ian Peng (Chang Hua, Taiwan) posted a 9-over par total and sophomore Sam Nicholson (Atlantic Beach) shot 10-over par.
 
AMERICAN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS RETURN TO TAMPA BAY
USF will once again host the American Athletic Conference Championship at Southern Hills Plantation April 22-24. The Bulls and Bergstrom are the defending team and individual champions and USF has won five AAC Championships since joining the conference in 2013.
 
NOTABLE
• Junior Albin Bergstrom currently has the Bulls' best-ever career scoring average (70.26), more than a stroke better than Chase Koepka's previous mark of 71.53.
• Bergstrom's 69.23 season scoring average is on pace to break his own USF record of 70.00 set in 2018-19.
• Bergstrom reached as high as the No. 4 ranking in early March and currently sits at No. 21. Chase Koepka owns the USF record of a No. 11 final season national scorer rating.
• Bergstrom is the highest ranked player the American Athletic Conference and third in the state of Florida.
• Bergstrom has 27 par or better rounds on the year and 83 on his career, setting a USF career mark and season record.
• Bergstrom also owns USF career records for scoring average (70.45), tournament low round (63, 2019-20), tournament low round to par (-9, 2019-20), tournament low 36-hole total (133, -11, 2018-19), and is second in wins (3) and low 54-hole total (201, -11, 2018-19).
 
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 6^th 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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