Razorbacks Finish 9th at NCAA Championship

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Arkansas positioned three gamers among the many nation’s high 25 – one of the best by this system since 1994 – and positioned ninth – one of the best since a runner-up end in 2009 – with a rating of 1159 on the 2022 NCAA Males’s Golf Championship, performed at Grayhawk Golf Membership – Raptor Course.

Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira capped a profession 12 months by putting ninth to turn out to be the tenth Razorback to submit a high 10 end on the NCAA Championship. He completed with a 2-over-par complete of 282 over 72 holes two strokes behind the successful rating. Segundo Oliva Pinto and Julian Perico every tied for Twenty fifth at +8 for the 4 days.

The final time Arkansas put three gamers inside the highest 25 was 1994 when the workforce completed fourth as Bud Nonetheless (T13th), Steve Vibrant (T17th), Craig Younger (T25th) and Rod Ellis (T25th) all achieved the feat. (Be aware Tag Ridings rounded out the squad by tying for thirty third.)

“The 12 months was nice,” head coach Brad McMakin mentioned. “They performed persistently all 12 months. I used to be actually happy with them this week. Clearly, we didn’t get to advance to match play. We made a number of too many errors nevertheless it was a tricky day, and we had an opportunity. With a discipline like this, you’ll be able to’t afford to make many errors. Nevertheless, I do assume we performed nicely all week and to complete among the many remaining 9 groups within the nation is a severe accomplishment.”

Along with having this system’s finest end since 2009, the Razorbacks have tallied seven high 15 finishes since that runner-up end.

Fernandez de Oliveira, who began on gap 10, started the day in fifth place and climbed to 3rd on a number of events however couldn’t break by. Regardless of a bogey to start spherical 4 and bogeys on his eighth and ninth holes, he carded three birdies to make the flip at even par and tied for third. He was even by 14 holes with a bogey on his thirteenth gap (the par-4, third) and a birdie on his 14th (the par-5, 4th). Fernandez de Oliveira then had back-to-back bogeys on his sixteenth and seventeenth holes to complete at 2-over to the day and the championship (71-71-68-72=282).

Total, he tied for the lead within the discipline by taking part in the par 5’s at -4 for the Championship.

Perico’s Twenty fifth-place (tied) end was his finest profession on the NCAA, putting thirty fourth (tied) earlier than lacking the 54-hole reduce as a freshman whereas ending forty fourth (tied) final season. He fired a 2-over 72 within the remaining spherical and moved up seven locations with a 72-hole complete at 8-over, 288 (74-70-72-72).

Oliva Pinto additionally tied for Twenty fifth at +8 (71-70-73-74). He led the sphere with 55 pars over 72 holes and helped the Razorbacks end third within the discipline with 226 pars over 4 rounds.

Luke Lengthy completed seventy fifth (78-79-73-75=305 / +25) and Wil Gibson completed 77th (79-75-79-79=312 / +32).

2022 NCAA Championship
Outcomes Through Remaining Rd Stroke Play (Prime 8 Advance to Match Play)
Par: 70 || Yards: 7,289

Workforce Standings:
T1 #3 Vanderbilt 282 282 281 289 1134 +14
T1 #1 Oklahoma 287 275 277 295 1134 +14
T1 #5 North Carolina 288 281 280 285 1134 +14
4  #7 Texas 291 291 278 277 1137 +17
5  #2 Oklahoma State 289 277 277 298 1141 +21
6  #6 Pepperdine 294 282 277 293 1146 +26
7 #4 Arizona State 290 292 277 289 1148 +28
 8 #8 Texas Tech 297 287 285 284 1153 +33
 9  #14 Arkansas 294 286 286 293 1159 +39
T10  #17 Auburn 285 296 288 291 1160 +40
T10 #10 Florida 300 285 286 289 1160 +40
T12 #15 Georgia 291 292 289 299 1171 +51
T12 #11 Georgia Tech 298 289 290 294 1171 +51
14  #23 Ole Miss 297 287 293 300 1177 +57
15  #27 Oregon 285 300 291 306 1182 +62

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