Men's golf rewrites record book

Monday, October 21

Vero Beach, Fla.

8:00 AM

University of Memphis

Quail Valley Collegiate

Rodi Vlasveld shot 5-under 67 in the final round of the Quail Valley Intercollegiate.

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Oct 21, 2019 | Men's Golf

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UofM finishes third at Quail Valley, but establishes four team records in the process

VERO BEACH, Fla. – The University of Memphis men's golf finished third in the Quail Valley Intercollegiate that ended Monday, but the Tigers re-wrote the program's record book in the process.

Freshman Phuripon Namkang and senior Rodi Vlasveld each shot final-round 5-under 67s Monday to help the UofM fire a record-setting round of 271 for a three-round total of 824 (also a record). Additionally, the Tigers established records for low round vs. par (-17) and low 36 holes (553).

For the tournament, Memphis shot 40-under par, three shots behind champion Notre Dame (821) and two shots behind USF (822).

"The boys did a really good job, it was a total team effort not counting a single round over part and not even shooting a single round over par," said Tigers coach Blake Smart. "Even our drop scores (lowest of the five participants) were all even or under par.

"I'm really proud of the team effort. We competed hard all day long and had a chance until the very end. That's probably our best result in my time here during the regular season."

Namkang and Vlasveld tied for ninth place individually at 9-under 207, while the UofM's three other participants – Guillaume Chevalier, William Harwood and Isaiah Jackson – finished one stroke back at 8-under 208. Chevalier closed with a 4-under 68, Harwood fired a 69 and Jackson shot even-par 72.

For the Tigers, it was their third top-5 finish in as many events. They opened the fall season in late-September at the Graeme McDowell Invitational (5^th of 19 teams) and played the David Toms Intercollegiate (2^nd of 12 teams) two weeks ago.

The Tigers resume their fall season with a trip Oct. 28 and 29 to the Intercollegiate at Innisbrook at Palm Harbor, Fla., and close the fall portion with the East Bay Deli Classic in Kiawah Island, S.C.

"I'm looking forward to the final two (events) and seeing what these guys can continue to do," Smart said. "I think it has the potential to be a really good squad, but there's still a lot of work to do and a lot of things to clean up."