Snyders, Vazquez Lead Memphis Charge at Steelwood Collegiate Invitational

Sunday, October 31

Loxley, Ala.

University of Memphis

Steelwood Collegiate Invitational

Snyders, Vazquez Lead Memphis Charge at Steelwood Collegiate Invitational

Oct 31, 2021 | Men's Golf

Results (PDF)

LOXLEY, Ala. – The University of Memphis men's golf team completed play at the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational on Sunday in Loxley, Ala. at Steelwood Country Club. The Tigers fired a final-round team score of 274 (-14) to finish the tournament in third place with a total of 851 (-13).

KEY MOMENTS
• Sophomore Tyran Snyders was electric on Sunday, carding a personal-best 18-hole score of 65 (-7) to finish in a tie for third place with a total of 209 (-7).
• Snyders had a bogey-free final 18 for the Tigers, recording seven birdies on the day, including five on the back nine.
• The top-5 finish is the second-straight for the sophomore, who also has a T-4 and T-11 finish this season.
• Classmate Esteban Vazquez was terrific as well, shooting a final round 66 (-6), matching his personal-best 18-hole score to also tie for third place overall with a 209 (-7).
• Vazquez was also bogey-free on Sunday, racking up six birdies on the day, including four on the back nine to register his second-straight top-10 finish.
• The sophomore also has a T-6 and T-13 finish this year.
• Junior James Morgan capped the best tournament of his collegiate career on Sunday, finishing in a tie for eighth place with a total of 212 (-4).
• Morgan shot three under-par rounds of 71-70-71 on the weekend, setting career-bests with his T-8 and his 54-hole score.
• Sophomore Ryan van der Klis finished in a tie for 43rd overall with a total score of 221 (+5) after firing a final round 72 (E).
• Junior Phuripon Namkang took home a tie for 63rd with a total of 226 (+10).

TIGER SCORECARD
T-3. Tyran Snyders 209 (-7)
T-3. Esteban Vazquez 209 (-7)
T-8. James Morgan 212 (-4)
T-43. Ryan van der Klis 221 (+5)
T-63. Phuripon Namkang 226 (+10)

TEAM SCORES
1. #41 Missouri 847 (-17)
2. Kentucky 849 (-15)
3. Memphis 851 (-13)
4. Mississippi State 854 (-10)
5. Kansas State 857 (-7)

NOTABLES
• The T-3 finishes for Snyders and Vazquez were career bests.
• Memphis' final round total of 274 (-14) was a season best.
• The team's score of 851 (-13) is the second-best on the year, only behind the 843 (-21) posted at the Quail Valley/Jake Owen Intercollegiate.
• The Tigers finished ahead of No. 32-ranked UAB on the weekend, who took sixth place overall.

UP NEXT
• The Memphis Tigers will be back on the course on Feb. 14-15, 2022 when the team competes at the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate at the Robert Trent Jones Magnolia Grove Golf Club in Mobile, Ala.

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