Justin Suh of USC claimed his fourth victory of the season as the Trojans tied for second behind Florida in the Southern Highlands Collegiate at Southern Highlands Golf Club in Las Vegas.
Suh, a junior from San Jose who is top-ranked in Golfweek’s College Rankings, collected the fifth victory of his college career and moved to No. 2 in the World Amateur Rankings.
An eagle on the 14th hole proved to be the difference as Suh posted a score of 68-70-70—208, to win by two strokes over Harry Hall of UNLV, who finished at 69-72-69—210.
And he was playing sick, coming down with a fever before the tournament.
“It all kind of goes away once the tournament starts,” said Suh, who had a 15-minute session with team psychologist Kevin Sverduk right before the first round. “Once the tournament starts, all that matters is the shot in front of you. That’s what I did for the whole tournament.”
Stefano Mazzoli of TCU shot 70-71-70—211 to tie for third with Clay Feagler of Pepperdine, who finished at 68-72-71—211, while Brad Dalke of Oklahoma was fifth at 71-69-72—212, followed by Patrick Fishburn of BYU at 70-70- 73—213 and Gordon Neale of Florida at 70-70-74—214.
Nick Hardy of Illinois carded a score of 72-74-68—214 to tie for seventh with Hurly Long of Texas Tech, who totaled 69-75-70—214, Gordon Neale of Florida, who wound up at 70-70-74—214, and Henry Lee of Washington, who came in at 72-71-71—214.
Hidetoshi Yoshihara led UCLA in a tie for 28th at 73-72-74—219.
Florida took the team title with a score of 282-293-284—859, 5-under, while USC totaled 293-290-280—863 to tie for second with Texas Tech, which finished at 294-287-282—863, UNLV was fourth at 285-290-289—864, followed by TCU at 287-287-291—865, while Oklahoma totaled 293-284- 290—867 to tie for sixth with Pepperdine, which wound up at 288-289- 290—867.
Alabama recorded a score of 290-289-292—871 to tie for eighth with Illinois, which came in at 290-298-283—871, and UCLA was 10th at 290-293- 292—875.
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