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Humacao, Puerto Rico – The Virginia men’s golf team cruised to a 17-shot victory Tuesday during the final round of the Palmas Del Mar Intercollegiate in Humacao, Puerto Rico. Virginia shot 2-under 286 during the final round to finish at 7-under 857. Kentucky was second at 874.
Virginia placed four golfers among the top-10 in the final individual standings. Leading that group was sophomore Steven Rojas who was third at 4-under 212, just one shot out of first place. Freshman Will Collins posted his first top-10 finish by placing fifth at 2-under 214, which bettered his previous low tournament score by six shots. Kyle Stough recorded the third top-10 of his career by shooting even-par 216. Stough’s score was his best tournament outing as a collegiate. Greg Carlin was 10th at 218, his fourth career top-10. Conrad Von Borsig rounded out UVa’s scoring in 22nd place at 224.
Rojas’ finish was his second top-five outing this spring. He was fifth at last week’s Seminole Intercollegiate. In six rounds this spring, he has shot par or better five times. Collins posted his best single-round by shooting a team-low 4-under 68 Tuesday.
“Steven Rojas is playing with a lot of confidence right now and that’s very important,” said UVa coach Bowen Sargent. “It was great to see him play so well these past two weeks.
“As a team, we came in and did what we had to do to win this tournament,” said UVa coach Bowen Sargent, who recorded his third tournament title as the Cavaliers’ head coach. “As well as we played, I think we definitely have room to play even better.”
Sargent pointed out UVa’s play on The Flamboyan course’s par five holes was impressive.
“You could score on the par fives here and our guys did a great job on those holes,” Sargent said. “I think we were a combined 15-under on those par fives. When you can score like that, you can win a tournament.”
The Cavaliers return to play March 23-25 at the National Invitational in Tucson.
“That will be a great challenge for our team,” Sargent said. “This was a lot of fun for our guys and that is the benefit of all the hard work they put in during the off-season. We didn’t produce the results we wanted last year, but they still worked hard. We have some younger player new to the roster that can shoot some low scores. We’re excited to get back out there.”
Palmas Del Mar Intercollegiate
Humacao, Puerto Rico
The Flamboyan
Par 72, 6,771 yards
Final Results
Team Results
1 Virginia 289-282-286-857
2 Kentucky 293-289-292-874
3 South Florida 295-299-290-884
3 St. John’s 289-296-299-884
5 Johnson & Wales 296-289-300-885
6 VCU 294-299-294-887
7 Bowling Green State 298-296-300-894
8 Connecticut 309-296-293-898
9 George Mason 302-304-305-911
10 Sacred Heart 298-309-309-916
11 Ohio 311-308-312-931
11 Villanova 318-305-308-931
13 St. Thomas Aquinas 318-331-328-977
Top Individuals
1 Andy Winings, Kentucky 72-68-71-211
1 Keegan Bradley, St John’s 70-73-68-211
3 David Vanegas, Johnson & Wales 69-71-72-212
3 Steven Rojas, Virginia 71-69-72-212
5 Will Collins, Virginia 74-72-68-214
6 Brian Travalja, UConn 76-70-69-215
6 Jason Elliott, South Florida 72-72-71-215
8 Dave Tobon, Johnson & Wales 71-70-75-216
8 Kyle Stough, Virginia 72-71-73-216
10 Greg Carlin, Virginia 75-70-73-218
10 Patrick Fillian, Sac. Heart 71-73-74-218
Virginia Results
3 Steven Rojas 71-69-72-212
5 Will Collins 74-72-68-214
8 Kyle Stough 72-71-73-216
10 Greg Carlin 75-70-73-218
22 Conrad Von Borsig 72-77-75-224