Arkansas Men’s Golf Fall Recap

November 15, 2019

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FAYETTEVILLE– The University of Arkansas men’s golf program, ranked as high as #20 in the final fall polls, completed its most successful fall campaign since the 2011-12 season.

In its five tournaments, the Razorbacks had four top-three finishes against the 26th-hardest schedule in the nation, including a win over #1 Wake Forest and #2 SMU in the final event of the fall. The 2011-12 Razorbacks – featuring #ProHogs Ethan Tracy, Sebastian Cappelen and Austin Cook – took home four first-place finishes in five events played.

Team Rankings
#20 Golfstat
#23 Golf Coaches Association
#24 Golfweek Power Rankings

Player Rankings
William Buhl – #45 GolfStat / #59 Golfweek / 137th WAGR / #8 SEC
Julian Perico – #57 Golfweek / #60 GolfStat / #129 WAGR / #11 SEC
Mason Overstreet – #149 Golfweek / #182 GolfStat / #198 WAGR / #25 SEC
Tyson Reeder – #385 Golfweek / #46 SEC
Luis Garza – #390 Golfweek / #55 SEC

FALL NOTES: CLICK HERE FOR FALL STATS/RESULTS

2nd at Bearcat Invitational – 3rd at Carmel Cup – 3rd-t at Gopher Invitational – 3rd at White Sands Intercollegiate
Team shot under par in 11 of 15 rounds.
Team scoring average of 282 is one pace to be a school record by over three strokes per round.
Among the regulars in the starting lineup, all five fired a 67 at least once – Buhl accomplishing it three times and Perico twice – while Overstreet shot 66 three times.
Perico and Buhl finished the fall with a stroke average of 69.87, which is on pace to be a school record. Overstreet had a fall scoring average of 70.93, also would be on pace for the school record. (Alvaro Ortiz owns the mark with a 71.24 scoring average.)
The team’s 13-under-par round (three) at White Sands ties for fifth-best score in relation to par in school history.
The team’s 54-hole score of 841 ties for 10th-best 54-hole score in school history.
Buhl won the Gopher Invitational for the second straight year, was the only Razorback to finish among the top 20 in all five events and had a team-best 13 (of 15) rounds at par or better.
Perico was runner-up at the Carmel Cup, finished twice in the top five and had a team-best eight (of 15) rounds in the 60’s.
At the Carmel Cup, Perico’s 54-hole total of 203 ranks sixth-best in school history and Overstreet’s 205 ranks 13th-t. Also, Perico’s score of 13-under ranks third and Overstreet’s 11-under ranks ninth.

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