Park Wins Second Career Tournament; Travis Wins First in
Second Collegiate Event
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(South Bend, IN) – Junior Ji Hwan Park and sophomore Tayor Travis shared medalist honors and led
the USF men's golf team to a third place finish at the 2010
Fighting Irish Gridiron Classic Tuesday on the Warren Golf Course.
Park and Travis led the charge finishing the 54-hole event at
2-under 208 on the par-70 course playing at 7,023 yards.
Park (69, 71, 68) entered Tuesday's final round at even-par and
shot a 2-under 68. A two-time medalist for the Dons, Park carded
three of his four birdies on the day over the final six holes. Park
won the 2008 Rice Invitational, firing a 6-under 210 during his
freshman campaign in the Green and Gold.
Travis owned a share of the lead going into the final 18 holes and
fired a 1-under 69 for a share of the tournament hardware in just
his second collegiate event. The UCLA transfer tallied three
birdies on Tuesday. USF has now had at least one medalist in each
of the last three seasons.
Freshmen James Back
(76, 73, 73) and Alika Bell
(73, 76, 73) enjoyed solid second career tournaments for the Dons
and finished in a share of 31st place at 222. Back finished
with three birdies, while Bell carded four on Tuesday.
Boosted by strong play from the co-leaders, San Francisco mounted
a charge on tournament host and eventual runner-up Notre Dame. The
Dons entered the final round trailing the Irish by 10 strokes, but
erased nine shots with a 283 – the lowest by any team in the
14-team field on Tuesday.
Iowa won the team title at 853 (289, 278, 286), six shots in front
of Notre Dame at 859 (281, 286, 292). The Dons placed third at 860
(286, 291, 283), while Houston (292, 292, 287) and Lamar (295, 286,
290) shared fourth place at 871.
USF Team Individual Scores
3
San
Francisco
286 291
283 860
T-1 Taylor Travis
68
71
69 208
T-1 Ji Hwan Park
69
71
68 208
T-31 James Back
76
73
73
222
T-31 Alika Bell
73
76
73
222
T-59 Tyler
Kato
76
77
79
232
