Men's Golf in 5th Place at Florida Atlantic

Friday, March 29

Boca Raton, FL

Southern Illinois University

Florida Atlantic University

03/29/2019 | 9:10:00 | Men's Golf

By: By Kari Johnston, SIUSalukis.com

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Salukis finished the first round of the FAU Spring Championship in fifth place at two above par. Weather conditions were rough today as the players battled some wind. With little trees to block the wind coming from the ocean, the players had to adjust to the conditions.

"I'm proud of the way the guys fought today. If we look at every round from this spring so far this has been the most complete round that we've played yet," said SIU head coach Justin Fetcho. "We have all five guys, plus our individual, at 75 or under. There's not a single team in the field who were able to do that."

Senior Peyton Wilhoit (E) and Freshman Matthis Besard (E) are both tied for 15^th place and are even with par. Senior Luke Gannon (+1) and Junior Frankie Thomas (+1) are both tied for 21^st place and are one over par. With a score of 73, Thomas has started his first tournament of the spring season extremely well. Senior Hunter York is tied for 33^rd and is two over par. Freshman Vikar Jonasson is tied for 42^nd as an individual.

"I think if we get a few more good rounds under our belts then we'll get that momentum that we need heading into April, which is conference championship month. I think this could be a huge turning point in our season," said Fetcho.

Round two will begin with tee times starting at 10 a.m. The first Saluki tees off at 10:50 a.m. with the rest of the team following. Live stats will be available via Golfstat.com.

SIU SCORES
T15 Peyton Wilhoit 72 (E)
T15 Matthis Besard 72 (E)
T21 Luke Gannon 73 (+1)
T21 Frankie Thomas 73 (+1)
T33 Hunter York 74 (+2)
*T42 Vikar Jonasson 75 (+3)

*indicates an individual

TEAM SCORES
1 Bethune-Cookman 282 (-6)
T2 Florida Atlantic 286 (-2)
T2 UCF 286 (-2)
4 Florida Gulf Coast 288 (E)
5 Southern Illinois 290 (+2)
T6 Miami University 292 (+4)
T6 George Mason 292 (+4)
T8 Houston Baptist 295 (+7)
T8 Hartford 295 (+7)
T8 Georgetown 295 (+7)
11 Connecticut 296 (+8)
12 Rhode Island 299 (+11)
13 Murray State 306 (+18)
14 Xavier 316 (+28)