Short-handed Cowboys take 10th at Fighting Irish Classic

NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Oklahoma State’s men’s golf team closed with a 293 during the third round of action at the Fighting Irish Classic on Tuesday to tie for 10^th place at Notre Dame’s Warren Course.

OSU finished with an 863 total to finish the event tied with Indiana at the par-70, 7,023-yard layout. UCLA posted a 7-under tally of 833 to win the event.

The Cowboys competed without three of their top performers as All-Americans Ethan Fang and Preston Stout as well as Filip Fahlberg-Johnsson are all in Singapore set to compete at the World Amateur Team Championships. Fang and Stout are representing the United States and Fahlberg-Johnsson is competing for Sweden.

Redshirt freshman Brady Catalano posted a top-20 finish, tying for 18^th place at 212. Catalano entered the day tied for second place after firing rounds of 65 and 70 on Monday. He would close with a 77 to get to his 2-over total for the event.

After opening with a pair of 72s, junior Gaven Lane finished with a 73 to share 39^th place at 217.

Junior Eric Lee posted a closing 71 to move up 14 spots into a tie for 41^st place at 218.

Redshirt freshman Collin Bond closed with a 72 to get in with a 220 total and tied for 56^th place, while senior John Wild tied for 72^nd place at 227 after signing for a 77 on Tuesday.

Team Scores

1. UCLA—279-273-281=833
2. North Carolina—273-276-287=836
3. Notre Dame—278-283-283=844
4. Louisville—287-270-290=847
5. Purdue—280-285-284=849

T6. Iowa—283-282-287=852

T6. Tennessee—283-285-284=852

T6. Georgia Southern—284-277-291=852

9. Little Rock—278-288-290=856

T10. Oklahoma State—280-290-293=863

T10. Indiana—282-289-292=863

12. Notre Dame (B)—292-278-295=865
13. Miami (Ohio)—285-293-303=881
14. Kent State—299-289-297=885
15. Santa Clara—297-285-307=889
16. Louisiana Tech—293-307-308=908

Individual Scores

T1. Carson Bertagnole, UNC—67-64-73=204

T1. Maxwell Tjoa, Iowa—65-71-68=204

T1. Lance Simpson, Tennessee—69-69-66=204

T18. Brady Catalano, OSU—65-70-77=212

T39. Gaven Lane, OSU—72-72-73=217

T46. Eric Lee, OSU—73-74-71=218

T56. Collin Bond, OSU—70-78-72=220

T72. John Wild, OSU—76-74-77=227