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Clanton Leads Florida State With Top 10 Finish At Olympia Fields
9/21/2024 9:45:00 PM | Men's Golf
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. – Florida State's Luke Clanton finished in a tie for sixth place in the individual standings, and the No. 10 Seminole men's golf team finished in a tie for ninth place in the team standings at the 2024 Fighting Illini Invitational at the Olympia Fields Gold Club. The event was completed on Sunday morning after darkness forced the postponement of the final round on Saturday night. As darkness fell in the golf course, a total of 75 of the 78 golfers had completed play. Each golfer was done with three rounds of except for the last group of Jose Luis Ballester (Arizona State), Benajmin Reuter (Georgia Tech), and Ian Gilligan (Florida). The trio of players returned on Sunday morning to finish their play and decide the individual and team champions.
Ballester won the event with a 10 under par score, while Reuter finished second with a eight under par total. Gilligan finished in a tie for 17th place with a score of even par.
Play was suspended at 6:56 p.m. local time on Saturday because of darkness. Play resume d on Sunday, September 22nd at 7:30 a.m. The event was changed from a three-day championship (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) to a two-day tournament (Friday, Saturday) because of inclement weather expected in the area on Sunday.
Florida State finished the team standings in a tie for ninth place. The Seminoles finshed tied with Florida and Texas Tech. Georgia Tech finished in first place at 12 under par. The Yellow Jackets defeated Arizona State by one strokes in the race for the team title which was also be decided on Sunday morning by the golfers remaining on the course.
Florida State was led by Clanton, the No. 1 ranked amateur golfer in the world as ranked by the World Amateur Golf Raking. He carded scores of 70 and 69 in the Saturday's second and third rounds for a 3 under par total of 207. Clanton finished the first round with a score 68 to complete all three rounds of the championship at or below par.
Graduate student Gray Albright carded a 69 in the final and will finish in a tie for 22nd place with scores of 73-70-69 and a three-round total of 2 over par 212. He has now earned 11 career top-25 individual finishes including four in his last four matches dating to last season. Albright has two career individual championships as a Seminole.
Florida State plays its third of five fall matches at the Hamptons Intercollegiate at the Maidstone Club in East Hampton, N.Y. October 7-8.
Fighting Illini Invitational, Sept. 20-22, 2024
Olympia Fields Country Club/Olympia Fields, Ill./Par 70
T9/15. – Florida State, 850
T6.– Luke Clanton, 207
T22. – Gray Albright, 212
T32. – Carson Brewer, 214
T48. – Michael Mays, 217
68. – Jack Bigham, 224
Fighting Illini Invitational, Sept. 20-22, 2024
Olympia Fields Country Club/Olympia Fields, Ill./Par 70
1. – Georgia Tech, -12
2. – Arizona State, -11
T3. – Oklahoma State, -1
T3. – North Carolina, -1
5. – Texas, +3
T6. – Stanford, +8
T6. – Texas A&M, +8
8. – Illinois, +9
T9. – Florida State, +10
T9. – Texas Tech, +10
T9. – Florida, +10
12. – Alabama, +16
13. – Northwestern, +18
14. – Baylor, +37
15. – Michigan, +38
Ballester won the event with a 10 under par score, while Reuter finished second with a eight under par total. Gilligan finished in a tie for 17th place with a score of even par.
Play was suspended at 6:56 p.m. local time on Saturday because of darkness. Play resume d on Sunday, September 22nd at 7:30 a.m. The event was changed from a three-day championship (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) to a two-day tournament (Friday, Saturday) because of inclement weather expected in the area on Sunday.
Florida State finished the team standings in a tie for ninth place. The Seminoles finshed tied with Florida and Texas Tech. Georgia Tech finished in first place at 12 under par. The Yellow Jackets defeated Arizona State by one strokes in the race for the team title which was also be decided on Sunday morning by the golfers remaining on the course.
Florida State was led by Clanton, the No. 1 ranked amateur golfer in the world as ranked by the World Amateur Golf Raking. He carded scores of 70 and 69 in the Saturday's second and third rounds for a 3 under par total of 207. Clanton finished the first round with a score 68 to complete all three rounds of the championship at or below par.
Graduate student Gray Albright carded a 69 in the final and will finish in a tie for 22nd place with scores of 73-70-69 and a three-round total of 2 over par 212. He has now earned 11 career top-25 individual finishes including four in his last four matches dating to last season. Albright has two career individual championships as a Seminole.
Florida State plays its third of five fall matches at the Hamptons Intercollegiate at the Maidstone Club in East Hampton, N.Y. October 7-8.
Fighting Illini Invitational, Sept. 20-22, 2024
Olympia Fields Country Club/Olympia Fields, Ill./Par 70
T9/15. – Florida State, 850
T6.– Luke Clanton, 207
T22. – Gray Albright, 212
T32. – Carson Brewer, 214
T48. – Michael Mays, 217
68. – Jack Bigham, 224
Fighting Illini Invitational, Sept. 20-22, 2024
Olympia Fields Country Club/Olympia Fields, Ill./Par 70
1. – Georgia Tech, -12
2. – Arizona State, -11
T3. – Oklahoma State, -1
T3. – North Carolina, -1
5. – Texas, +3
T6. – Stanford, +8
T6. – Texas A&M, +8
8. – Illinois, +9
T9. – Florida State, +10
T9. – Texas Tech, +10
T9. – Florida, +10
12. – Alabama, +16
13. – Northwestern, +18
14. – Baylor, +37
15. – Michigan, +38
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