Men's Golf | May 13, 2023

DAVIE, Fla. – The No. 12 Clayton State University men's golf team concluded play in the 2023 NCAA Division II Men's Golf South/Southeast Regional at Grande Oaks Golf Club on Saturday.  The Lakers finished in tied for seventh place after shooting one-over par, as a team, in the final round. That tied for seventh-place finish was the best finish in a Regional for the Lakers since 2008 when they finished fourth and advanced to the National Championships. 
 
West Florida won the Regional by two strokes over Barry University.  Nova Southeastern and North Georgia followed behind by four and five strokes, respectively.  The Lakers were the second-best Peach Belt Conference (PBC) school in the standings. 
 
As a team, the Lakers carded 172 pars, which was tied for fourth best in the field, and knocked 40 birdies.  Clayton State then averaged 4.07 strokes on the par-four holes, which was good for third best in the 20-school field. 
 
Leading the way for the Lakers in the final round was Daniel Medellin.  Medellin, who was one of two Lakers to shoot below-par rounds, finished the regional carding a 69 (-2) after rolling in a team-high four birdies.  Augusto Oliva then followed Medellin as he carded a final round 70 (-1) after making three birdies.  The Laker senior shot even on the front nine and one-under on the back.  Felipe Gomez and Nico Cabello followed close behind carding a 72 and a 74, respectively.  Gomez finished his round with 17 pars and one bogey while Cabello knocked in a pair of birdies. Sam Hershoff rounded out the Laker golfers at the Regional Tournament as he finished shooting an 81 (+10).  Sam wrote 10 pars in his scorecard. 
 
 
Below are the final standings from the Regionals (Rankings are according to Golfstat.com)

• 1: #3 West Florida: 277-286-283 (846) -6
• 2: #2 Barry University: 276-283-289 (848) -4
• 3: #6: Nova Southeastern: 287-287-278 (852) E
•  4: #5 North Georgia: 282-286-285 (853) +1
• T5: #4 Lee University: 283-286-285 (854) +2
• T5: #8 Georgia Southwestern: 284-289-281 (854) +2
• T7: #12 Clayton State: 281-291-285 (857) +5
• T7: Shorter University: 272-298-287 (857) +5
• 9: Florida Southern: 278-297-287 (862) +10
• 10: #1 Anderson: 289-293-281 (863) +11
• 11: Lynn University: 275-305-384 (864) +12
• 12: #20 Carson-Newman: 285-290-290 (865) +13
• 13: USC Aiken: 282-292-292 (866) +14
• 14: #22 Limestone: 285-301-282 (868) +16
• 15: #25: Saint Leo: 294-291-285 (870) +18
• 16: #23 Lander University: 283-294-294 (871) +19
• 17: #14 Lincoln Memorial: 289-296-288 (873) +21
• 18: #16 Univ. of Tampa: 291-289-294 (874) +22
• 19: #21 Barton College: 289-290-297 (876) +24
• 20: Spring Hill College: 295-299-294 (888) +36

 
Below are the full Laker results:
T-35: Daniel Medellin: 72-74-69 (215) +2
T-35: Felipe Gomez: 70-72-73 (215) +2
T-35: Nico Cabello: 70-71-74 (215) +2
T-49: Augusto Oliva: 71-77-70 (218) +5
T-77: Sam Hershoff: 70-73-81 (224) +11
 
The Department of Athletics wishes all the Laker men's golf seniors on their future endeavors!
 
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