The Missouri men’s golf team is set to compete in its final tournament of the fall season, taking on the Quail Valley Invitational in Vero Beach, Florida.
TOURNAMENT INFO
The tournament is set to begin on Sunday morning with a 7:30 a.m. CT shotgun start kicking off a 36-hole day. The action then wraps up on Monday with a single round beginning at 7:30 a.m. CT.
Joining the Tigers on the course include five additional programs ranked in the top 50 nationally (of 299 schools). No. 29 Notre Dame, No. 32 Cincinnati, No. 42 North Florida, No. 48 Northwestern and No. 49 Indiana are all set to provide strong competition for Missouri – ranked No. 45 in the initial Golfstat rankings. Other schools competing over the two days include Liberty, Maryland, Memphis, Michigan State, Northern Illinois, Penn State, Rutgers, South Florida, Toledo and Wisconsin.
LAST TIME OUT
The Tigers placed second of 15 schools this past week at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate with Jack Lundin finishing tied for first. The junior shot a 13-under par 203 during the 54-hole tournament to pace the team, while Antonio Safa posted the first top-five finish of his young career by placing fourth at nine-under par.
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
Jack Lundin on individual victory last week: “I just stayed patient with it. Coach Hankins and myself work well as a team and I just focused on my game play each day.”
Charlie Crockett on trip to Florida: “We have a quick turnaround with having just two days at home. So just making sure I work on what I need to work on from this previous week and taking it on to next week and execute better.”
Antonio Safa on early success: “Since before college, I planned to come here and start playing right away. I set a few goals and one was to finish in the top 10 in one of my first three events. So that is a mission accomplished.”
Alfons Bondesson on strengths so far this year: “I feel like my driver has been strong recently. I’ve been hitting a lot of fairways, which always helps.”
DJ Springer on finishing strong and how that translates to Florida: “I made some mistakes in the first round but cleaned it up in the last two. I know I need to just continue to hit the ball and give myself chances at some birdies. I had some holes where I didn’t give myself chances and was unable to scramble around for pars. I just…
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