Jabenis Finishes Third at Prestige Individual

Behind two career-best performances, Grant Jabenis finished third place at The Prestige Individual tournament in Indio, Calif. on Wednesday afternoon. 

After posting five birdies on the front nine, Jabenis finished with a 71 (-1) in his first round. After another 71 in the second round put him squarely in the hunt, a final-round 73 (+1) earned him third place. His third-place finish and three-round score of 215 (-1) both are new career-bests.

In the team tournament in Palm Springs at PGA West, Nebraska was led by Will Marshall (Sr., Elburn, Ill.). Marshall finished tied for 47th, finishing with a three-round score of 222 (+9). His final-round 71 (E) was Nebraska’s best round of the tournament on the Par 71, 7,100-yard layout at PGA West.

No. 15 Pepperdine took home the team title, finishing with a eight strokes under par. No.3 Texas Tech earned runner-up as the only other team to finish under-par for the tournament (-2).   

Evan McDermott fired two solid rounds (76-75) before a slipping on the final day to finish with a 54-hole score of 232 (+19). Jeremy Sisson managed a first-round 77 (+6) before finishing with a 235 (+22). 

Reed Malleck and Quinn Yost round out the Husker contingent. Malleck finished with a 77 (+6) in his final round to place in a tie for 109th, and Yost finished one stroke behind him.

Up Next

The Huskers head to Scottsdale, Ariz. March 4-5 for the Desert Mountain Collegiate at the Desert Mountain Golf Course. The tournament is hosted by Big Ten foe Michigan. 

Individual Tournament Leaderboard

1. Riccardo Fantinelli Princeton 69-73-69=211 (-5)

2. Chris Berzina TCU 69-70-73=212 (-4)

3. Grant Jabenis Nebraska 71-71-73=215 (-1)

T4. James Roller Texas Tech 69-76-71=216 (E) 

T4 .Matthew Comegys Texas Tech 70-73-73=216 (E)

6. Frank Vucic Kansas 68-72-77=217 (+1)

7. Reed Lotter Auburn 67-68-83=218 (+2)

T8. Gavin Hagstrom Colorado State 76-72-71=219 (+3) 

T8. Jonas Appel Baylor 72-73-74=219 (+3) 

T10. Michael Sanders LSU 72-76-72=220 (+4)

Team Standings

1. Pepperdine 276-278-290=844 (-8)

2. Texas Tech 280-282-288=850 (-2)

3. Stanford 277-281-299=857 (+5)

4, TCU 279-291-294 = 864 (+12) 

5. Northwestern 291-279-296=866 (+14)

6. Colorado State 285-284-298=867 (+15)

7. Louisville 289-282-299=870 (+18) 

8. Baylor 281-284-307=872 (+20) 

9. San Francisco…