GREENSBORO, Ga. – The No. 13 Virginia men’s golf team shot -8, 280 to finish the 14-team Linger Longer Invitational in second place. The Cavaliers finished the three-day event at 29-under 835 at Great Waters Golf Course at Reynolds Plantation. Alabama took the team title with a score of 40-under 824.
Bryan Lee led UVA with a fourth-place finish at 8-under 208. He shot 2-under 70 for the second consecutive day to finish off the tournament. It was the fifth time this season Lee has posted a top-10 finish. Lee’s round featured 15 pars, one eagle, one birdie and one bogey.
Ben James posted a final-round score of 3-under 69 to move up to sixth place overall at 7-under 209. That was the 15th top-10 showing during his two-year UVA career.
For the second consecutive day, freshman Josh Duangmanee led the team in scoring, shooting 4-under 68. He notched his first top-10 finish, placing 10th at 6-under 210. That was his best tournament score and finish at UVA.
Deven Patel and Paul Chang tied for 22nd place at 2-under 214. Patel finished with a 74 while Chang carded a score of 73 on Tuesday.
Alabama’s Jonathan Griz led the event from wire-to-wire and took medalist honors at 13-under 203.
The Cavaliers will be off until April 8-9 when they host the Lewis Chitengwa Memorial at Birdwood Golf Course in the final regular-season tournament of the year.
Linger Longer Invitational
Great Waters Golf Course
Greensboro, Ga.
Par 72, 7,436 yards
Final Results
Team Results
1. Alabama 267-272-285-824
2. Virginia 276-279-280-835
3. Georgia 279-278-281-838
4. Georgia Tech 280-280-286-846
5. UNCG 281-278-292-851
6. Clemson 281-298-291-870
7. Kennesaw State 293-284-297-874
8. Augusta 291-292-295-878
9. Georgia State 287-292-300-879
10. Charlotte 287-295-299-881
10. Jacksonville 284-296-301-881
12. Mercer 297-295-301-893
13. Louisiana Tech 294-291-310-895
14. Wofford 302-308-398-918
Individual Leaders
1. Jonathan Griz, Alabama 62-67-74-203
2. JP Cave, Alabama 67-70-69-206
3. Canon Claycomb 70-67-70-207
Virginia Results
4. Bryan Lee 68-70-70-208
6. Ben James 69-71-69-209
10. Josh Duangmanee 75-67-68-210
22. Deven Patel 69-71-74-214
22. Paul Chang 70-71-73-214
43. George Duangmanee* 70-71-78-219
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