Men’s Golf: No. 10 Virginia finishes fourth at Watersound Invitational

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

The No. 10 Virginia men’s golf team shot 3-under 285 during the final round of the Watersound Invitational to place fourth in the 12-team field in Panama City Beach, Fla. UVA completed the tournament at 15-under 849. Third-ranked Vanderbilt took the team title at 29-under 835.

UVA was led by sophomore All-American Ben James who placed 12th at 5-under 211. He posted a final-round score of 1-under 71. Deven Patel was 18th at 3-under 213 after shooting even par 72 on the final day of play.

Bryan Lee posted UVA’s best finishing score, shooting 3-under 69 to move up to a tie with teammate George Duangmanee for 22nd place at 1-under 215. Duangmanee shot 74 on Wednesday. Josh Duangmanee rounded out the Cavaliers’ scoring with a 31st place finish. He shot even par 216 including a 1-over 73 on the final day. Chris Fosdick, competing as an individual, was 58th at 224.

Virginia was one of nine teams in the field ranked in the top-50 of the current NCAA golf rankings.

UVA is off until March 9 when the Cavaliers return to Florida for the John Hayt Invitational at Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra.

Watersound Invitational
Shark’s Tooth Golf Course
Panama City Beach, Fla.
Par 72, 7,246 yards
Final Results

Team Results
1. Vanderbilt — 278-278-279-835
2. Florida State — 288-279-277-844
2. Georgia Tech — 287-281-276-844
4. Virginia — 286-278-285-849
5. Oklahoma State — 294-276-284-854
6. Clemson — 283-280-295-858
7. Ohio State — 288-284-287-859
8. Notre Dame — 284-287-289-860
9. Mississippi State — 283-292-286-861
10. Alabama — 287-301-280-868
11. NC State — 297-284-299-880
12. Penn — 313-303-295-911 

Individual Leaders
1. Gray Albright, Florida State — 68-70-68-206
2. Gordon Sargent, Vanderbilt — 68-70-69-207
2. Christo Lamprecht, Georgia Tech — 71-65-71-207 

Virginia Results
12. Ben James — 72-68-71-211
18. Deven Patel — 70-71-72-213
22. Bryan Lee — 74-72-69-215
22. George Duangmanee — 70-71-74-215
31. Josh Duangmanee — 75-68-73-216
58. Chris Fosdick* — 76-73-75-224
* Competing as an individual