Mississippi State
SEC Fall Preview
Endicott Finishes As Runner-Up At SEC Fall Preview
September 26, 2022 | Men's Golf
VESTAVIAย HILLS, Ala. โย The Mississippi State men's golf team finishedย the final round of stroke playย at the SEC Fall Preview onย Monday in seventh place.ย
Afterย shooting 17-under as a team through the three rounds, two players finished in the top 15,ย highlighted byย freshmanย Garrett Endicottย earning a runner-up finish.ย
Endicottย shotย 6-underย in round three, putting him at 12-underย forย the tournament. He madeย six birdies, as well as an eagle on the No. 15 hole.ย His 54-hole score of 198 is tied for the lowestย 54-hole totalย in Mississippi State men's golf history.ย
"We did a nice job of competing to our standard today," head coachย Dusty Smithย said. "I thought the guys did great handling adversity in the middle of the round. They certainly didn't flinch and were able to capitalize on some opportunities down the stretch. I wasย really proudย of how steadyย Hunter Loganย played this week.ย Garrett played someย big-timeย golf in big-time moments this week and really stepped up big for us. We know if we keep playing to our standard, focus on the right things and growย week-to-week,ย we can be a very good team."
Logan got off to a hot start in the third round making three consecutive birdies.ย He shot 2-under for the day andย 6-under through stroke play. He finished tied for 15th, his sixth career top-15 finish.ย
Ford Cleggย finished stroke playย 2-under andย tied for 31st, shooting 71ย in the final round.ย He totaled 13 birdies through the first three rounds.ย
Austin Vukovitsย went bogey-free on the front nineย and shot even parย for the round.ย Harrison Davisย finished his day with a 76.ย
The Bulldogsย will face Florida as match play begins on Tuesday.ย Tee times are listed below in Central Time.ย Each player will begin match play on the No. 1 tee.
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9:23 a.m. โ Ford Clegg
9:30 a.m. โ Harrison Davis
9:38 a.m. โ Austin Vukovits
9:45 a.m. โ Garrett Endicott
9:53 a.m. โ Hunter Logan
"Tomorrow is going to be a great opportunityย for this group as we play a match against a great Florida team," Smith added. "I know that they are very well-coached and will certainly give us all we can handle. I think it's important that we play within ourselves, stick to our plan and play our game."
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