The Valparaiso University men's golf team closed out the three-day, 54-hole Dorado Beach Collegiate, hosted by UNCG at the par-72, 7119-yard TPC Dorado Beach Sugarcane course on Tuesday. A pair of Beacons rounded out the tournament with Round-3 scores that were under par.
How It Happened
- Senior Anthony Delisanti (Sanborn, N.Y. / Niagara Wheatfield) turned in a 71 (-1) in Round 3, finishing the event at 215 (-1), tied for 28th in a 101-player field. He eagled the par-5 14th hole to highlight his third round.
- Sophomore Elliot Lee (Tillamook, Ore. / Tillamook) tied for the team's best third-round score at 71 (-1), his best of the tournament. He carded a 220 (+4) for the tournament, finishing at t-54.
- Golfing as an individual, freshman Rob Politza (Lemont, Ill. / Lemont Township) notched his second eagle of the tournament on Tuesday. He finished the day at 76 (+4) including an eagle on the par-5 ninth hole, the same hole that he eagled in Round 1 on Sunday.
- Senior Sam Booth (Carmel, Ind. / Carmel) tied for second on the team for the tournament, finishing his week with a 74 (+2) to tie for 54th at 220 (+4) for the event.
- Winthrop's Jeff Nelson was the individual medalist at 205, while host UNCG took the team title at 835. Valpo was 15th at 878 as a team.
Thoughts from Head Coach Dave Gring
"After a four-month break from competition and no practices on grass turf since the first of the year, it was good to get our spring season started. Despite our struggles with consistency and execution, there were still a lot of quality shots and the guys stayed poised throughout the tournament. One of the great things about competition is it always tells us exactly what we need to work on in preparation for our next tournament."
"We will be spending more time over the next two weeks working on our driving accuracy. We missed a lot of fairways and that translates to missing more greens in regulation. Our birdie production was very low, so we will be working on wedge proximity and better overall accuracy with our irons. I was pleased to see a good number of putts from five to eight feet that we made this tournament. Overall, tempo and green reading was good with our putting. Now it's time to get back to work."
Up Next
Valpo will return to action on Tuesday, March 11 to begin the GCU Invitational at GCU Golf Course in Phoenix. A link to live scoring will be available on ValpoAthletics.com.
