UTEP Men’s Golf Finishes Tied Fifth with Strong 3rd Round Tuesday

3/28/2023 7:55:00 PM

FINAL RESULTS

EUGENE, Ore. – UTEP achieved its second top-5 finish of the season after a slow start, while Max Schliesing and Jacob Presutti finished in the top five on the final day at the 33^rd Annual Duck Invitational hosted by Oregon at Eugene Country Club (par 71 | 6,995 yards) on Tuesday.

The Miners (300-298-287) shot 33-over par 885, tying fifth with Colorado (288-299-298). UTEP started slow, tying for 14^th after the first round of play, but bounced back with a solid third round (287) to move up five spots. UTEP started tied 10^th following the first two rounds for its best finish of the spring sesaon.

No. 28 Oregon (287-280-283) won the tournament at 2-under par 850, while Oregon State (290-289-278) finished second at 5-over par 857, and no. 23 Colorado State (289-287-293) finished third at 17-over par 869. The Ducks were the lone team to finish under par.

Schliesing (70-69-70) penciled in 4-under par 209, placing third. It marked the best finish of the season. Schliesing led the field at 4-under on par-4 holes. He also shot 4-under on par 5's. Schliesing tallied 12 birdies, tying second most. It was Schliesing's second top three finish, and fourth top-10 finish of the season.

Presutti (73-71-67) finished fourth, also making it the best finish of the season after a 3-under par 211 performance. He closed with a season-low 67 in the final round of play to shoot up seven spots on the leaderboard. Presutti's 67 also tied a career-low for the junior. Presutti recorded 38 pars, ranking tied fifth among the competitors. It was Presutti's second top-10 finish of the season and fifth of his career.

Marcus Khaw (233), Greg Holmes (235) and El Paso product Ryan Lewis (239) rounded out the scores for the Miners. Lewis, a freshman from Coronado High School, competed in his second career tournament.

The course surrendered 162 pars and 29 birdies for the Miners.

Oregon State's Mateo Fuenmayor (74-67-66) and Oregon's Nate Stember (71-69-67) were co-champions after shooting 6-under par 207.

Fuenmayor (-6), Stember (-6), Schliesing (-4), and Presutti (-3) were the only competitors to shoot under par during the tournament on the par-71 course.

UP NEXT
UTEP will take the links in a week at the Wyoming Desert Classic in Phoenix, Ariz., hosted by the University of Wyoming on April 3-4. The Miners will conclude the regular season at the Tunica National Intercollegiate hosted by Arkansas State on April 17-18 before heading to the Conference USA Championship in Texarkana, Ark., on April 24-27.

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