Houston Finishes Second at Augusta Invite

Sunday, April 1

Augusta, Ga. (Forest Hills Golf Club)

All Day

University of Houston

3M Augusta Invitational

4/1/2018 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf

April 1, 2018

Scoring \| Results \| Schedule

Team		Rounds				Score
		1	2	3	F
1.	#13 Illinois	280	284	275	839	-25
2.	Houston	285	289	280	854	-10
3.	#28 Wake Forest	284	288	283	855	-9
t4.	#9 (DII) South Carolina-Aiken	284	288	283	858	-6
t4.	Kennesaw State	290	287	281	858	-6
6.	Tennessee	285	285	290	860	-4
7.	#38 South Carolina	288	288	286	862	-2
8.	Georgia State	286	290	292	868	+4
9.	UCF	290	297	282	869	+5
10.	New Mexico	293	289	288	870	+6
11.	#21 UCLA	287	292	292	871	+7
12.	Augusta	295	284	283	872	+8
13.	#40 Marquette	289	293	292	874	+10
14.	Virginia Tech	300	286	289	875	+11
15.	Navy	299	305	298	902	+38

HOUSTON LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
t6.	Michael Perras	71	74	66	211	-5
t12.	Zach Tracy	73	69	71	213	-3
t17.	George Gardner	69	72	73	214	-2
t25.	Alexander Frances	72	74	70	216	E
t61.	Matt Williams	78	75	73	226	+10

OVERALL LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
1.	#45 Dylan Meyer Illinois	67	69	69	205	-11
2.	#25 Lorenzo Scalise Tennessee	69	69	68	206	-10
3.	Broc Everett Augusta	71	72	65	208	-8
4.	#33 Cameron Young Wake Forest	70	72	67	209	-7
5.	Maximilian Hermann Georgia State	70	71	69	210	-6

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Behind the stellar play of senior Michael Perras, the University of Houston Men's Golf program finished in a tie for second at the 3M Augusta Invitational with a score of 10-under 854 on Sunday afternoon at Forest Hills Golf Club.

Perras, who is the defending American Athletic Conference Championships medalist, drained eight birdies, including six in a 7-hole stretch midway through the Final Round, on the way to a 66 Sunday. The Deer Park, Texas, native finished in a tie for sixth at 5-under 211.

Perras was one of three Cougars to finish under par on Sunday. Freshman Alexander Frances posted a 70 on the 7,005-yard, par-72 course to tie for 25th at 216, while sophomore Zach Tracy finished with a 71 to move into a tie for 12th at 213.

The Cougars posted the third-lowest round of the day at 8-under-280 and finished the 54-hole event at 10-under 854. No. 13 Illinois captured the team championship at 839.

Following Houston, No. 28 Wake Forest (854), No. 9 (Division II) South Carolina-Aiken (858), Kennesaw State (858), Tennessee (860), No. 38 South Carolina (862), Georgia State (862), No. 9 UCF (869) and New Mexico (870) rounded out the Top-10 leaders.

Starting his day on No. 1, Perras began on the right foot with a birdie. Despite a bogey on No. 3, he regained that stroke with a birdie on No. 6 and then sank another birdie on No. 9 to cap his front nine and start an impressive stretch.

After his birdie on No. 9, Perras followed that with a birdie on the 410-yard, par-4 10th hole and added a par on No. 11. He then proceeded to sink four straight birdies on the way to his team-leading ninth round of the 60s this season.

Perras joined Mark Lawrence (Virginia Tech) and Nick Hardy (Illinois) in a tie for sixth.

Like Perras, Frances began his day with a birdie on No. 1 and then overcame a bogey at No. 7 with the team's lone eagle of the day at No. 9. The Stege, Denmark, native added another birdie on No. 17.

Tracy earned his third top-20 finish of the season after sinking five birdies Sunday. After making a pair of birdies on his front nine, the Houston native drained three birdies in a 5-hole stretch on his back nine to move into a tie for 12th at 213.

Sophomore George Gardner tied for 17th at 214, while junior Matt Williams tied for 61st at 226.

Illinois' Dylan Meyer earned medalist honors with a score of 11-under 205 to finish one stroke ahead of Tennessee's Lorenzo Scalise. Augusta's Broc Everett finished third at 208.

UP NEXT
Dismuke recently announced that sophomores Sam Elkington, Pryce Beshoory and Tony Gil and redshirt freshman Andrew Gibson would compete as individuals at the Bearkat Invitational, hosted by Sam Houston State beginning Monday morning at Walden Lake Conroe.

Following the 3M Augusta Invitational, the Cougars will compete as a team in their regular-season finale at the Aggie Invitational at Traditions Club in Bryan, Texas, on April 7-8.

From there, Houston takes its first step into the postseason when it tees off at the American Athletic Conference Championships on April 22-24 on the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Golf Club in Palm Harbor, Fla.

Perras looks to defend his American Athletic Conference Championships individual title from a year ago. With that championship, he became the first Cougar in program history to win NCAA Regional and conference championships titles during his career.

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