Santiago De La Fuente Ties for 3rd at All-American Intercollegiate

HUMBLE, Texas – For the fifth time this season, University of Houston Men's Golf junior Santiago De La Fuente earned a Top-10 finish with his performance at the All-American Intercollegiate on Tuesday afternoon.

De La Fuente posted a 54-hole total of 5-under 211 to tie for third with Bret Gray (Sam Houston) and Max Kennedy (Louisville) on the 7,067-yard, par-72 course at Golf Club of Houston.

As a team, the Cougars posted a total of 297 in the Final Round and finished eighth with a score of 877.

Santiago De La Fuente, All-American Intercollegiate, Final Round recap

Santiago De La Fuente, All-American Intercollegiate, Final Round recap

Sophomore Wolfgang Glawe fired the Cougars' low round of the day with a 72 and tied for 12^th at 1-under 215.

Senior Austyn Reily tied for 57^th at 226 while senior Marcus Wochner and super senior Braxton Watkins tied for 80^th at 230.

Playing as individuals, sophomore Drew Murdock tied for 27^th at 220 while super senior Campbell Gibson and redshirt freshman Ruben Lindsay tied for 71^st at 229.

#29 Mississippi won the team championship with a score of 855 to finish four shots ahead of #14 Tennessee and #36 Louisville. #17 Kansas State finished fourth at 866 with Sam Houston State (868), Arkansas State (872) and #47 LSU (873) rounding out the Top-Seven leaders.

Tennessee's Jake Hall earned medalist honors with a score of 209. Mississippi's Hugo Townsend finished second at 210.

Three Cougars competed as individuals at the All-American Individual event on the 7,508-yard, par-72 Member Course at Golf Club of Houston.

Sophomore Jacob Borow tied for fifth with a score of 219 while senior Nick Sutton tied for 13^th at 224. Redshirt freshman Bryant Hiskey II tied for 28^th at 241.

Mississippi's Brett Schell earned All-American Individual medalist honors with a score of 9-under 207 to finish three shots ahead of Tennessee's Laurent Desmarchais.

UP NEXT
Following the All-American Intercollegiate Houston plays host in its second straight tournament when it welcomes an elite field to the Valspar Collegiate Invitational at Floridian National Golf Club on March 27-28.

From there, Houston will send individuals to the Huntsville Toyota Walden Invitational, set for March 27-28 at Walden on Lake Conroe Golf Club.

The Cougars compete as a team for the last time in the regular season when they tee off at the Aggie Invitational at Traditions Club in Bryan-College Station, Texas, on April 10-11.

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