GEORGETOWN, Texas – No. 16/16 Trinity University Men's Golf won the 2023 West Region Invitational at the par-72, 6,567-yard Berry Creek Creek Country Club course Tuesday afternoon as a tournament-best third-round 289 (+1) clinched the event with an eight-stroke margin over its host, Southwestern University.
All four Tigers contributing to Tuesday's score finished between one-under and one-over. Sophomore
Jacob Mason (Westminster, Colo. / Holy Family) led by notching a third under-par performance—the only player in the tournament to do so—though his Tuesday 71 (-1) fell one shot short of the West Region Invitational championship, marking the first time since October's Crusader Invitational that a Tiger did not top the individual podium.
Senior
Daniel Nunez (Los Angeles, Calif. / Loyola) joined Mason in the top five as his even third round Tuesday left him two-over (218) for the tournament, which tied for fourth overall. Nunez flirted with an under-par performance through much of the day, collecting three birdies over the first five pins along with a par-three bird on the 17
th.
The impressive full-lineup performance was bolstered by the third and fourth cards between junior
Giorgio Gianoulis (Salt Lake City, Utah / Rowland Hall) and first-year
Carter Code (Calgary, Alberta / Manning) as each posted their respective best rounds of the tournament with matching 73s (+1).
After an 80 opened the tournament for Gianoulis Monday morning, the Tiger junior moved up 20 spots over the latter 36 holes to tie for 11
th at 11-over (227). Code posted the best improvement for a Trinity player between rounds as his Monday 73 followed a second-round 80 to leap nine spots into a tie for 16
th at 14-over (230).
First-year
Aiden Marlow (San Antonio, Texas / Churchill) finished one shot out of the top-20, alone in 21
st with a 232 (+16) for the week. Marlow's effort as the fifth-finishing Tiger cleared every other fifth card in the field by at least four strokes.
Notable Numbers
- Mason dominated the field on par-fives in this week's tournament at nine-under over 12 attempts, led by his eagle on the 13th pin in Monday's second round. The next-closest finished three-under in the category.
- Marlow made Trinity the only team with two of the five eagles in the tournament as he cleared the par-four fifth in two swings in Monday's opener.
- Mason was also the tournament's leader with 14 birdies, joined by Nunez in double-digits with 11 of his own. Trinity led the field with 47 birdies overall.
- Gianoulis was second in the field with a one-under pace on par-threes while Nunez's even rate from the short tees was fourth.
Up Next: 2023 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship (April 17-18)
No. 16/16 Trinity Men's Golf will head to the Riverhill Country Club in Kerrville, Texas for the 2023 SCAC Championship April 17-18, hosted by Schreiner University.
For the first time since 2012, the winner of the conference tournament will receive an automatic qualifying bid into the 2023 NCAA III Championships—which will be held at Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, Kentucky May 16-19.
