PALM DESERT – Fueled by a strong final round performance, Charlotte Men’s Golf (833, -31) won the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate team title by four strokes over Colorado Christian (837, -27).

COACH’S CORNER

“Obviously, it’s always nice to win so I’m excited for these guys and for our team,” said Head Coach Ryan Cabbage. “The golf course wasn’t very difficult this week, so it was hard to create separation between teams unless guys really got hot with the putter. The guys hung in there and did what they needed to do. These guys played good golf this week. We still have some things that we’ve got to clean up in order to continue to improve and to get better. We had some guys hit some quality shots down the stretch when we needed it. It was great to see this mission accomplished with getting the win. We now look forward to preparing for Sawgrass as soon as we get back to Charlotte!”

Dates:  Monday, February 24 – Wednesday, February 26

Course:  The Classic Club, Palm Desert, California

Scoring: clt49e.rs/WDIScoring

Par/Yardage:  72 / 7, 305 yards

THE FIELD

Fifteen teams made up the field: Charlotte, Drake, Cal State Fullerton, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, South Dakota State, Cal Baptist, UC Santa Barbara, UTSA, Utah Tech, Northern Iowa, Tarleton State, Colorado Christian, Coastal Carolina and Wyoming.

TOP FIVE

1st – Charlotte (833, -31)

2nd – Charlotte (837, -27)

3rd – Coastal Carolina (846, -18)

4th – California Baptist (852, -12)

5th – UTSA (854, -10)

CHARLOTTE SCORECARD

T3rd – Justin Matthews (206, -10)

T11th – Seb Cave (209, -7)

T14th – Daniel Boone (211, -5)

T16th – Caden Baker (212, -4)

57th – Conor Gough (220, +4)

After a second-place finish at the Gators Invitational last week, Justin Matthews continued his strong performance with another top three finish. Matthews tied for third place (206, -10) just two strokes from the lead. His best round came on Monday where she shot six under par with eight birdies.

Seb Cave finished just outside of the top-10 at 209 (-7). He rose nine spots on the individual leaderboard on Wednesday by shooting a 69 (-3). Daniel Boone impressed as he provided a steady presence in all three rounds (71, 70, 70). Caden Baker bounced back after going one over par in round one by shooting a 69 (-3) and 70 (-2) in the final two rounds. Conor Gough struggled to find a rhythm in round three, going eight over par.

NEXT UP

Charlotte Men’s Golf will return to action on March 8th when they begin the John Hayt Invitational in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.