ORLANDO, Fla. – Behind a four-under 68 by junior Taylor Moore, the Arkansas men’s golf team closed out its stay at the Tavistock Collegiate Invitational and the fall season with a four-man score of four-under 284 at Lake Nona Golf and Country Club on Tuesday.
Moore’s bogey-free 68 featured two birdies on each side, as he jumped 15 spots up the leaderboard to earn a share of 13th place. With a 71-72-68/211 (-5) scorecard, Moore finished in the top 20 for the third time this fall thanks to going a combined nine-under par on the par 4s and par 5s.
The final round four-284 by the Razorbacks is their second-lowest score of the fall and the best against par. Arkansas (288-299-284/871) moved up two spots to finish in 13th place against a field that features nine ranked teams. No. 4 Florida State took home the team title at 37-under par.
Moore wasn’t the only Razorback in red numbers, as redshirt junior Kolton Crawford carded a one-under 71 to improve his score for the second straight day. Crawford’s 71 is his team-leading fourth under-par round of the fall, tying him with Moore.
Highlighted by his first round six-under 66, which is the lowest round by an Arkansas player this fall, junior Nicolas Echavarria tied for 40th place (66-78-73). Echavarria carded a team-high 13 birdies, including one each day on the par 5 9th hole.
Freshman Alvaro Ortiz extended his streak of consecutive counting scores to nine with an even-par 72 Ortiz opened with back-to-back 76s and led Arkansas in par 3 scoring at two-under. Like three other Razorbacks, freshman Emil Soegaard finished with his lowest round of the tournament with a two-over 74.
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Moore’s bogey-free round came on the heels of playing his final three holes of Monday’s second round two-under. Over the three rounds, Moore shot even-par or lower each day on both the front and back nine.
@RazorbackMGolf Notables
• Arkansas has shot 284 in the final round of the last two tournaments.
• Moore is the fourth different Razorback to finish as the team’s low-man out of four fall tournaments.
• Moore’s top 20 is the 16th of his career out of 30 events.
• Moore and Soegaard led the team with 37 pars.
• Moore and Crawford led Arkansas in a team-best four rounds in the fall.
• Crawford finished the fall with a team-high 36 birdies.
• Echavarria finished the fall with a team-low 72.2 stroke average followed by Moore at 72.5.
@RazorbackMGolf Lineup
T13. Taylor Moore – 71-72-68/211 (-5)
T40. Nicolas Echavarria – 66-78-73/217
T55. Kolton Crawford – 76-74-71/221
T64. Alvaro Ortiz – 76-76-72/224
69. Emil Soegaard – 75-77-74/226
Tavistock Collegiate Invitational Final Standings (GCAA Ranking – Oct. 3)
1. Florida State (4) – 270-282-275/827 (-37)
2. Vanderbilt (T5) – 271-279-279/829 (-35)
3. Texas Tech (17) – 267-287-284/838 (-26)
4. Illinois (1) – 276-289-276/841 (-23)
5. North Florida – 278-288-283/849 (-15)
6. California (12) – 283-286-284/853 (-11)
7. Baylor (8) – 283-288-285/856 (-8)
T8. New Mexico (18) – 280-290-287/857 (-7)
T8. UNLV (24) – 288-290-279/857 (-7)
10. Augusta State – 288-283-288/859 (-5)
11. Florida – 287-289-286/862 (-2)
12. UCF (RV) – 287-291-286/864 (E)
13. Arkansas (RV) – 288-299-284/871
14. Georgia (7) – 287-296-294/877
15. Indiana – 290-296-296/882