FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Despite its highest score of the weekend Sunday afternoon, the No. 11 Auburn men's golf team made the cut and move on to the final round of stroke play at the 2019 NCAA Championship.
The Tigers shot 24-over as a team in their third tour of The Blessings Golf Club and fell to 13th place on the team leaderboard at 34-over.
"It was just terrible golf," head coach Nick Clinard said. "We played awful and there's no excuses. We weren't very good today."
Auburn did just enough as it finished four strokes ahead of the cut line and 16th place Arizona State, which shot 15-over for the day and 37-over for the tournament.
As a team, the Tigers totaled 13 birdies, but also had 24 bogeys and 10 double-bogeys.
Brandon Mancheno had the best round of the day for Auburn after carding a 3-over 75. He sits at 7-over (72-76-75--223) for the weekend and is tied for 43rd.
Jovan Rebula turned in a 5-over 77 to move to 7-over (73-73-77--223) for the tournament. He is currently tied for 43rd with Mancheno.
Jacob Solomon is at 4-over (71-69-80--220) after three rounds after carding an 8-over 80 and is tied for 23rd.
Graysen Huff and Trace Crowe rounded out the lineup and are tied for 110th and 129th, respectively. Huff sits at 17-over (77-76-80--233), while Crowe is at 20-over (76-78-82--236).
Oklahoma State leads the field at 12-under (852). The other 14 teams to make the cut include Texas (877), Stanford (877), Oklahoma (880), Wake Forest (881), Vanderbilt (882), Texas A&M (884), Clemson (892), SMU (893), TCU (894), Ohio State (895), Pepperdine (896), Auburn (898), Cal (899) and USC (900).
Following the fourth and final round of stroke play, the top-8 teams qualify for match play to determine the national champion.
The Tigers, just six strokes away from Clemson and the eighth spot, tee off at 11 a.m. CT and are paired with Cal and USC off the 10th tee.
Live scoring is available on Golfstat.com. In addition, Golf Channel will carry live coverage from 2-6 p.m. CT.
Team Scores
1. Oklahoma State: -12 (290-276-286--852)
T-2. Texas: +13 (298-290-289--877)
T-2. Stanford: +13 (291-287-299--877)
4. Oklahoma: +16 (305-287-288--880)
5. Wake Forest: +17 (296-297-288--881)
6. Vanderbilt: +18 (307-288-287--882)
7. Texas A&M: +20 (296-287-301--884)
8. Clemson: +28 (302-292-298--892)
9. SMU: +29 (308-293-292--893)
10. TCU: +30 (311-295-288--894)
11. Ohio State: +31 (297-296-302--895)
12. Pepperdine: +32 (312-291-293--896)
13. Auburn: +34 (292-294-312--898)
14. Cal: +35 (292-301-306--899)
15. USC: +36 (304-304-292--900)
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16. Arizona State: +37 (302-296-303--901)
17. South Carolina: +38 (305-299-298--902)
18. Georgia Tech: +39 (307-293-303--903)
19. North Carolina: +40 (304-300-300--904)
T-20. Liberty: +42 (305-303-298--906)
T-20. UNLV: +42 (310-292-304--906)
T-22. LSU: +43 (308-302-297--907)
T-22. North Florida: +43 (309-297-301--907)
24. Georgia: +47 (300-300-311--911)
25. Duke: +48 (313-305-294--912)
26. Georgia Southern: +49 (308-299-306--913)
T-27. Baylor: +51 (314-295-306--915)
T-27. Illinois: +51 (311-301-303--915)
29. Louisville: +68 (313-302-317--932)
30. BYU: +74 (322-307-309--938)
Auburn Individuals
T-23. Jacob Solomon: +4 (71-69-80--220)
T-43. Jovan Rebula: +7 (73-73-77--223)
T-43. Brandon Mancheno: +7 (72-76-75--223)
T-110: Graysen Huff: +17 (77-76-80--233)
T-129. Trace Crowe: +20 (76-78-82--236)