Fernandez gets top individual title for Cyclones but Cavaliers pull away to win

Brian Spaen

The ISU men’s golf team finished in fourth place at the VCU Shootout in Richmond, Va. They held their place from the previous day and had 854 strokes through the tournament, 10 under par. Cyclones leader Scott Fernandez finished with the lowest score of the entire field. He led after the first day, going nine under, and he went two under in his last round, making his total 205 strokes.

The team improved from its first tournament as the other golfers finished close together. Sam Daley finished with 217 strokes, Nate McCoy had 218, Zach Steffen had 219 and Duncan Croudis had 220 strokes.

The Cyclones were in contention to win the event going into the final round. However, a combination of shooting the highest round Tuesday as a team and Virginia pulling away from the field was the end result. The Cavaliers went 10 under for the day and finish the tournament at 837 strokes, 27 under par.