Golf Finishes Third in Spring Opener

EL DORADO, Ark. – Southeastern golf returned to the course for the first time this spring with a third-place team finish at the Arkansas Collegiate played at Mystic Creek GC in El Dorado, Ark.
 
The Savage Storm posted a 317 in the opening round and was in fourth after day one, but bounced back with day two's best score at 300 to card a 617 and finish third, eight-shots behind tourney champions and host Southern Arkansas.
 
SE was paced by Zach James who recovered from a first-round 78, his highest score of the season, to match the low round of the entire tournament with a 70 on Tuesday, finsihing with a 36-hole 148 which was good for second place.
 
Jordan Holifield and Bryce Hughes played into matching 11^th-place ties.
 
Holifield posted a day one 80 and came back with a 76 on day two to finish with a 156, while Hughes hit 82 in the first round and made an even larger recovery with a 74 on Tuesday to post the same total score.
 
Ruben Figueiredo checked in tied for 25^th after posting rounds of 81 and 80 to finish with a 161.
 
Hayden Foster posted his roughest weekend of the season to finish tied for 33^rd, posting a 78 on Monday before following up with an 87 to card a 165 for the week.
 
SE finished five strokes behind second place Henderson State, but five strokes ahead of fourth-place Arkansas Tech.
 
After fourth there was a 15-shot difference back to Southern Nazarene in fifth.
 
Southeastern will be back in action as the spring continues March 18-19 at the Central Oklahoma Invitational at Oaktree CC in Edmond, Okla.