Men's Golf

No. 23 Rebels Finish Fifth In San Francisco

March 31, 2018

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SAN FRANCISCO (UNLVRebels.com) - The No. 23 UNLV men's golf team shot a final-round 4-over-par 288 Saturday and finished in fifth place at The Goodwin, which was being played at TPC Harding Park (par 71, 7,143 yards).

No. 9 Oklahoma held on for the team title with a 4-under 280 Saturday to win the event by three shots at 24-under. No. 11 California finished second at 21-under, while host No. 20 Stanford was third at 16-under. The Rebels finished with a 54-hole total of 3-under 849.

Individually, Oregon's Norman Xiong earned medalist honors at 15-under 198 after a final-round 3-under. Stanford's Jeffrey Swegle was second at 9-under.

UNLV freshman Jack Trent matched his second-round 4-under 67 on Saturday and led the Rebels with a tie for seventh individually at 5-under 208.

STAT OF THE DAY:UNLV was one of just five teams under par for the tournament.

REBEL OF THE DAY: Freshman Jack Trent moved from a tie for 18th to a tie for seventh with his second straight 4-under 67. He had six birdies with two bogeys on Saturday.

COMPLETE REBEL SCORES:
• T7th - Jack Trent, freshman (74-67-67=208, -5)
• T20th - Garrick Higgo, freshman (70-70-72=212, -1)
• T38th - Harry Hall, junior (71-69-75=215, +2)
• T59th - Justin Kim, sophomore (71-73-74=218, +5)
• T78th - Shintaro Ban, senior (70-74-77=221, +8)

TOP FIVE TEAMS:
1. Oklahoma (279-269-280=828, -24)
2. California (282-271-278=831, -21)
3. Stanford (277-283-276=836, -16)
4. Oregon (279-279-284=842, -10)
5. UNLV (282-279-288=849, -3)

There were a total of 26 teams and 135 individuals that competed.

REBEL NOTES:
• The tournament featured seven teams ranked in the nation's top 30.
• This was UNLV's fifth event of the spring. In their first four events of 2018, the Rebels finished tied for second, first, fourth and first.
• Last season, UNLV won the Mountain West Championship for the second straight year, captured an NCAA Regional title and advanced to the 'Elite Eight' at the NCAA Championship.
• Ban and Hall are both 2017 All-Mountain West Team honorees, and Ban earned honorable mention All-America honors. In addition, Ban was named an All-America Scholar.
• Ban (U.S.) and Hall (international) will both compete in this year's Arnold Palmer Cup.
• Ban, ranked as the No. 9 individual in the country by Golfstat, is on the watch lists for the Hogan and Haskins Awards, which go to the nation's top collegiate golfer.
• UNLV has an active NCAA record of 29 consecutive regional appearances.
• This season marks the 31st at UNLV for Hall of Fame head coach Dwaine Knight.

NEXT FOR THE REBELS: UNLV will be back in action April 14-15 at The Thunderbird in Tempe, Ariz.

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Players Mentioned

Garrick Higgo

Garrick Higgo

6' 1"
Freshman
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Jack Trent

Jack Trent

6' 3"
Freshman
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Justin Kim

Justin Kim

5' 10"
Freshman
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Harry Hall

Harry Hall

6' 3"
Freshman
HS
Shintaro Ban

Shintaro Ban

5' 8"
Freshman
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Players Mentioned

Garrick Higgo

Garrick Higgo

6' 1"
Freshman
HS
Jack Trent

Jack Trent

6' 3"
Freshman
HS
Justin Kim

Justin Kim

5' 10"
Freshman
HS
Harry Hall

Harry Hall

6' 3"
Freshman
HS
Shintaro Ban

Shintaro Ban

5' 8"
Freshman
HS