FSU sports information:
Florida State’s Luke Clanton is in a tie for sixth place in the individual standings, and the No. 10 Seminole men’s golf team is in a tie for 10th place in the team standings after nearly three rounds of the Fighting Illini Invitational at the Olympia Fields Gold Club. As darkness fell in the golf course, a total of 75 of the 78 golfers completed play. Each golfer is done with three rounds of except for the last group of Jose Luis Ballester (Arizona State), Benajmin Reuter (Georgia Tech), and Ian Gilligan (Florida). The trio of players in the final group are scheduled to finish their play Sunday morning at 7:30 a.m.
Ballester is currently the individual leader with a 10 under par score, while Reuter is second with a nine under par total. Gilligan is in a tie for 14th place with a score of one under par.
Play was suspended at 6:56 p.m. local time on Saturday because of darkness. Play will resume on Sunday, September 22nd at 7:30 a.m. The event was changed from a three-day championship (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) to a two-day tournament (Friday, Saturday) because of inclement weather expected in the area on Sunday.
Florida State is in a tie for 10th place in the team standings as the third and final round draws to a conclusion. The Seminoles are tied with Texas Tech. Georgia Tech is in first place at 13 under par. The Yellow Jackets lead Arizona State by two strokes in the race for the team title which will also be decided on Sunday morning by the golfers remaining on the course.
Florida State was led by Clanton, the No. 1 ranked amateur golfer in the world as ranked by the World Amateur Golf Raking. He carded scores of 70 and 69 in the Saturday’s second and third rounds for a 3 under par total of 207. Clanton finished the first round with a score 68 to complete all three rounds of the championship at or below par.
Graduate student Gray Albright carded a 69 in the final and will finish in a tie for 22nd place with scores of 73-70-69 and a three-round total of 2 over par 212. He has now earned 11 career top-25 individual finishes including four in his last four matches dating to last season. Albright has two career individual championships as a Seminole.
Florida State plays its third of five fall matches at the Hamptons Intercollegiate at the Maidstone Club in East Hampton, N.Y. October 7-8.
Fighting Illini Invitational, Sept. 20-22, 2024
Olympia Fields Country Club/Olympia Fields, Ill./Par 70
T10/15. – Florida State, 850
T6.– Luke Clanton, 207
T22. – Gray Albright, 212
T32. – Carson Brewer, 214
T48. – Michael Mays, 217
68. – Jack Bigham, 224
Fighting Illini Invitational, Sept. 20-22, 2024
Olympia Fields Country Club/Olympia Fields, Ill./Par 70
1. – Georgia Tech, -13
2. – Arizona State, -11
T3. – Oklahoma State, -1
T3. – North Carolina, -1
5. – Texas, +3
T6. – Stanford, +8
T6. – Texas A&M, +8
T8. – Florida, +9
T8. – Illinois, +9
T10. – Florida State, +10
T10. – Texas Tech, +10
12. – Alabama, +16
13. – Northwestern, +18
14. – Baylor, +37
15. – Michigan, +38
Florida State’s Luke Clanton is in a tie for sixth place in the individual standings, and the No. 10 Seminole men’s golf team is in a tie for 10th place in the team standings after nearly three rounds of the Fighting Illini Invitational at the Olympia Fields Gold Club. As darkness fell in the golf course, a total of 75 of the 78 golfers completed play. Each golfer is done with three rounds of except for the last group of Jose Luis Ballester (Arizona State), Benajmin Reuter (Georgia Tech), and Ian Gilligan (Florida). The trio of players in the final group are scheduled to finish their play Sunday morning at 7:30 a.m.
Ballester is currently the individual leader with a 10 under par score, while Reuter is second with a nine under par total. Gilligan is in a tie for 14th place with a score of one under par.
Play was suspended at 6:56 p.m. local time on Saturday because of darkness. Play will resume on Sunday, September 22nd at 7:30 a.m. The event was changed from a three-day championship (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) to a two-day tournament (Friday, Saturday) because of inclement weather expected in the area on Sunday.
Florida State is in a tie for 10th place in the team standings as the third and final round draws to a conclusion. The Seminoles are tied with Texas Tech. Georgia Tech is in first place at 13 under par. The Yellow Jackets lead Arizona State by two strokes in the race for the team title which will also be decided on Sunday morning by the golfers remaining on the course.
Florida State was led by Clanton, the No. 1 ranked amateur golfer in the world as ranked by the World Amateur Golf Raking. He carded scores of 70 and 69 in the Saturday’s second and third rounds for a 3 under par total of 207. Clanton finished the first round with a score 68 to complete all three rounds of the championship at or below par.
Graduate student Gray Albright carded a 69 in the final and will finish in a tie for 22nd place with scores of 73-70-69 and a three-round total of 2 over par 212. He has now earned 11 career top-25 individual finishes including four in his last four matches dating to last season. Albright has two career individual championships as a Seminole.
Florida State plays its third of five fall matches at the Hamptons Intercollegiate at the Maidstone Club in East Hampton, N.Y. October 7-8.
Fighting Illini Invitational, Sept. 20-22, 2024
Olympia Fields Country Club/Olympia Fields, Ill./Par 70
T10/15. – Florida State, 850
T6.– Luke Clanton, 207
T22. – Gray Albright, 212
T32. – Carson Brewer, 214
T48. – Michael Mays, 217
68. – Jack Bigham, 224
Fighting Illini Invitational, Sept. 20-22, 2024
Olympia Fields Country Club/Olympia Fields, Ill./Par 70
1. – Georgia Tech, -13
2. – Arizona State, -11
T3. – Oklahoma State, -1
T3. – North Carolina, -1
5. – Texas, +3
T6. – Stanford, +8
T6. – Texas A&M, +8
T8. – Florida, +9
T8. – Illinois, +9
T10. – Florida State, +10
T10. – Texas Tech, +10
12. – Alabama, +16
13. – Northwestern, +18
14. – Baylor, +37
15. – Michigan, +38
