VIERA, Fla. - Barry University claims their third SSC golf championship and second straight tournament after posting 14-under performance across three days. The Buccaneers' Kyle Brey shot 12-under for the tournament, tying the SSC scoring record, to bring home the individual championship. The 2017 event was hosted by Florida Tech at Duran Golf Club.
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Men's Final Round Recap
Brey tied an SSC Championship record, shooting 12-under 204 to win his first college tournament, following a final-round 6-under 66 at Duran Golf Club's 7,051-yard course. He becomes the fourth Barry athlete to win the tournament and the first since 2014.
The 2015 SSC Champion, John VanDerLaan (Florida Southern), finished in second place with a 6-under performance, two strokes ahead of the 2016 Champion, Manuel Torres (Lynn). Florida Tech's Gaelen Trew finished in third place, between the former champions, with a 5-under. Max O'Hagan (Florida Tech) and Mike Anderson (Barry) finished tied for fifth following scores of 2-under. The Top-5 competitors make up the All-Tournament team.
The Buccaneers won the team title with a 14-under 850 to finish six strokes ahead of runner-up Saint Leo. It now stands as the fourth best championship performance in SSC history. Barry sealed the victory with a 4-under (284) in the final round. Saint Leo's third day push fell short as the Lion finished in second place with a 6-under (856), two strokes in front of Florida Tech.
Men's Tournament Notes
The average score over the three day's at Duran was 74.35 ( 2.35), which is the lowest scoring since 2010. Sunday's average score was 73.46 ( 1.46). It is the lowest scoring average for a SSC championship round in 27 years.
Brey becomes only the eighth golfer to win the championship with a score above par.
Brey's 12-under (204) match the mark set by Florida Southern's Steve Paramore at Rio Pinar in 2003 as the lowest three-round tournament score in conference history.
Vanderlan and Torres became the 31st and 32nd SSC men's golfers to finish Top-5 two or more times at the championship.
Vanderlaan and fellow Moccasin John Coultas become two of 20 athletes to have three or more Top-10 finishes.
Brey's third day 6-under (66) was the tournament low round, which ties for third lowest in conference history. It is the sixth time a 6-under score has been posted at the championship.
There were 15 rounds in the 60's during the tournament, including three by Brey.
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2017 All-Tournament Team (L to R): O'Hagan, Trew, Brey, VanDerLaan, Anderson (Not Pictured: Torres)