In the team's first tournament of the season, the George Mason golf team placed sixth place at the 13th annual Turning Stone Tiger Intercollegiate.
The two-day 54-hole tournament was held in Verona, N.Y. at the Par 72, 7,246-yard Kaluhyat Course at Turning Stone Golf Resort.
Host Missouri won the tournament with a 17-under-par team score, followed by Stetson at 6-under-par. The Patriots moved up a spot in the standings in the final round to finish with a team 887 score.
Grad student JP Miller led the Patriots with a three-round two-over-par effort (70-74-74=218) to finish t-12 overall. Starting on the back nine today, Miller got off to a hot start with two birdies after five holes and made the turn with a two-under-par 34. He was steady on the front side until two of the final three holes were over par to finish with a 40 on the front. Miller had 41 pars in the 54-hole tournament, second-best overall.
In his first collegiate tournament, Aryan Vuradi finished t-20. After playing even-par through the first two rounds, Vuradi finished with a 77 today.
Sophomore Seth Conway bounced back to score an even-par 72 today. Freshman Samir Davidov and Junior Colin Slater finish t-31.
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