Golf Finishes 8th at AAC Championship

Tuesday, April 24

Palm Harbor, Fla.

All Day

Temple University

American Athletic Conference Championship

Photo by: Ben Solomon/American Athletic Conference

Golf Finishes 8th at AAC Championship

4.24.18 | Men's Golf

Results

PALM HARBOR, Fla. – Junior Trey Wren shot an even-par 71 for the second straight day to lead Temple Golf to an eighth place finish at the 2018 American Athletic Conference Championship, presented by Visit St. Pete/Clearwater. USF, ranked #21 nationally, won the tournament by 20 strokes over second-place SMU with the Bulls Claudio Correa earning medalist honors with a six-under 207 at the par-71, 7,125-yard Copperhead Course at the Innisbrook Resort & Golf Club.

Tournament Notes
> Wren, who had three birdies on the day, tied for 15^th overall in the 50-player field with a five-over 218. His 10 birdies for the three rounds tied him for fourth best overall.
> Redshirt junior John Barone was next for the Owls, posting a nine-over 222 to tie for 30^th.
> Junior Gary McCabe matched Barone with a 76 on the day and tied for 32^nd with a 10-over 223.
> Senior Mark Farley had the second best round of the day, a one-over 72, and tied for 43^rd with a 227.
> Freshman Dawson Anders, who was tied with McCabe as TU's top golfer after round one, rounded out the Owls quintet with a 233 to place 48^th.

Quotable
"Trey (Wren) played well and Mark (Farley) birdied his last hole as a Temple Owl with a 50-foot putt. Four of our five guys are coming back and we add a great recruit in Conor McGrath so we are looking good year next – Temple head coach Brian Quinn.