Ospreys Take Third at Sea Best Invite

Tuesday, January 31

PLAYERS Stadium Course (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.)

All Day

University of North Florida

Sea Best Invitational (Jacksonville)

Photo by: Todd Drexler

1/31/2012 5:25:00 PM | Men's Golf

By: UNF Athletics

Final Results (pdf)

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- The University of North Florida men's golf team finished in third place at the Sea Best Seafood Invitational on Tuesday afternoon, held at the PLAYERS Stadium Course at TPC at Sawgrass.

The Ospreys, who entered the day in third as well, fired a 9-over 297 in Tuesday's final round to end the two-day tournament at 38-over 902. Tuesday's round was their best of the tournament and was tied for the second-lowest round of the day.

The day left them just three strokes shy of runner-up Liberty, who finished at and 18 shots back of Florida, who won with a 20-over 864.

Senior Kevin Aylwin led the way for UNF, shooting a two-under 70 on Tuesday to finish at 3-over 219 and tied for fourth place. Junior Kevin Phelan tied for 11th with a 7-over 223, while junior Pete Kellerman was just two strokes behind in a tie for 15th. Senior Joe Byun rounded out the scoring for the Ospreys with a 6-over 78 to finish tied for 60th at 29-over 245. Junior Sean Dale was forced to withdraw from Tuesday's round with a knee injury. Freshman Joey Petronio, playing as an individual, earned an 8th-place showing after shooting a one-over 73 in the final round for a 221 total.

"Today was a weird finish to a strange couple of days for us," said UNF head coach Scott Schroeder. "Nobody played their best over the last two day, but Kevin Aylwin had a very good finish. We also had three other players finish in the top 15 which is a good thing. Pete played very solid in his first event as an Osprey, while Joey Petronio continued his solid play today to finish in the top 10. That should give him confidence for the rest of the Spring. I know Kevin Phelan was not satisfied with his finish but for the team he had another solid showing. With Sean having to withdraw today, it just wrapped up a weird week. We now hope to get healthy before the Gator Invitational in a couple weeks. The team has large goals for the end of the season and we will keep working hard to get into position to accomplish them."

TJ Vogel of Florida took home medalist honors with an even-par 216 (73-69-74) for the tournament, edging Rhys Enoch of East Tennessee State and Harold Varner of East Carolina by two strokes.

The Ospreys will next be in action February 11-12, when they travel to Gainesville, Fla. to compete in the Suntrust Gator Invitational, hosted by the University of Florida.